Despicable Me
It starts with pain
That gets worse
Before it gets better
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You go for help
After praying to the insurance gods
That pay a little of the fee
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The hope of simplicity
Is ruined by two words
Root canal
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Brace yourself
For drills and files
That you are too numb to fully feel
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By the time it is done
Your mind has run for miles
And your jaw now aches
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A crown is in the future
But first a desperate race
To get the meds before the numbness fades
(Not my best, but I’m writing this after getting prepared for a crown. So, I’m not at my best. It doesn’t help that I can’t remember the original plan and just learned that my weekend is going to be busier than expected.)
Legends of Windemere 
Excellent given the circumstances. Wait! Excellent period!
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Thanks. 😊
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🙂
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I’ve always been to chicken to go for a root canal. I just tell them to pull it, lol. Great poem, I feel your pain!
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Thanks. The insurance company keeps demanding that damaged teeth get pulled. I wonder if they realize that adult teeth don’t grow back. Thankfully, they numb you for the root canal. Most painful part was the Novocaine needle.
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They always seem to dislocate my jaw. Then I spend the next few months whining, lol
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I’m sorry. What do they do that dislocates your jaw? If you mind me asking.
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I think it’s just the way they dig into my mouth. The teeth I’ve lost have been molars so far ( thank goodness!) and the doctor opens my mouth pretty wide.
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It’s been my molars and wisdom teeth. Not sure about that second group. If they were so wise, they’d avoid getting pulled.
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I’ve had TWO root canals done on the same back tooth (several years apart) and fear another one (in a different back tooth) is coming up soon, so I know your pain 😳
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Sorry about the double header there. Hope you get good news and don’t need a third. I never realized you could get two root canals on the same tooth.
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If the first one wasn’t done properly (in my case, deep enough) it needs to be completely redone – mind you, the first one lasted about four years befor giving me problems 😳
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That’s good. I remember them saying they went pretty deep here. At least it looked that way on the x-ray. Always fun to see a picture of your tooth with files sticking out of it.
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😱😱😱
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My sympathies, Charles….
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Thanks. One more step and it’ll be over.
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Its a small price to pay for keeping your teeth!
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The bigger price is what insurance weasels out of.
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Had one of those once. Just get it good and numb is all I ask.
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Yup. That’s the best way to go. Only issue is I sometimes recover from the numbing really quickly.
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The fact that you can be creative while in pain is amazing, Charles. I usually curl up in a ball and watch episodes of Pokemon on Netflix.
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Thanks. Starting to wonder if I’ve hurt myself so often that it really needs to hurt to stop me.
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Maybe you think this isn’t your best but I love it!
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Thanks. Guess I’m my own worst critic here.
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Ouch… Hope you’re feeling better by now!
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Working on it. Friday is the permanent crown.
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