Ev sent me this picture that reminds me of the time I got a wisdom tooth pulled by a pirate:

It was a couple of years ago. I had an impacted wisdom tooth. My appointment to have that bitch yanked was October 31st. I had no idea the dentist would be in costume.

He was wearing a pirate outfit, and his assistant was dressed as a vampire. Fucking ridiculous. I was about to get the happy gas and have a part of my body crushed and removed, and the guy who was responsible for my safety looked like Captain Hook.

I don’t want you to think that I’m blaming the costume, but the guy fucked up. I lost the feeling in a small section of my bottom lip. I surfed around a bit to find out what might have happened.

A lot of websites say it’s possible for the dentist to accidentally damage a nerve in your mouth. But those sites also say the feeling eventually comes back within a couple of months at the longest.

Some of the feeling did return eventually, but I still have that weird tingly feeling in my lip, kind of like when you hit your funny bone. I bite it at least once a week while eating. Like I’ll bite into a big sandwich and my half-numb lip gets in the way. Awful. Simply awful. I hate it.

Is it too late to sue? It’s been nearly two years.

(Shit - this somewhat funny story turned into a little personal drama. Ugh!)

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