I'm giggling about this, but it is all in understanding. I swear. x) I fear going to the dentist's office will never be a pleasant experience. Even if they don't get you with the smells, and the scary tools, and the newbie hygienists (bless her heart--NOT!), they get you in the pocketbook. My insurance has ever only covered $1000. Hell, you can just walk into the offices around here, and it's $1000 right off the bat. Goodness.
The thing I can't complain about with my dentist is the price. We go to one in the not-so-great-part of town, and his prices reflect that. I took the boys, and we all had x-rays and cleanings, and it was less than $475. So at least there's that.
I told her she should just take a blanket twenty points off the reading, because of where we were.
I agree. They say that moving, extreme pain, and The Dentist are the leading causes of spikes in blood pressure. Note that "The Dentist" is capitalized.
I would say, bless her heart, but because she evidently trained under Josef Mengele, I'll retract that.
You, madam, are a consummate comedienne. Also, I don't doubt that she learned her "craft" from a retired Nazi. She made you bleed with the POLISHER? Very bad form. You're supposed to do it with those stainless steel scrapypokyhurty things so you can blame it on those.
Also, mine uses this nifty sonic screwdriver thing to get the calculus off of my teeth, and it is FANTASTIC.
Maybe she'll have changed careers by then; she joined something more suited to her temperament, like drug warlord. Or professional sadist.
...And now I'm imagining someone in Eliza Dushku's "Mistress of Pain" getup from Dollhouse.
You had your blood pressure taken at the dentist? What?
And "Maybe she'll have changed careers by then; she joined something more suited to her temperament, like drug warlord," almost made me spew my cheerios all over my laptop.
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I'm giggling about this, but it is all in understanding. I swear. x) I fear going to the dentist's office will never be a pleasant experience. Even if they don't get you with the smells, and the scary tools, and the newbie hygienists (bless her heart--NOT!), they get you in the pocketbook. My insurance has ever only covered $1000. Hell, you can just walk into the offices around here, and it's $1000 right off the bat. Goodness.
Six more months! ;)
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:O! WOW. That's what I'd pay for Trei's visit alone. :/
Yup, at least there is that.
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I agree. They say that moving, extreme pain, and The Dentist are the leading causes of spikes in blood pressure. Note that "The Dentist" is capitalized.
I would say, bless her heart, but because she evidently trained under Josef Mengele, I'll retract that.
You, madam, are a consummate comedienne. Also, I don't doubt that she learned her "craft" from a retired Nazi. She made you bleed with the POLISHER? Very bad form. You're supposed to do it with those stainless steel scrapypokyhurty things so you can blame it on those.
Also, mine uses this nifty sonic screwdriver thing to get the calculus off of my teeth, and it is FANTASTIC.
Maybe she'll have changed careers by then; she joined something more suited to her temperament, like drug warlord. Or professional sadist.
...And now I'm imagining someone in Eliza Dushku's "Mistress of Pain" getup from Dollhouse.
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I'm thinking of switching dentists, actually. When I do, I'll inquire about the sonic screwdriver. ;)
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And "Maybe she'll have changed careers by then; she joined something more suited to her temperament, like drug warlord," almost made me spew my cheerios all over my laptop.
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*nods* I do what I can. Hope your laptop survived. :)
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