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 (DIR) Post #AmfjKTy8R95SEuoolc by sil@mastodon.social
       2024-10-04T19:13:03Z
       
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       So, today I had the Covid booster and a flu vaccination, and then I went to the dentist.Fabulous medical day, eh?Well. I am here to tell you that these things, all of which can be a little scary at times, are not actually scary any more. The dentist is not like it was when we were younger. They fixed it! It’s good now!OK, “good” might be a bit of a reach. “Not bad” is perhaps a bit closer. So, a little bit of a thread.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmfjKUam7TzmAktfzk by sil@mastodon.social
       2024-10-04T19:13:36Z
       
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       I was due to have two fillings. Now I render fillings. You get an injection, your mouth goes numb leaving you dribbling and struggling to speak for hours, and you can literally feel the bloke cramming the filling stuff into the newly-excavated hole in your head like trying to get the big pillow into the too-small pillowcase.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmfjKVQszjgAmNHIDg by sil@mastodon.social
       2024-10-04T19:14:00Z
       
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       Plus the drilling. Oh god the drilling. The bloke is all OK does that hurt and sure it doesn’t technically HURT because your whole jaw is like a block of wood but the vibration is, if not pain, sorta pain-adjacent. But you can’t really SAY anything, through a combination of resigned inevitability to this being how it works, being too British to complain, and miserable certainty that he’ll say something unhelpful like, well, not long to go now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmfjKW4EdR9ekPgiYK by anemone@ebiverse.social
       2024-10-04T19:14:42.590Z
       
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       @sil@mastodon.social if you think that's bad try getting a root canal!
       
 (DIR) Post #AmfmptzI39ahm5253o by sil@mastodon.social
       2024-10-04T19:22:19Z
       
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       @anemone yeah, I had one years back and it was unpleasant. I don’t know if it still is, and I suspect it is, but it was a very nice surprise to discover that the dentist community are actually trying to improve this stuff and it’s better than it used to be!