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What I dislike is the taste of those plastic gloves all dentists seem to wear these days! Your mouth tastes like you've been sucking a condom (NO, I haven't - I mean what I imagine it could taste like!)

Ian, that's hilarious! The commercials I hear on the radio for a particular "spa dentist" advertises flavored gloves. I was thinking about that yesterday when I had a mouth full of plain old dentist gloves.

I didn't eat until 2:00 that afternoon because I didn't trust eating when I couldn't actually feel my tongue. Not a good thing. I didn't want to wake up this morning with a chewed up tongue. You have to be careful when you have a numb mouth.

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Anyone else had phones calls from Indian Telemarketers

by Zep in

i find this hilarious.

the other day i got this phone call.

i pick up the phone, say "hello", after which theres this long pause and then this indian guy starts trying to sell me a nokia mobile phone contract.

Princess

I ended up having to get a charge taken off my phone bill because of a telemarketer from India. I said no but he heard yes and then began the battle. Now I say LOUD and CLEAR NO NO NO NO NO . Then I hang up on them.

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Just got home from the dentist :(

by Princess in

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i avoided the dentist for about six years.

no insurance and two small kids seemed like a really good excuse.

so i finally wenttoday.

Princess

Wasa, do you work for a female dentist? I hear ads about a female dentist...I want to say Judith something or other who does all that stuff. Her patients compare it to going to a spa. Wowza...I figure since I'm mostly paying out of pocket, I can't afford her!

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Just got home from the dentist :(

by Princess in

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i avoided the dentist for about six years.

no insurance and two small kids seemed like a really good excuse.

so i finally wenttoday.

Princess

Much better now, thanks! It took four hours for the numbness to wear off, about two hours for my tongue. Now my jaw is sore where he gave me the injections.

I know I'm prejudiced, but it always makes me roll my eyes when someone says, "I didn't go see a dentist for 10 years and now I need 6 root canals." If you keep up with regular visits, chances are most expensive restorations can be avoided and decay can be arrested before it gets into the nerve chamber.

Oh totally. I knew it was stupid and I did keep up my family's visits but it's so hard to make that appointment for myself after forking over about $200 for my kids teeth to be cleaned. I actually did pretty well for a six year hiatus...some scraping but only two cavities and one of them quite small. I'm a good flosser so I bet that helps.

This is a new dentist for us. He teaches at the UW on Friday afternoons. Nice guy, friendly, did most of the work himself. Cyclist. Not in a huge hurry to get rid of me. I'll be a six month visitor from now on.

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Death with Dignity

by onacruse in

i've presented myself on this db with a strong inclination that there is such a thing a death with dignity, including my expressed (and still resolved) determination to refuse a blood transfusion (or any other organ or fluid implant from another human being) to prolong my life (for reasons that have nothing to do with jw pseudo-theology).. in that determination, i obviously have a personal ideal of a "death with dignity.".

however, last night, i watched an interview wherein the commentator said "there is no dignity in death; there is only dignity in life.".

it gave me serious pause for thought.. i'd appreciate your perspectives.. craig

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I agree Flyin. She died with dignity but needlessly. The baby died too.

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Just got home from the dentist :(

by Princess in

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i avoided the dentist for about six years.

no insurance and two small kids seemed like a really good excuse.

so i finally wenttoday.

Princess

I didn't remember that happening before. Now I realize I always feel like this afterward. He told me as the needle was in my jaw that if I felt my heart racing, it was just the epinephrine and was normal. I got up to put some papers away and my whole body was jittery. Horrible.

The cavities were next to each other. Lower jaw...front...gumline. Not a good place but one was really small so I did get off pretty easy I guess.

The jitters are going away but the numbness will be with me for hours. I'm hoping to feel my tongue by late afternoon. I'm having trouble talking because of it and it makes me feel so stupid.

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Death with Dignity

by onacruse in

i've presented myself on this db with a strong inclination that there is such a thing a death with dignity, including my expressed (and still resolved) determination to refuse a blood transfusion (or any other organ or fluid implant from another human being) to prolong my life (for reasons that have nothing to do with jw pseudo-theology).. in that determination, i obviously have a personal ideal of a "death with dignity.".

however, last night, i watched an interview wherein the commentator said "there is no dignity in death; there is only dignity in life.".

it gave me serious pause for thought.. i'd appreciate your perspectives.. craig

Princess

I would be mad as hell if Steve made me watch him die needlessly when he only needed a transfusion or transplant. I don't agree that it's dignified, it seems selfish to me. God gave men the knowledge and ability to prolong life with these methods, it seems almost disrespecful to refuse to take advantage of them. It's as if you don't value your own life enough to prolong it.

My aunt died because she bled out in childbirth. She was a witness and they refused blood. My uncle is horribly bitter and his whole life changed forever with that one decision that he will regret his entire life. His two young daughters were left without a mother. Did she die with dignity? Yes. But it was an unncessary death that easily could have been avoided with a blood transfusion.

Your life affects others, so does your death.

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Just got home from the dentist :(

by Princess in

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friends

i avoided the dentist for about six years.

no insurance and two small kids seemed like a really good excuse.

so i finally wenttoday.

Princess

I avoided the dentist for about six years. No insurance and two small kids seemed like a really good excuse. So I finally wenttoday. Two cavities ( pretty much knew that ) meant two fillings and a lovely cleaning. Now my lower left jaw feels dead and half my tongue is numb.

He started digging in the cavity with that nice little pick axe tool. I could feel everything so I told him when he was done...before he started drilling. He said, your gums aren't numb, let me know if you feel any drilling. I stopped him quickly because I could! Damn. More novacaine which means more epinephrine and more jitters. Gawd I hate that stuff. I could still feel a lot of the drilling but I wanted to get my tongue and jaw back to normal sometime this weekend so I just dealt with it.

It's going to last for hours. I really just want to take a nap but I have two hours of volunteering at school at 11:30 followed by another doctor appointment for my daughter. Oh it's going to be a long Friday. Good thing I'm going out with a friend tonight. I'll need it by then!

Any good dental horror stories?

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Finally....Hello everyone

by mrsjones5 in

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i've been a lurker for quite a while...had joined a couple of years ago and lost my password and finally today i got my new password to log back on the message board.

a little bit about myself: i'm a 39 year old black woman, married 12 years come december (to the same man .

i have just started to attend a church which i really enjoy and wonder upon wonders i did not melt upon crossing the threshold.

Princess

Hi Mrs Jones and whyamihere!