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I went to the dentist today due to breaking a molar in half eating beef jerky. 
It freaking hurt. I’m up so late because I am suffering from face-ache.
It freaking hurt. I’m up so late because I am suffering from face-ache.
I am afraid of needles and this dentist didn’t exactly have a “Gentle touch”.
They gave me so much laughing gas I thought I was dying. Actually, if you ever want to know what it feels like to come out of a coma, a high dose of laughing gas is pretty darn close to it.
I found out that I have cavities that have developed under a lot of my old silver fillings and have to have them all replaced.
I want to cry.
P.S. To the guy who emailed me wanting to have my broken tooth as a momento. No, you can’t have it. That’s just icky.
EDIT:
Photoshop Dave clearly blames my current dental issues with my love of Thin Mint Cookies. 
Waspgoddess says:
You poor thing, I really feel for you. I was so terrified of needles as a child that I had every single filling done without any form of pain relief, when I think back of that now I almost want to cry.
Dentists are awful. I think you have to be some sort of sadist in order to want to be one. I’m sending you lots of positive vibes and hope you’ll feel better soon.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Sharon says:
I have one very important question…who took the picture of you in the dentist’s chair?
I’ve had sadistic dentists throughout my life… no fun. But a few years ago I met Dr. Virginia in Bemidji. She puts a large q-tip covered with a topical anesthetic on your gums BEFORE inserting the needle with the novacaine! I have NEVER had a painful experience with her!!!!!
I would say, find ANOTHER dentist to have those fillings replaced!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Seredne says:
I’m sorry! I laughed at your picture before reading the context… dentists suck!
March 7th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
gradschoolknitter says:
Did someone seriously ask you for your tooth? That’s messed up!
March 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Mark says:
Loralee, I had my own experience with a dentist yesterday–and I’m still messed up for it. I have a crater where I used to have a tooth, and one half of my head is a whole lot less happy than the other half.
My fully engaged sympathies go to you.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Jessie says:
you are too cute! only you would take a photo of yourself at the dentist. i love it! i’m jealous that you got laughing gas…but not jealous of what you need to have done.
and, you know, when i had my wisdom teeth removed they gave me so much laughing gas (well, ok…i was breathing it in as heavily as possible!) that i also thought i was going to die. for real. i was listening to country music and sure that i was having a heart attack of some sort. it was scary. i thought of it as sort of a cosmic near-death experience…but i guess it’s just the effects of laughing gas.
feel better soon!!
March 7th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Bridge says:
I hope you feel better today babe!
March 7th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Sue says:
Holy suckage, batman. But on the upside, you look really hot with that mask on. Hope you feel better!
March 7th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
bekka says:
visiting your blog is a lot like going to the dentist…. Never boring! great photo.
March 7th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Froyd says:
Man, if someone ever has a muppet-ectomy, that’s what they’ll look like.
March 7th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Aspen says:
*hugs*
My momma has the same problem… she’s going in tomorrow and they’re putting her under to take out the bits and pieces of her molar.
*cringe*
ugh…
*HUUUUUUGS*
March 7th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Loralee says:
Oh man. My tooth with the hole in it is numb now. I’ve just worked up the courage to make an appointment. After reading this I’m having second thoughts. Sigh.
I’m sorry that you have to get all your silver filling replaced. (My tooth with the hole is an old silver filling tooth.) They’ll probably tell me to replace all of my silver fillings too. Sigh. (I’ll use all my extra money, yeah, right.)
I’m sorry that you have to go through all this, LL. Bummer.
And Erin is right, who in the hell would want your old tooth?????????
Wow.
March 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Loralee Choate says:
They did do the Q-Tip thing, it just didn’t work all that well. Needles and I have ugly history anyway and there is nothing more disturbing than a huge needle rammed into your soft cheek. SHUDDER.
I took the picture when they were letting the laughing gas “Take effect”. Hey, I would have done anything to get my mind off of the next hour.
Jessie-It.is.so.weird. I had my IPOD on and with that bright light, it was seriously freaky. I don’t think we are alone in this, either.
As for the tooth, it was one of the weirder comments I’ve ever gotten. I think they were trying to be funny, but it was too weird to not mention, you know?
“Mupettectomy.” Heh.
Thanks for all the groovy comments of support. The mask does kind of give me a certain charm. It makes one ponder…
March 7th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Alex says:
What about some toenail trimmings, then? Can I have some of those?
March 7th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Seredne says:
that photoshop picture is scary! you look like silence of the lambs now!
March 8th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Loralee Choate says:
I actually think it makes me look like that really disturbing servant of Sauron with the FREAKY mouth in LOTR: Return of the King.
Shudder!
March 8th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Loralee Choate says:
Alex-
I always knew you had a weirdo fettish somewhere just waiting for the right opportunity to emerge.
March 8th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Alecia says:
Oh, Loralee, I hope you don’t have ANY more pain from here on out. Things have GOT to be better in 2007. I just know it.
March 8th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Brian says:
Is it just me, or does the Photoshop Dave version make you look like Hannibal Lecter’s chocolate-loving sister? I was just wondering… By the way, you were missed at the MESSIAH rehearsal last Sunday.
March 9th, 2007 at 6:49 am
Loralee Choate says:
I know. I hated missing rehearsal, but my face hurt so bad I just couldn’t hack it.
March 9th, 2007 at 9:52 pm