[Thread title: "Jesus went to the dentist with me!"]
I had to have dental work this morning and I was really, really dreading that shot! I was sitting in the waiting room, thinking how nice it will be to get back home and recover from the anesthetic. Well, guess what? I didn't need it! Doc just drilled away and I felt fine! Guess Jesus upped my pain threshold. Thank you, God! You are just super!
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He can go instead of me on Thursday if he likes.
Edit: See, it's preying on my mind so much it even got into my username.
- Nathan the Wise
I'll take my share of the Novacaine, and yours, too, Sunny, if you don't mind. You're welcome to my share of Jesus.
So he went with you to the dentist? Pfffft Now if he'd go instead of me to the dentist I could vote for the guy.
Umm, no you idiot, it is called adrenaline. The body produces some amazing chemicals of its own. Endorphins are more potent than morphine for pain control. However, I seriously doubt that the dentist just "drilled away" without giving you anything at all.
Maybe instead of Jesus you should better thank the engineers who developed the modern high speed drills which dentists commonly use nowadays ;)
I also usually refuse it if my dentists wants to give me anesthetics before drilling, and even without Jesus I normally don´t feel any pains during the procedure (is more some kind of itching)
... Guessing old Sundial is in his 40s and had his first visit to a dentist in his life today for a cleaning. (He must be on the Appalachia Plus health care plan to get a teeth cleaning at that young age). Of course, cleaning that amount of built up tartar would call for some heavy duty scraping but no drilling inside the enamel.
Guess what,Sundial? - You might have gotten yourself a good dentist there, one who knows exactly how far he can drill before it get's so hurtful the majority of people need anasthetics... I have one of these, too, he most of the time does not use anasthetics on me and it most of the time does not hurt as much as one would expect...
oh, or did your dentist maybe just remove calculus? That swould explain why he did not give you anasthetic!
Soooo ... next time you have to get dental work, or any other medical procedure, do without the anesthesia all together. Jesus is all you need, and he would be offended if you didn't have enough faith to "just say no to novocaine." Trust me.
Bwahaha!
How convenient that you believe that. I don't subscribe to your infantile beliefe, however. I don't need anaesthetic for drilling or even root canal treatment. In fact, numbing for such work is generally considered unnecessary here in France and no one would ever ask for it unless there were some other problem to be dealt with at the same time. Modern treatment is normally painless, though unpleasant, without palliative attention.
So poor iddums diddums wants novocaine! Aw!
What Sundial neglects to mention is that Jesus is his hot latino boyfriend, his guy-on-the-side is a dentist, and his "dental work" involved breathing through his nose and trying not to gag. The drool bib and spit sink totally came in handy though.
Doc just drilled away and I felt fine!
I don't think I would want the nazi scientist from Hellsing drilling away at my teeth.
But on a serious note, the medicine probably gave you a bit of memory loss. That, or the dentist was just cleaning and inspecting your teeth so they can see what work needs to be done in the future.
Another fap fest over there. Can these people stop lying for 24 hours? Or would their little brains explode.
Nitrous is not "really laughing gas" trust me I've been on it enough.
I would like to meet the dentist that uses nitrous for cleanings. Cleanings are done by techs, they're not legally allowed to handle anaesthesia, which is what nitrous is considered. Hey if I could get nitrous for cleanings, I would gladly do it.
I'm laughing so hard at this. Yes, I guess your tooth pain is a higher priority than famine and disease. "Well, I was going to smite some terrorists and feed some emaciated children in Africa, but Sundial needs me damnit!"
@ Disregard :
Now now, you know that their omniscient, omnipotent god is also omnipresent. He can be in the Congo failing to stop rape gangs AND be in the dentist's office failing to cure this guy's toothache at the same time!
Why don't you guys believe in me? I stopped this bitches tooth pain. If that shit ain't a miracle-- I don't know what is.
Remember, the kingdom of heaven-- is up in you.
And here I thought that was a mental trick that christians weren't allowed to use. Any occult art is forbidden, such as transcend dental medication (transcendental meditation).
Seriously, though. I had a dentist do this to me as well, as the decay hadn't gone through the enamel yet.
Yeah, that happens to me all the time. Dentist just plain forgets to give me anesthetic. I also had surgery and the surgeon never put me to sleep.
No wait, I'm full of shit.
@ mika:
Lidocaine , Novocaine, Jesucaine
LOL...you win one Intarweb
"I was sitting in the waiting room, thinking how nice it will be to get back home and recover from the anesthetic."
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Is it safe?
>:D
(It took me many a year to go to the dentist's again after I first watched "Marathon Man" - or to see that film again. It's gonna take me even longer to have an injection again at the doctor's after watching the Japanese horror film "Audition". I've only seen it once. Never again. My psyche couldn't take a second viewing!)
For those of you saying he's lying, he might not be. Novocaine takes a fucking long time to kick in for me, so last time I went to the dentist she told me we could try it without anesthetic, and to stop her if I felt any pain. It wasn't exactly pleasurable but she was able to drill the tooth all the way without anesthetic.
Anyway, the quote is not fundie, it's just another example of placebo effect.
"Jesus went to the dentist with me!"
Sounds like it could be the title of a Christian song ...
Jesus went to the dentist with me
Jesus was standin' right by my chair
Oh Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Jesus went to the dentist with me
Book of Caviticus, Chapter 3, verse 6,432 - 6,447
And lo! An Angel of the LORD came unto him and spaketh thus:
"Verily I say unto you, thine right bicuspid doth make an unpleasant sight and stench before the LORD and He is displeased. Thy plaque also is unseemly, and doth anger and offend Him. Thou hast failed in thy devotion to the mouth that the LORD hath given unto you, and thou must therefore hasten to atone! Taketh thyself at once to the place of Dentistry and there prostrate yourself that thou mayst be drilled upon. Thou art forbidden to take within yourself Novocaine, for thou hast transgressed, and now must thou atone. Bring to this place also thine insurance card. Thus spaketh the LORD, and bade me harangue you thus."
And the Angel of the LORD did then depart upon the back of a Vespa, and did raise up its middle finger as a final gesture of warning until it had vanished altogether.
No! Your caries problem was a minute problem,and the anesthetic was not needed.So! You could have gone an eaten something 20 minutes later.It was the judgment of your dentist,not Jesus upping your pain threshold. I do have a question.What if there isn't enough room for all you soon to be raptured people? Would you feel betrayed,or you just weren't Christian enough to make the trip?
The scientists spend countless hours researching the issue and finding ways to solve the problem.
And of course who is to thank - God.
@breakerslion
"And the Angel of the LORD did then depart upon the back of a Vespa"
Actually he got a lift from King David, who was riding a motorbike. After all: David's Triumph was heard throughout the land.
...I'll get my coat.
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