Master slacker
Something awesome.
Being around the hospital over the past week and seeing all the doctors, nurses, patients, and ambulances going in and out of the area, I had the fuel to think of many things. One thought was of the worst pain I have ever experienced. How often have you thought about it?
Without a doubt, the worst pain I have ever had was about 10 years ago. I was in grad school (no health / dental insurance) and had a general tooth cleaning done. My molars have deeper than average pits, so the dentist scraped / cleaned the top, buffed it, and sealed it. All is well until about a week later. That one particular tooth started aching... bad. Over the next few days my jaw got stiff and could only open it about one half inch. Turned out I had an abscessed tooth and needed an emergency root canal. Because of my mouth being unable to open, the doc (different doc) gave me countless injections of muscle relaxers into my jaw from between my cheek and teeth to coax the jaw to relax. A lot of what came after that is hazy, but I ended up having a root canal with no anesthesia.
TL;DR - I had a root canal without anesthesia.
Without a doubt, the worst pain I have ever had was about 10 years ago. I was in grad school (no health / dental insurance) and had a general tooth cleaning done. My molars have deeper than average pits, so the dentist scraped / cleaned the top, buffed it, and sealed it. All is well until about a week later. That one particular tooth started aching... bad. Over the next few days my jaw got stiff and could only open it about one half inch. Turned out I had an abscessed tooth and needed an emergency root canal. Because of my mouth being unable to open, the doc (different doc) gave me countless injections of muscle relaxers into my jaw from between my cheek and teeth to coax the jaw to relax. A lot of what came after that is hazy, but I ended up having a root canal with no anesthesia.
TL;DR - I had a root canal without anesthesia.