Well today I had my very first root canal. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined it, 2 hours of progressively louder and louder drilling, going deep into my jawbone, the smell of grinding bone and infection hanging like death in the air above me as I lay strapped to a 1920's vintage dental chair.It was only an hour. The drilling was over in 20 minutes and the endodontist (yes, that's right endodontist) even put his hand on my shoulder while he gently described the procedure as if to comfort me before pulling out that immense needle with all the novocain in it. After I was numbed-up, I relaxed a little and a lot of it was just tediously waiting while he cleaned out the inside of my tooth (teeth are hollow, who knew?).
It wound up costing a small fortune but hopefully dental insurance will actually be something of a benefit this time like my employer keeps telling me it is.
In other news, it's Friday. I spent 3 hours at Target. Tried to get a new LG enV2 phone only to be thwarted by Verizon on two attempts. And missed dinner and had to eat by myself.
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The dental insurance covers root canals. Just FYI.
According to the dental insurance call rep person anyways, it's covered.
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