I can't feel my face.

[whorlichan]

I just went to the dentist. Had two fillings removed, cavities underneath them removed, and new fillings put in.

Because I am the ULTIMATE wuss, he gave me 3 separate shots of Novocain in each side of my face, at about 15 minute intervals. I left there at 3:15 pm EST...he said I probably won't be able to feel anything until about 6 pm.

So now I feel like a Neanderthal...my bottom lip feels like it's pooching out awfully (it's not though, I checked in the mirror) and my tongue feels like it's the size of a bowling ball. A squishy bowling ball that I keep biting by accident and it's going to HURT LIKE HELL when the numbness wears off.

However, for once in my life going to the dentist did not hurt terribly DURING the procedure. I like this guy a lot more than my family dentist back in California, who was all about herbal medicines and would pinch my ear whenever I said something hurt in my mouth, to make that hurt worse. It never worked, BTW.