Root Canals have a bad Rep, plus Flash Orgasm's

I found out something yesterday at the endodontist.  It seems they don't mind that root canals have a bad reputation.  "It makes us look better" my guy said.

I had to have a re-due on a root canal that I had about 25 years ago.  Seems there was a tiny part of the root that was not taken out.  If anyone has ever had a pain from an abscessed tooth  so bad that they could not breath this is one of those.  I suppose a migraine would be in that same class, never had one so I cannot compare but on a pain scale this is nearing a 10.  When your tooth seems to have it's own heart beat . . . it's time for special treatment.

ANYWAY - I was actually interested to see how technology had progressed in the last 20+ years when it came to canals.

So here is what they do and seriously - it is not anything to be worried about.

They give you some shots in the mouth after swabbing the area with a local numb'r.  no big deal.  The one shot near the tooth is interesting.  My guy said "I'm playing with your lip to keep you distracted".   Actually it worked in a weird way.

After about 5 minutes of having your entire side of your face go numb (the juice they inject is so much better then 20 years ago, it contains adrenaline).

They put what is like a tiny car jack in your mouth.  This is to keep your mouth open WITHOUT you getting tired.  It's awesome!!  GREAT INVENTION!

Then one of the most psychologically awesome things is they put this rubber or latex? sheet, about the size of your hand around your tooth. This separates you so all the doc see's is that one tooth and while the procedure is happening your tongue is free to do whatever it wants.  Your mouth does not get all nasty.  It's like your tooth is on the other side of the wall and you are free to relax.

I honestly was day dreaming and  thinking of what I would do the rest of the day.  There is tugging and pushing and so forth but there is absolutely zero pain at all.

Once done your mouth feels like your legs feel after being in one position for too long but that's it. Ex-rays andyou are on your way.  2 hours later numbing is gone.

I will say that the next day or two it's a little sore but compared to WHY you were there it's an easy Ibuprofen style pain.
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We have all seen  When Harry Met Sally right??   How about a Flash Orgasm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shC016PnxPs

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There two big storms that my mom seems to have been involved with and both took place around this time many years ago.

First was the Armistice Day Blizzard of November 12 194. She would have been about 14 I think.

Her parents had a friend with a barometer and he told moms parents that something really bad was coming.  But the Chicago weather forecasters said maybe some snow only.  I INSISTED that something was terribly wrong as he had never seen his barometer act like this before. It was falling and falling very very fast.  It went to deaf ears.  After all the temperature was in the upper 50s.  

Mom went to school and many males across the midwest decided it was a perfect day off because for some odd reason there were millions and millions of ducks flocking to the Mississippi river basin.  Unending flocks of birds.  "Many would later comment that they had never seen so many birds".

As my mom recalls about noon a man knocked on the school house door and said "Send the children home" and the teacher said it no but the man in a VERY loud and authoritative voice said  "SEND THE CHILDREN HOME NOW AND MAKE THEM RUN".

My mom started to run home and it was getting colder. She only had a couple miles to go but the wind was getting stronger and stronger (top wind speeds were in the 80 mph range) and she stopped as snow started to fly to hide from the wind.  Her brother rescued her a little while later. None of the school children had brought coats to school.

The temperatures dropped from the middle 50s to middle teens in just a few hours. 

Hunters froze to death and some actually had to be cut out of trees where they were hanging onto.  

There were 20 foot drifts of snow as 16-20 inches fell overnight.

In the aftermath the US Weather bureau changed from an 8 hour day to around the clock and more and more weather stations were formed. 

And that is story #1.