Ow

[rejectomorph]

95 degrees today.

The procedure is called perio root planing, and it's costly. For two molars, $152. (Two bucks more than a permanent LJ account.) My tongue is numb. I can taste blood. This is going to hurt like hell when the anesthetic wears off.

My sleep was disrupted today, too, so I'm running on about five hours.

Other than all that, it's a nice day.

Planing! Aptly named. The whole time, I was picturing a woodworkers plane sliding across a board, the thin slices of removed wood curling up and falling aside. Wood smells better than blood, though.

Oh, tongue all tingly. Here it comes.

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[divinemissa.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, I had that. That was worse than the removal of four wisdom teeth I had a few months later. At least with the wisdom teeth they didn't send me to the store to pick up my prescriptions with a mouthful of Novocaine and drooling blood all down my shirt.

Painwise though, not too bad. It's just the shame factor. Try drinking out of a straw or applying lip balm with your ENTIRE mouth numb. It's fun for the whole family.

[rejectomorph]

Yow! I don't think mine was that severe. It was only two teeth, and the bleeding has stopped now (for good, I hope), and the pain has settled down to a dull ache- as much around the needle holes as the teeth. I didn't get a prescription for anything either. Good thing. That would have been an extra expense.