Well, today I had my first root canal. I guess it wasn't too bad. I went in for what was supposed to be a quick filling job. I got through the shot fine, and the stuff after that isn't too bad. After the dentist had drilled for awhile, she said, "Well, the decay has gotten so deep I've already drilled into part of your nerve and it's still not all gone." At that point I was almost psychotic. Drilled into a nerve?! I nearly jumped out of the chair and started running. She gave me the choice of pulling the tooth or doing a root canal. Well, teeth pulling, I already knew, was traumatic, so I opted for the root canal.
An hour and a half later, after a lot of digging around in my tooth with barbaric looking instruments, I was told I had a temporary filling in place and would have to come back for something more permanent. Now, a few hours later, the Novocaine is wearing off and it is starting to get a little sore…