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Root Canal!! (From Weird Al's Cavity Search)

I had my first ever root canal on Wednesday morning. I don't have anything particularly insightful to say about it. I've had that Weird Al song in my head for days.

The endodontist I saw was some guy in his early 30s who came across as really loving his job. I bet he wakes up in the morning and says to himself, "YAY! I get to do root canals today!"

When you have a whole bunch of stuff in your mouth, any conversation is pretty one-sided. Here is a selection of the things he said:

"You have an awesome tooth."
"Yeah, this was definitely the one. This is not a happy tooth. You're really tough for putting up with it for so long."
"Man, this thing is awesome."

I am not entirely sure what about my number 14 molar made it "awesome." Afterwards he showed me the x-ray and indicated one of the roots, which was curved into an almost "C" shape. I guess that made it kind of tricky. At least it was awesome, too.

I'm happy for the matter to be resolved. That tooth has been giving me trouble since college. Not very much trouble, of course; just enough to annoy.

In other news: it has been a year since I looked at my NaNoWriMo novel. I think it's time to start editing it, don't you? I need to figure out a different editing style - I get so caught up in the minutiae of individual word choices that I loose track of the big picture. If a character reacts a certain way in chapter three, then why on earth would he say that other thing in chapter four?!