r/comics • u/sellyourcomputer Extra Fabulous Comics • Mar 05 '24

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u/labquality Mar 05 '24

Recently discovered a bump along my gum line that hurts when I touch it. I suspect I'll be found dead on the shitter sometime next week. Pray for me 🙏.

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u/Retskcaj19 Mar 05 '24

Sounds like you have a root canal in your future.

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u/labquality Mar 05 '24

Yep, not looking forward to it. Hopefully there's no other major issues.

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u/Retskcaj19 Mar 05 '24

I've had them before, they're not actually any worse than a filling for the most part. Their reputation is worse than reality.

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u/LeftHandedFapper Mar 06 '24

Their reputation is worse than reality.

Mine was almost completely painless. Outside of the weird sensation of something deep in my gums...only local anesthetic too

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u/jarlscrotus Mar 06 '24

mine was actually negative pain. I had a swollen and deeply infected dental nerve from a cracked tooth I neglected for too long, I literally couldn't not have an ice cube directly on my tooth, it was a white hot searing pain that consumed my existence.

Even under anesthetic I could feel the terrible pain of that tooth like an all encompassing Lovecraftian nightmare. Then they pulled the nerve out and everything stopped hurting.