tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post8655485653231584337..comments2023-11-02T08:52:32.425-05:00Comments on Did We Say That Out Loud?: It Was Supposed to Be a Little ScaryWomen on the Vergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048207912750733316noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-16714161812709723682007-02-22T00:51:00.000-05:002007-02-22T00:51:00.000-05:00I've been meaning to come and comment here thankin...I've been meaning to come and comment here thanking you for visiting my blog. There's another posting about Ms. Coulter, Inciting & Indicting Ann! which is good for a sick laugh. I really don't want to make a habit of giving her "air time" so-to-speak but what am I to do? I get angry and think I need the outlet but all it does make it worse.<BR/><BR/>Dentist stories are like cat stories if you have one. Each tale begets another. Here is mine. I am from another era so keep that in mind. My mother was the kind who from the time I can remember held me by the lip and rigorously brushed my teeth—at least until I was old enough to do it on my own. Prior to then she was quite vigilant as she had already raised her younger sister and times and information being what they were, had done a disastrous job in regards to tooth care. <BR/><BR/>She felt pretty confident on my first trip to the dentist but soon had her comeuppance when I was diagnosed with SEVEN CAVITIES! Long story short, there was no gas back then only Novocaine, the pervasive local anesthetic of the times. It took four visits as the cavities where evenly spaced on the left and right sides and the upper and lower bridges. Each time he would shoot up one side of my face with Novocain, paralyzing the entire half of my face from the base of the nose to the center of my chin. I was a hellion as a child but, oddly, a dutiful patient at the dentist. He would, in his view, reward me each visit with a deflated balloon. Have you ever tried to blow up a balloon with half of your lower face and mouth paralyzed numb? I would think him as mean as Ann Coulter except for this. At every subsequent visit in which I had a cavity—they only came in ones after the first seven—the man managed to inject Novocain inside my mouth without my ever seeing the foot long metal syringe that he used to do so. I wonder what psychosis resulted from my frustration at trying in vain to inflate a balloon while also making these embarrassing flatulent sounds. It was way before adolescence when flatulent sounds would be a primary source of entertainment. I was saved from the reoccurring nightmare of the giant syringe... at least as a child.<BR/><BR/>WSWayward Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169683029085558375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-83430689856686351962007-02-21T09:27:00.000-05:002007-02-21T09:27:00.000-05:00mando, you wouldn't be disappointed. It would be ...mando, you wouldn't be disappointed. It would be well worth the drive. Dr. Gary is one in a million.<BR/>LWomen on the Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048207912750733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-68584468016057047022007-02-20T21:00:00.000-05:002007-02-20T21:00:00.000-05:00Ohh how life's disappointing dentist visits loom e...Ohh how life's disappointing dentist visits loom even drearier for a sensitive new age kid. Mine's 12-1/2, and I don't know when he or his sister last made it to the dentist because their dad handles that. So it could be gruesome. I think I need to put you on speed dial.<BR/><BR/>We love our dentist as well but he doesn't use gas. Inspired by your story, I made an appointment for myself with Dr. Gary for April. What's a 350-mile drive for the very best?Mando Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086172912612587749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-10448582921367318882007-02-20T20:39:00.000-05:002007-02-20T20:39:00.000-05:00I have read about tomcats bad dentist thing! not g...I have read about tomcats bad dentist thing! not good!<BR/>I think your right, dentist needs to throw in an evil laugh next time.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289711208740908594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-300019678394148192007-02-19T18:09:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:09:00.000-05:00I have an absolute phobia of dentists. All stems b...I have an absolute phobia of dentists. All stems back to my Dad's horrific accounts of his army dentist.....and we adults don't get gas just the needle!<BR/>RxRUTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389012059140660415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-70553695128414007842007-02-19T18:02:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:02:00.000-05:00tomcat, I know I'm lucky. We love Gary. He has b...tomcat, <BR/>I know I'm lucky. We love Gary. He has been there for us when my kids have had mouth injuries at night and on weekends. <BR/>I'm sorry your experience wasn't more pleasant!<BR/>LWomen on the Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048207912750733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37796028.post-28953526897642757532007-02-19T17:17:00.000-05:002007-02-19T17:17:00.000-05:00Lucy, be thankful you have this guy. I had an ear...Lucy, be thankful you have this guy. I had an early experience with a dentist so horrid that it took 30 years to get me back into another dentist's chair.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.com