Ok, some of ya'll know my story....
Stage III , walked the skinny fence...laughed at the guy in the dark robe holding the long sickle...... faced it, jumped off on the greener side.
But living with the consequences, loss of some functions.... still living with it.
And you can laugh if you want, but....... well, the intense radiation I went through caused degeneration of the bones, and left side of my face is numb, the radiation caused fillings to fall out of my teeth over the last two years, and I have yet to go to the dentist.
Yeah... they numb you up, and drill away, and bingo, new smile and you can chew again.
However, I have had bad experiences with military dental practitioners.
And sometimes I have crappy reactions to the numbing agents they use causing my heart rate to go haywire....
Also, if I cannot swallow I freak out, guess what happens with the numbing agent that squirts in your throat? yup... numbs your throat muscles.... and now, with my surgery for cancer (12 inch incision from ear to thorax) I have trouble swallowing.
Add that to the possibility of numbing agent in my throat...sigh....
I have finally faced the fact I need my missing fillings filled... and i'm putting my big boy panties on tomorrow.
Really, I can take a gun pointed into my face.... I can take people 200 yards away shooting at me, I can take scuds falling all around the compound I am in.... I can take a volcano erupting and earthquakes with ash fallout covering everything around... but going to the dentist?
It terrifies me..... safe environment.... friendly people... nice atmosphere... buxom nurses.....still... I feel like I am having a heart attack....
ROFL.... if i'm alive after tomorrow...(and this one is just the preliminary).
I'm riding the savage.... just in case I never get to ride it again.