Thanks again to you all, for helping me get through Root Canal Part One yesterday. Strangely enough, despite of all the song suggestions, I walked into the endodontist's office humming Herb Alpert's "Tijuana Taxi"! I don't know why.

But please do keep those songs coming; I have Root Canal Part Two to look forward to dread, on April 24th! By then I hope to learn more of these songs, and I'll have my musical arsenal at the ready.

All Praise to the discoverer of nitrous oxide gas! Thanks to the happy-gas, I didn't even mind (too much) watching the doctor pass each of his tools before my eyes on his way to my tooth! That part where he dug into my jaw forcefully enough to bob my head up and down was a bit annoying, though. I can't say I'm all better now, but they tell me the pain will subside in a few days (I hope so; it took a couple of months with the previous tooth, but that one was infected – I coulda used Wolfgang's pistol then!). I keep telling my body I'm doing the right thing, but my body ain't buyin' it just yet....

Could be worse... I could be having this thing done in Maine... *walking away singing Charley's "Away, haul away! We'll haul away, Joe!" :^)*

Sharon