Fat Lip
My appointment was for 7pm tonight. That gave me pretty much 12 hours from the time I got up to my scheduled appointment to come up with an excuse of why I had to bail out. I thought of calling and saying I was ill or telling them that I had a meeting. Maybe just doing the Brady Bunch excuse, "Something suddenly came up." Brilliant! I also thought about just not turning up at all. Denying the fact that they had left me several messages on my home, work and cell trying to confirm. I kept thinking, what kind of example am I setting for my kids? How could I just leave them waiting there after 7 at night? I asked several people throughout the day. Everyone seemed to have the same advice, "Just go and get it over with." Not what I wanted to hear.
So I went. I was terrified. I never had a deep scaling before. I probably should have had this done years ago. My Dentist gave me several shots to numb me up. I tried to negotiate for fewer, but he stood firm. The hygientist was thorough, very thorough. It wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be, but I'm definitely not suggesting that it was at all pleasurable. The worst was the sounds of the scraping. Like nails on a chalk board. That went on for about an hour.
I figured that I would not be able to eat after this procedure, so I treated myself to a jr. bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's. I am a vegetarian. Apparently not a very good one.
The hygientist told me that I should be flossing regularly. I'm usually very good after a cleaning. I floss all the time for like 2 weeks. Then I skip it more often than not. I wonder if people really do floss all of the time? If so, I don't think I know any of these people.
Do you floss? If so, how often?
The numbness is wearing off. My tongue is all tingly. I'm sure I am going to start feeling some pain soon. My gums look raw.
So I went. I was terrified. I never had a deep scaling before. I probably should have had this done years ago. My Dentist gave me several shots to numb me up. I tried to negotiate for fewer, but he stood firm. The hygientist was thorough, very thorough. It wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be, but I'm definitely not suggesting that it was at all pleasurable. The worst was the sounds of the scraping. Like nails on a chalk board. That went on for about an hour.
I figured that I would not be able to eat after this procedure, so I treated myself to a jr. bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's. I am a vegetarian. Apparently not a very good one.
The hygientist told me that I should be flossing regularly. I'm usually very good after a cleaning. I floss all the time for like 2 weeks. Then I skip it more often than not. I wonder if people really do floss all of the time? If so, I don't think I know any of these people.
Do you floss? If so, how often?
The numbness is wearing off. My tongue is all tingly. I'm sure I am going to start feeling some pain soon. My gums look raw.
posted by blair at 6:00 PM
3 Comments:
I floss twice a day--my gums are coarse the way a guitarist's fingertips are caloused. I'm like the flossing champ.
Blake
Hi Blake! I bought floss today! I wasn't sure if I should go with flavored or unflavored, waxed on unwaxed? I finally went with the unflavored waxed. Twice a day, huh? That's pretty good.
I hate to floss and rarely do it (to be perfectly honest... Am I gross?!) Last time I went to the dentist, the lady told me that you can just swish mouthwash and it gets in between your teeth. (Don't know if it's true or not, but it feels MUCH better than flossing!)
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