From the Mouths of......Babies! (& 37th injection)

My Pumpkin, 31st October, 2006

Yes, well what did i tell you! I hate dentists! There I was, waiting in the.....erm......waiting area, contemplating all the pain & blood to come for the next week or so. Playing my GameBoy Tetris (I've never met anyone who can beat me yet) listening to the drill spinning around at 10,000 MPH, in someone else's poor mouth. But.............It wasn't so bad at all this time:) I was completely taken by surprise. No pain & no blood! Same dentist too! Also, I had an injection in my gum which made my face completely numb (looking at a clock face) from about 14:30 to 18:30. Actually, it lasted about that long in real time too. I never had an injection like that at the dentist before. I spoke to my Mum and she said that they couldn't put needles into my mouth when I was a child because of my Haemophila. Hence all the painful memerories from having no face numbing juice!
It did feel odd though. Almost as if someone had drilled a little hole into the back of my skull (without the pain obviously), right up into the base of the tooth they were working on and bolted a length of metal cable to the root of the tooth and then hung a 20lbs weight from it!
I never knew how big my mouth was! For 45 minutes (I timed it) I had numerous rubber clad fingers, pipes blowing thin jets of air into my cavities, pipes spraying thin jets of water into them too, pipes for sucking out all my gob, various metal instruments ideal for scraping, picking & digging! And of course a rather nifty handheld drill (high speed.....I heard him ask for one). I nearly laughed when I thought of the scene in Only Fools & Horses where Delboy, after waiting for his face to go numb, says to the receptionist; "I'll just shit ere then".
I was worried over absolutely nothing in the end! Such a big baby;) I'm not scared of many things in life. I have mountain biked over terrain that would give my Mum a heart attack, sat on the edge of Beachy Head, legs dangling over the side, nearly set fire to my bedroom when I was a kid making homemade fireworks! But I can't have a little bit of dental work:) Makes me laugh really. I just hope it is the same kind of experience next month when the other tooth will be drilled!

The day was not completely pain free I might add! I had got to the RFH early, so my Haemophiliac nurses could put me under the cover of Factor VIII. I don't see why I can't do it at home myself. I felt like a 5 year old again, having a Doctor give me an injection. I watched in horror as only about one inch of blood was drawn before the Factor VIII was pushed in! So there I was waiting to get the bends from about 13 inches of air being pumped into my vein! Not to mention the air in the syringe too!
I didn't get the bends........I think I have always had the bends.....no way of telling:)
But in between the cover and the dental work, I had about 2 hours to kill. The first thing on my mind was getting some fresh air! I just cannot breathe properly in hospitals! Nor trains & buses! So off I went, as it was a fine crisp, sunny day, for a walk into Hampstead Heath, which is right across the road from the hospital.
After about half an hour, My right ankle was hurting! I wished I had my bike with me. I could've done the whole park.....without the pain. I headed back to the RFH and had some lunch, brushed my teeth and sat down with my Tetris. But by the time I got back to Richmond train Stn to catch another to Twickenham, I could hardly walk through the pain! From Twickenham Stn to the Car was a bloody nightmare! Took me about 15 minutes to walk 1/4 mile! I was so relieved to get home to a nice injection and a Lovely warm bath:)
It was a shame about the ankle pain yesterday, as I was all set to go for a cycle ride in the evening. But my ankle feels ok at the moment and tonight is cycle night with my friend Lee:) I must text him to arrange it. There is a firework display up on Leith Hill. Bit of a local do. They have a massive bonfire ready to set fire to! Lee & I are going to drive there and cycle to it from the other side of the hill. The parking will be a nightmare near the fire. It is such a tiny little village Coldharbour! In the middle of nowhere really. I'd Love to live there.......just me & my bike:)

Last night also saw my 37th Interferon injection desperately trying to find some more Hep C virus to do battle with! Not many left now......if any! They're all lying face down in the blood soaked grass, with giant, swaying swords towering over their gutless stomachs, pinning them to the earth for good! The stench is unbearable.......but the Victory is relentless!
No sides still, which is nice:) Infact it is bloody wonderful not to have any sides!

Jason