monday i went to the dentist in the morning. since my appointment wasn’t first first thing, i stopped by the eye doctor to swap out glasses.
probably never a good idea if i want to be in a good mood. for those counting that’s picking up the green glasses after i sent them back once and sending the brown glasses away again. even if there was nothing wrong with the distance vision, i’d have had to send them back this many times because the bifocals have been distractingly wrong. they seem to have something against measuring. the woman who took my glasses this time wouldn’t remeasure. it’s crazy!
anyhow, with that to start my day i went to the dentist. i was exhausted, too. for no real particular reason that i can tell. i was wondering if i might fall asleep in the chair, i was so tired.
but, no such luck. as she was scraping the plaque off my teeth, she hit a super sensitive spot. and, really, the woman who cleans my teeth is wonderful. she’s very careful because she knows i have always had sensitive teeth. (a result of years of antibiotics when i was a toddler?) i guess hitting the spot on the side of the tooth set the whole thing to extra sensitive. when she balanced her gloved finger on it to use as a fulcrum for cleaning another tooth, the top was super sensitive too!
urgh.
so she tried not to touch that tooth or the one next to it as she cleaned the rest. but between the tired and the jumpy tooth i was having a hard time. i wasn’t crying or pulling away or saying “ouch!” … well, maybe i said “ow”. anyhow, she offered me the topical anesthetic. she said it sometimes helps with sensitivity. i agreed, it was worth a shot even though the topical i’d had several times as a child seemed to do nothing.
let me tell you, this was not the topical from my childhood! she slathered it on, and since it was a liquid it went dripping right down my throat. and it stung just a little but mostly tasted AWFUL! i coughed and she rinsed my throat for me and said, “well, this just isn’t your day, is it?”
no, it really wasn’t.
but, man that topical worked like crazy. not 30 seconds later the whole left half of my mouth was numb! she quick scraped the rest of my teeth and made a note to give me this stuff next time, too. thank goodness for understanding dental technicians! the anesthetic has a really short half life, as well, so by the time i was back downtown and picking up a sammich i could feel my whole mouth again.
i stopped for cat food and sparkle food on the way home (yay! pb&j!) watched a little tv as i washed a load of clothes and went to bed early sleeping almost all the way through the night. the only time i woke was when galahad was startled into sitting bolt upright. i listened but couldn’t hear anything so i chalked it up to another cat walking by the window and went right back to sleep.