Root Canal in Jamaica

Well, I am 1/2 way done with my root canal. Due to the infection it had to be done in two parts. They finished half of it and they need to allow it to drain before completing it. So, next Friday I go back to finish this and to get the process started with the crown. Boy, this is fun. They also put me on another 10 days of antibotics. Again, boy this is fun.

I was pretty nervous when I went in yesterday and I think part of the reason was because I was hearing all these stories about other people having root canals done. Here's some advice: When someone you know if going to have a major procedure done, please do not tell them any horror stories. I had a root canal done three years ago and had no problems. But hearing all these horror stories really freaked me out. So, when they offered me the laughing gas yesterday to calm down I said, "hell yes". Now, I had never had the laughing gas before but had heard that it was pretty good stuff. Within minutes I was in another world. My limbs felt heavy and I could barely move. The dentist has XM radio and they had it on a station playing island music. I felt like I was in Jamaica. When they tried to do the x-ray I couldn't get my hands coordinated enough to hold the x-ray piece in my mouth. I know the nurses were laughing at me. But at that point I didn't care. I felt like everytime I talked out loud I was talking in slow motion. It was the weirdest feeling. They gave me two shots to numb my mouth and then started working. I remember feeling a little more pain and they gave me a shot directly in the tooth. I then felt NOTHING. Once they turned on just the oxygen I started coming back around. It was wild. My mouth was completly numb until 8:30pm. They said it would be numb longer then normal because of the shot directly in the tooth. This morning I have no pain in my mouth. I think my jaw is a little sore, but that's it.

I slept like a baby last night. I don't think I woke up once. I was stil "hanging" from the laughing gas when I went to bed. I don't think I will take that stuff again. My stomach was so upset when I got home last night. It took several hours for the full effect of it to wear off.

We have a 29 gallon aquarium in our house. When we went to Florida we put in a 7 day feeder and ever since then we have not been able to clear the water up. We have tried everything. I mean everything. We finally decided last night to take all the water out and clean it real good. We put our fish (7 fish total) in our little 5 gallon aquarium until we get the other one clean. We have 4 Neons and it took us forever to catch them last night. The water was so cloudy they could just go and hide at the back. When we went to Florida we had a total of 12 fish. Once we got back to Florida and the 7 day feeder messed up the water we have lost 5. We are hoping that cleaning the tank well will clear up the water.

That's all for now folks.