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Maybe we should all follow Penny's lead and rip out all of our teeth.

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Actually, that is what I have chose. I came to a realization several years ago that throwing potentially thousands of dollars for work on teeth that are now (that I was not warned about prior) crumbling like stale cookies from 10 years of chemo drugs. I actually accept that false teeth, tho not exactly desirable, are a reasonable price to pay for those drugs being the reason I am still here.
 
I prefer not to know what they’re doing. I need to be gassed just to clean my teeth with the power tools. (However, my current hygienist is willing to clean them manually, and has saved us both much angst the past couple of cleanings.) For fillings and crowns, I put my earbuds in, crank up my music and close my eyes. My dentist knows to gas me till I float and give me enough Novocain to numb my whole head. He’s going to have to knock me in the head if I ever need a root canal.

I have told him that he doesn’t get to retire until I’m dead, and my grandma lived to be 102, so he’s got a ways to go.

Room, I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.
He said they have a new drug for people with high dental anxiety. It’s apparently like Xanax on steroids. You’re awake, but you just don’t care what’s happening & the timeline is kinda blurred, like 3hrs in the chair feels like 30mins. It’s not covered by the insurance, but sounds like it’s worth every penny. You obviously need someone to drive you.
 
Actually, that is what I have chose. I came to a realization several years ago that throwing potentially thousands of dollars for work on teeth that are now (that I was not warned about prior) crumbling like stale cookies from 10 years of chemo drugs. I actually accept that false teeth, tho not exactly desirable, are a reasonable price to pay for those drugs being the reason I am still here.
I think that’s a good trade-off. We love you whether you have your real teeth or not! ❤️
 
He said they have a new drug for people with high dental anxiety. It’s apparently like Xanax on steroids. You’re awake, but you just don’t care what’s happening & the timeline is kinda blurred, like 3hrs in the chair feels like 30mins. It’s not covered by the insurance, but sounds like it’s worth every penny. You obviously need someone to drive you.
But I could still feel it… Novocain does not work on me like it does on “normal” people. There is a reason I have to have my whole head numb… But maybe that drug with my typical 5 or so shots of Novocain, I could tolerate it without flailing.
 
Hi fellow Ponders!!! Good evening :frow
Sorry I have been a bit MIA lately, a very full plate. Finished my Yale courses with acceptable outcome (tho I do plan to audit the second course-the unwritten Constitution-again. It was just too much fascinating stuff to absorb in one pass) and I just started and even more difficult lecture series from another University, training for a rather involved volunteer media support position for an organization working toward the implementation of article V of the Constitution. Oh, and did I mention my DH has his eye surgery at the end of the month? He's so thrilled about it that it took me a year to get him to finally admit he's nearly blind and agree to it.
All this was set into motion just before my puppers was dxd. She did a full recovery after the first series of cluster seizures and then several days with an almost complete return to normal function then Monday a series nearly as prolonged and extensive as the first. This time the recovery of functions after the seizures finally ceased was far longer and not as complete. She's also had some permanent neurological deterioration. She no longer has 100% control of her eye movement and her balance is not quite as stable but better than it was a few days ago. The last couple days have been otherwise really good. She is even playing with her toys again and back to her silly, constant tail wagging self for the first time since the original episode. She's still happy and her energy is improved. I know it won't last but I'm cherishing every good day and dreading the time when the decision that is going to fall only to me (God I love my DH but he is such a coward). Right now she is doing far better with it all than I am. For that I am truly grateful.
Anyway, sorry to be such a Debbie downer. Good news is we take the four cockerels back to where the chicks came from tomorrow so I can finally clean up the mess those huge boys made of half my coop.
 
But I could still feel it… Novocain does not work on me like it does on “normal” people. There is a reason I have to have my whole head numb… But maybe that drug with my typical 5 or so shots of Novocain, I could tolerate it without flailing.
Sounds like the same "twilight sleep" drug they give me when they have to do a bone marrow biopsy. You know what's going on but you don't care.
 
Hi fellow Ponders!!! Good evening :frow
Sorry I have been a bit MIA lately, a very full plate. Finished my Yale courses with acceptable outcome (tho I do plan to audit the second course-the unwritten Constitution-again. It was just too much fascinating stuff to absorb in one pass) and I just started and even more difficult lecture series from another University, training for a rather involved volunteer media support position for an organization working toward the implementation of article V of the Constitution. Oh, and did I mention my DH has his eye surgery at the end of the month? He's so thrilled about it that it took me a year to get him to finally admit he's nearly blind and agree to it.
All this was set into motion just before my puppers was dxd. She did a full recovery after the first series of cluster seizures and then several days with an almost complete return to normal function then Monday a series nearly as prolonged and extensive as the first. This time the recovery of functions after the seizures finally ceased was far longer and not as complete. She's also had some permanent neurological deterioration. She no longer has 100% control of her eye movement and her balance is not quite as stable but better than it was a few days ago. The last couple days have been otherwise really good. She is even playing with her toys again and back to her silly, constant tail wagging self for the first time since the original episode. She's still happy and her energy is improved. I know it won't last but I'm cherishing every good day and dreading the time when the decision that is going to fall only to me (God I love my DH but he is such a coward). Right now she is doing far better with it all than I am. For that I am truly grateful.
Anyway, sorry to be such a Debbie downer. Good news is we take the four cockerels back to where the chicks came from tomorrow so I can finally clean up the mess those huge boys made of half my coop.
I feel like we just went through this with Roo. As much as I hate that you’re going through it too, in a weird way you talking about it feels a little therapeutic for me. This must be what AA fees like. Many hugs my friend! :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs
Sounds like the same "twilight sleep" drug they give me when they have to do a bone marrow biopsy. You know what's going on but you don't care.
Twilight Sleep. That’s exactly what he called it.
 

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