About three years ago I had to get a root canal, which in itself was pretty horrible, but after it was done I was glad because Ithat would be the end of all the trouble. Boy was I wrong. About a month ago, i noticed the gum by that root canal tooth was getting swollen. I tried to show my mom, but she didn't really think it was. Anyways, after about a month, we got around to going into the dentist. It wasn't my regular dentist, to my disappointment (because this dentist was a weirdo). He told me I had to go see a root canal specialist to see if my tooth was savable. So i went to this "endodentist" (who, for the record, was very cute), and to my despise, he said that my tooth was completely infected, therefore meaning my root canal had failed, and i would have to get it removed. When we left the office, I started crying because who wants to get a tooth removed?! Sure..it was in the back of my mouth and no one would even be able to tell unless i opened my mouth really wide and someone looked into it, but its just the thought. Anyways, make a long story short..about two weeks later (yesterday!) I went to the dentist for the horrible procedure. It turned out not being too bad, because fortunately my regular dentist was able to do it, and he numbed me really well (i was numb for like 4 hours afterwards). It went really fast, and then I went home. I think the worst part of this whole ordeal was taking the Vicodin. I don't think I have ever felt sicker in my life. Fortunately, I only had to take two doses of it. Oh, and the picture i posted with this...Half of my face is definitely numb, thats why I look so silly :)
Just as a side note...For some strange reason, my account on XP is blocking me from viewing basically any website, and my dad can't figure out why, so I've been using the family account. Unfortunately, all of my pictures that I would otherwise make really exciting posts with are not currently accesible...BUT I happened to have the picture I used
