One less tooth...

This morning I got my tooth pulled and some bone added to my jaw. Finally. It has been infected since last November after I had a root canal and a crown put on it. They tried lots of different antibiotics but nothing helped and because nothing helped, the bacteria was eating away at the bone. Yuck.

They gave me some drugs to sedate me and I took them an hour before. The only problem is that they didn't work. They told me the drugs were quite strong and that I'd probably not remember the day and I had to have to get a ride to and from the dentists office. Cool. I was looking forward to being so drugged up I couldn't remember the day, nothing like a new sensation.

Unfortunately, I didn't feel anything, not even a little tiredness and ended up driving myself to the office. I did bring Alice for the return trip just in case. When I got to the office, the assistant was a little surprised that I wasn't tired. I guess they see people all floppy and stuff. Not me. I told her that I have a high threshold, maybe from the amount of beer I can drink or doing Ironmans. In either event, nothing really happened, I remembered everything and even felt the pain of those big needles they use. I was gripping the chair when he gave me those needles. At that point I was wishing the drugs had worked.

He even had to add more freezing after he got started because the first few blasts weren't enough. The only effects of the drugs was that I had a good nap when I got home. I woke up by jumping up and thinking I overslept and missed my dentist appointment. It gave Alice a good laugh when I jumped up and said "where am I, I think I have something to do, shit I missed my dentist appointment" and then she said I went already. Then I had a laugh and was totally back to normal. I even did a little work and prepared an agenda for a meeting on Monday.

Around 5 pm I was looking at one of my twitter account entries and it said, and I quote, " Just got back from dentist. it wa a success and i feel stoned from the drugs. I'm on brain mush" and it was sent from a piece of software I don't use often. I thought someone used my account, but how would they know I was at the dentist? Then I asked Alice if I was on the computer and she said yes. She then told me that when she saw me on the computer and she thought it was best that I lie down and fall asleep, which she told me to do, and apparently I did. I guess the drugs did kick in because I have no recollection of being on the computer and sending that tweet.

Rest and Recovery Day.

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