Middle Age! Ouch!

[Beemer]

I've been working with a trick hip for 1 1/2 years, ripped cartilage in the left knee for about the same time, blew out the inside of my forearms twisting steel on the drill rig I control, and now my teeth are going.

Went to the dentist with a toothache on Thursday morning, 8:00am. I intended to have the tooth pulled. Low and behold. I have to get 2 of the little nasties pulled at the same time. The one giving me the problem had so much infection in it, it wouldn't freeze after the third time trying. The needles were hurting more than the ache!

With mouth stretched wide and the dentist saying, “Does that hurt still” (wiggling the infected tooth), I nodded a painful, "Yes".

The dentist said, “This is what happens when you let things go to far. The infection isn't going to let the gum freeze so we may have to put you on antibiotics for a day or 2 and then try again.” (Something like that)

Still with my mouth wide open, I uttered a, "PULL IT!"

The dentist, not being one that is prone to hesitation, fully understood what I said and yanked it out before the echo faded of what I had just said.

I now know what extracting a bullet feels like, I believe.
I just about p*ssed my pants! Grabbed my crotch and tried to keep my mouth stretched wide so as not to take his fingers off as the feeling of being scalped hit me.

A brief conversation about implants and having to quit smoking so the intended implants will stay put and off I go.

I was at work by 9:15, mouth full of gauze, I jumped out of the truck and started work within 20 minutes of having the 2 teeth yanked.

I really felt like being there I'll tell ya.

Cheers!

[brandon184]

Now that's some incentive to savour your youth.

[Beemer]

It's a funny thing though. I was only 19 years of age a couple of years ago and now all of a sudden I'm 45 !

For several years I've been involved physically in martial arts, hockey, framing carpentry and now climbing broken rock for a living. Always the faster mover on job sites and still am. (Ibuprofen and a good work ethics attitude helps out lots)

I savoured my youth, and then some. You still have to pay the piper at some point I guess.

Cheers!

[John Prophet]

keep the activity up but find some "softer" stuff..swimming, bicycling...even weightlifting is low impact compared to karate etc

also probably a nice stretching program would probably help you out.

Im 36..I definitely feel some differences between being 19, lol.

JP

[Brainchild]

Well I know what you mean Beemer.I felt like I just turned around and I was almost 40 Geez where did the time go?

I know how the tooth goes too,I went to the dentist to get some antibiotics,and came out bleeding and $120 lighter,but I feel much better now Guess you just have to face the cold hard facts sometimes,even if you don't want to

[Theophylact]

Originally posted by brandon184
Now that's some incentive to savour your youth.

Now that's some incentive to quit smoking...

I speak as an ex-smoker with 11 implants...

[brandon184]

That too!

[The Real Bingo]

You should have opted for some funny gas [Nitrous Oxide].

[Beemer]

This office didn't seem to have the gas equipment availalbe in the room I was in. I would love to be knocked out for any further procedures. Cost lots of money though. I'll take the pain and by a new motherboard instead.

[The Real Bingo]

Heh, I guess being a minor has its advantages. They offered me gas before I went in. I decided to do that rather than to be fully knocked out. Seemed kinda pointless to me.