But your eyelid? That isn't that close to your mouth.
I was as confused as you are.
::lurking:: I can explain... I had my eye numbed once (frozen does seem pretty accurate, though) when I got the shot. My dentist said that the nerve going up to your eye is close by the nerve they are trying to numb and sometimes can be hit. I couldn't focus my eye, it was so weird. She had me reschedule- I think I was freaked out about it happening again.
My brother in law (who lives far outside a city) is basically convinced that I will get mugged if I walk outside my front door. At 3pm on a lovely Saturday in the ritziest part of town, he asked me if I needed a chaperone to go to the store alone.
I can't with that.
I actually find some of the backwoods areas that I have to drive in way more terrifying. You lose cell service and get lost, or run out of gas. You never know what you kind of person is going to stop to "help" you. I used to do home visits in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The only problem I had was getting asked for my number.
Haha a city-dwelling friend of mine was over our house one night and she told me the next day that she has never been more terrified than when she was walking from our front door up our driveway to her car at night. My though? What's going to get you? A bear? Lol. But it is pretty bitch-black here so...who knows. Maybe there was a Sasquash around or something.
I actually find some of the backwoods areas that I have to drive in way more terrifying. You lose cell service and get lost, or run out of gas. You never know what you kind of person is going to stop to "help" you. I used to do home visits in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The only problem I had was getting asked for my number.
Haha a city-dwelling friend of mine was over our house one night and she told me the next day that she has never been more terrified than when she was walking from our front door up our driveway to her car at night. My though? What's going to get you? A bear? Lol. But it is pretty bitch-black here so...who knows. Maybe there was a Sasquash around or something.
Mountain lion?
Though they are more likely to fill up on sheep and chickens before humans.
But your eyelid? That isn't that close to your mouth.
I was as confused as you are.
Yes! Cranial nerve 7, it's the facial nerve. It supplies many muscles of the face (including lips and eyelid). So they both can droop if cranial nerve 7 was hit/touched/whatever. Kind of like Bells Palsy when half the face droops. I only know this because I'm a speech therapist at a hospital and we do neuro exams everyday. BUTTT I'd still freak the fuck out if my eyelid started drooping after Novacaine!
Post by LadyNymeria on Apr 30, 2015 22:00:39 GMT -5
All this dentist talk was quite timely. It has been serving as an all-day reminder that I have a dentist appointment in the morning. I'm on team don't mind going to the dentist. Certainly not my favorite thing to do, but I don't dislike it.
Yes! Cranial nerve 7, it's the facial nerve. It supplies many muscles of the face (including lips and eyelid). So they both can droop if cranial nerve 7 was hit/touched/whatever. Kind of like Bells Palsy when half the face droops. I only know this because I'm a speech therapist at a hospital and we do neuro exams everyday. BUTTT I'd still freak the fuck out if my eyelid started drooping after Novacaine!
It wasn't drooping though. Imagine a staring contest, with one eye.
i admire your bravery. I honestly take anxiety medication for the dentist! (Well, all doctor visits actually.) I have an irrational fear that I'm going to need a root canal.
Plus, I have exposed roots at my gum line from braces. Every little thing causes intense pain. I no longer eat certain candy bars bc the chocolate hurts when it touches those spots
Well, I've never had a root canal. I can imagine my view of the dentist would be different if I ever needed any other work besides a cavity.
I've had scaling done twice (when they clean under your gum line) and I still like the dentist
It helps that my dentist is awesome. I watched his kids for a couple weeks one summer. One of them asked if I had nipples on my knees (scars from surgery). One of the funniest kid moments of my life. I travel almost an hour to go there because I'm terrified of finding a new one.
DH started it. I think it's his more discrete way of saying he has to poop when people are around. Because spending 10 minutes in the bathroom doesn't give it away.
I don't think I would even notice if someone was in the bathroom for 10 minutes, or even if they said, gotta poop. But if H or someone else said they 'have to tinkle', now THAT would get my attention. What an odd thing for an adult to say lol.
Just reviving this for an anecdote ::don't mind me:: H was working at a prison facility today so one of the guards had to be like his escort to take him around. The guard told H, 'BRB I gotta tinkle' when he had to go take a piss. WTF? H was laughing telling me about this at dinner and I was like...huh. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
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