It’s 1:09pm. After leaving work at 11:00am, I arrived at the dental office: made a large co-payment, got my composite resin of several layers done, took one capsule of Bendryl, washed up at work and ate lunch at my desk.
The pink colored gelatin was applied to the inside of my cheek. It numbed it enough so that the doctor could inject the LONG needles into nerves in the back. I felt the needle up against the gumline and molar tooth number 15 and wiggled my fingers to indicate some pressure felt.
While reading a January 2011 issue of People’s magazine, I waited another 15 minutes until the numbing effects worked. I felt numbness towards the middle half of my upper lip and the upper cheek area.
As I reclined, I could feel the numbness spread to my upper eyelid. For whatever reason, I couldn’t open my jaw wide enough because the pain killer was too strong for my system.
The doctor tried to work my jaws open but it was up to me as I found whatever strength in my deadened nerves that would allow him some visual inside my mouth.
I knew my mouth was really dry because the tools would snag against my lips. I felt the drying instruments and another piece (probably the blue light) wedged in between my teeth.
After using the toilet and bidding the dentist and his assistant farewell, I braved the rainy outdoors and had my umbrella turned upside down twice from the gusty wind.
The travel to the place was between 40 to 45 miles per hour. The travel back to work was between 50 to 55 miles per hour. But visibility was limited with sprays from the mud guards on to my windshield both ways.
It’s now 1:19pm and I am just beginning to feel the water towards both pockets of my left cheeks. The anathesia usually makes me shiver, which happened while forcing my jaws open and while taking the elevator down to the parking lot. I hope to recover faster and soon.
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