{"id":1690,"date":"2019-03-13T02:06:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T02:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2019-11-05T20:02:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T03:02:28","slug":"mar-12-2019-root-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2019\/03\/13\/mar-12-2019-root-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar 12 2019 Root Canal⭐"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor Caldwell<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got up early to make sure I would get to my dentist appointment on time. That didn’t work out exactly. As I started out I looked at my gas gauge, almost empty. No problem I carry Gas. I stop down a side road, grab my gas can and pour it into my old van. I am on my way. I check the GPS its says I will arrive 15 minutes late. Yea that doesn’t work for me. Being late is a big sign of disrespect in my way of thinking. So I put my foot in it, nothing too drastic but enough to make up some time.<\/p>\n

As I get a little closer I phoned ahead to let them know I was running behind. I arrived 7 minutes late. I immediately poured some coffee, I knew how to work the machine now. Amber remembers I like a little cold water in my coffee from my last visit and has a small paper cup waiting on the counter.<\/p>\n

It is the little things that are big for me. Details that make my trip into the chair more comfortable. Thanks, Amber it was appreciated.<\/p>\n

I am ushered into my chair by The Filipina I met on the first visit. I learn her name is Mara. We have a great conversation while she checks my BP which is normal now. I completely blame the staff for that. I feel very comfortable among them. Considering that they were about to stick needles in my mouth and grind away at my molar, it was a very nice change.<\/p>\n

Soon Dr. Wang is wiping my mouth with Lidocaine or something similar, so I don’t feel the five-foot needles about to be pushed into my gums. Kidding, that is how I used to see them. I only felt a little pain once, it was really no big problem. The grinding started I got through all that.\u00a0 Eventually we got to the end and a final x-ray was taken by Candace. With a few goodbyes, a compliment about my writing from Dr. Wang I was gone.<\/p>\n

Sorry to the staff and Dr. Wang, I pocketed the safety glasses supplied. I didn’t mean to. But I am sure after being covered in fluids from my mouth and bits of tooth and fillings, I was confident they wouldn’t be reused. I could use them for wood chopping. Feel free to bill me for those.<\/p>\n

All in all, these people deserve praise for how they treated me. Never in my life did I ever want to come back to a dentist office, but here I did. I felt comfortable there. I was treated well. I wasn’t once scolded for being a bad person for not always flossing, not once was I belittled for forgetting to brush. The rest of the medical profession could learn a thing or two from this office. You can read about some of that here<\/a>, about how I was mistreated by a few local doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n

My faith in dentistry has been restored somewhat. Something I never thought possible. Read my Mar 6 post<\/a> you will understand.<\/p>\n

Walking in there made me think of Cheers. I was just waiting for someone to call me Norm. \ud83d\ude00 Thank you again, to all the staff.<\/p>\n