Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - First thing Monday morning....
I was in the dentist's office.
I was scared, but the dentist and all the employees were so sweet that it was not too hard to relax.
Dr. Charlie was saying things like, "Now wait a minute, where did I put my manual?! I 've never pulled a tooth before I guess I should go read that chapter again, will you excuse me...". He was such a cornball, but I appreciated it tremendously.
Finally though I had to tell him that the more nervous he made me with his shenanigans the more I would giggle and then we'd never get anything done.
George and others had warned me of how bad the whole thing would be...how awful the shots would be....yada, yada, yada...
Turns out those stories are alot like birth stories...purposefully horrid to make people think that you must be superwoman to have lived through that!! LOL!
Dr.Charlie used so much numbing stuff that I never even felt the needles...that had been my one fear about the whole thing....in fact I sat there waiting for him to put the needle in and he was suddenly finished. I never even knew he had been doing it.
As for actually pulling the tooth, it was a strange sensation to have something being pulled from your head, but again, NO PAIN!! \o/
Dr. Charlie gave me a prescription for pain meds. I wasn't going to bother filling it, but dh insisted, citing that I would be in horrible pain once the numbing stuff wore off.
I have had a little pain, but nothing warranting what Dr. Charlie prescribed...but they did help me sleep which is always nice!
We had our Thanksgiving dinner (remember the one I invited the in-laws to) today.
It went surprisingly well.
I spent the morning mentally rehashing all the things that caused the great divide between us in the first place and telling myself what I would say to them when they brought up this and made ugly comments about that...boy I was gonna tell them....
Suddenly I recognized my anger for the attack it was and gave it to God. What more could I do?!
In return I got a peace that not only surpasses all understanding, but it made for a lovely day.
Sure there were comments made that I could have blown up at, but I just clung to that peace and let it go.
I'm not playing those games this time....
I hope you all have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
