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susandennisSo I mentioned to our office manager as I was leaving today that I had a dentist appointment on Tuesday and may be in late. The office manager is a year younger than I am so she's been around some blocks and is a good, solid type. She knows about my dental phobia and asked me. I told her I was getting the broken tooth pulled and she immediately said 'well, good for you!'
Then she went on to tell me about a tooth she had that the dentist screwed with for a long time doing all kinds of painful things to - finally he had to pull it. "It sure is better than having him screw with it. And, it's been 10 years and I haven't missed it yet." And it's the same tooth (second from the last one) as mine! She said said that it should take about 2 seconds to yank it out and it will be no big deal.
I felt instantly less traumatized. I'm gong to try and put off worrying about it until Monday afternoon at the earliest. (yeah right.)
Then she went on to tell me about a tooth she had that the dentist screwed with for a long time doing all kinds of painful things to - finally he had to pull it. "It sure is better than having him screw with it. And, it's been 10 years and I haven't missed it yet." And it's the same tooth (second from the last one) as mine! She said said that it should take about 2 seconds to yank it out and it will be no big deal.
I felt instantly less traumatized. I'm gong to try and put off worrying about it until Monday afternoon at the earliest. (yeah right.)