I've been dumping my load all day, I new it wasn't going to be pleasant. It was better than I feared, but worse than I hoped.

I got there with 15 minutes spare before my 2:30 appointment. At about 2:50 they let me know they were running 30 minutes behind. These things happen, particularly in our over stretched dentists/doctors/hospitals. They took me through for the local anaesthetic. 2 long injections, and 4 not so long ones to get both sides numb. I could feel it working right way. 10 minutes later we get on with the serious work. The right hand tooth was not too bad, yes there was drilling, yes there was tugging. Quite a lot of both, but it's to be expected. Some nice crunching sounds with I hope were the tooth breaking, and not bits of my jaw breaking. The left tooth was a bitch to get out. Even the dental surgeon said they hadn't had one that tough for a while. First they saw the gum (that's what it felt like anyway). That bit didn't hurt. Then they start drilling the top of the tooth off, and drilling the jaw bone. There was a not so lovely smell of something burning during this process, and then pain. I let them know quite clearly that the local wasn't working. They gave me some more, still hurt, then some more, and it was bearable. They had to stop twisting and pulling a couple of times to do more drilling on the right tooth, and I can tell you, that female dental surgeon is stronger than she looks, as she twisted and pulled that tooth. Lots more cracking sounds, and eventually it was out.

I'm home now, and the local has still not warn off. The right side is completely numb, no feeling at all. The left side hasn't stopped hurting since the drilling initially provoked it. I'm on the anadin extra, no drink till tomorrow, and we'll just have to see how the food thing works out.

Still, it's done now, a couple of days of pain are to be expected, but I have 6 series of red dwarf to watch, and a mog that will keep me company.