Last week I went to see the dentist and found out I need to have a ROOT CANAL!!!!  Aaaaaahhhhhh!  Nooooooo, not a root canal!  I pretty much had a panic attack right in the dentist chair as he was telling me why it was the best thing to do.

Apparently, a filling on one of my back teeth (not one he did) is pressing up against the nerve so much that the tooth is dying.  The only way to save the tooth and keep it is to get a root canal.  I know, I cringe too when I hear those words together so I'll just refer to it as an R.C.

I got the filling done this past spring by another dentist and had some problems with it shortly after it was done.  The tooth became sensitive to hot and cold so I had to use Sensodyne for a while.  It's not sensitive any more, but sometimes it hurts when food gets caught between the two teeth.

I also found out that I'm going to need to get my wisdom teeth removed sometime soon, even though they haven't come through yet.  The two on my top jaw may come in within a year or so, but the ones on my bottom jaw are impacted so they definitely need to come out before they cause too many problems.

I'll probably get the R.C. done soon (probably in a month or two) and my wisdom teeth removed in December, just around the holidays so I can rest afterwards.  I'm kind of anxious about getting the R.C. done, even though my dentist reassured me about it.  Fortunately, I requested nitrous oxide (laughing gas) so I can be sedated during the procedure.  Thank goodness!