12-23-2009, 11:27 PM
Quote:Ugh. I hate the gas. I'm the only one in my immediate family who opts for Novocaine. My mom and sisters do the dentist, drill and all without medication. They hate needles more than they hate the pain. I think there is something weird about our genes (probably a Scandinavian thing).They had me numbed when I woke up. I HATE that. I would rather hurt than feel nothing at all. Something in my head screams there is something wrong because I can't feel it and it drives me crazy. Maybe that's the Scandinavian part of me coming out too.:)
I guess I'm the wimp, although, I guess if I had to I could gut it out. I don't have any issues with shots, blood, or gore (even my own). So, I figure, "Why not avoid what pain you can?" The Vicodin made me woozy Thursday, so I stopped and Friday I was in some pain. I took the edge off with a little OTC Tylenol pain formula. Of course, as any man would, I whined like a beat dog to milk it for all the sympathy points I could from my wife. Otherwise, she would have me out cleaning the gutters or some such nonsense. That is NOT why I stayed home from work Friday! She made me soup. :-)