I had one years ago … and the release was … orgasmic. Never been so happy to sit in a dentist’s chair.
Unfortunately this ain’t my first root canal rodeo. But you’re spot on with the relief! Tooth pain is simply something else. I’m thankful for my relatively great genes and overall physical health but my family’s teeth are our achilles heel. Womp womp.
Root canals are not nearly as bad their reputation.
Agreed.
Edit to say, though, that when I had one back in college there was an exposed nerve root that they ended up injecting and I’d not experienced pain like that in my life.
I’m definitely logging it on Strava. Planning on crushing it. Max HR for the year.
I don’t know. If they hook that rubber skirt thingy on the tooth as they do it, it is the next best thing to what I imagine waterboarding feels like. I’d rather eat tooth pieces.
Honestly that thing is not so bad. I feel more like the Predator than anything.
For reference this was my fifth root canal. Three in college. One in grad school. And one today.
Maybe I’m just desensitized to the needles, pun intended, but it’s really not that bad. I find the drilling and shaving down of the tooth for the crown prep to be more unpleasant.
Comfy seat, music and headphones if I wanted (I opted not), sunglasses so I wasn’t blinded by the endo’s headlamp, and he was done in like 25-30 min.
The worst was back in the days when the crown was a two-day event. On the second day, when the crown was ready, there was no Novocain. Getting the temp off was no big deal. But, then the dentist would squirt air directly onto the exposed stump to dry it. That pain lasted a few seconds, but the memory will last forever.
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Oh it’s still the same. Temp crown first then back for the final. And the air gun is given a few test shots right next to your ear. Bastards
I was scarred for life of the dentist when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. Got nitrous and was told that it would make me not care about what was going on. Yeah that didn’t work. First round of shots didn’t get everything numb, neither did the second. Dentist just started in on them. I vividly remember the sound of teeth breaking so they could get them all out. Then he injected more lidocaine and I couldn’t feel 3/4 of my head for a while. Took me a long time to go back to the dentist after I went to college and my parents did make me go, lol.
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You might not be able to eat anything or have caffeine. I mean, you won’t have any problem getting to threshold heart rate and staying there for a couple of minutes. With or without your 75 minute workout.
My stress test I did a couple of months ago was the fastest I have spent $10k. The test lasted right at 9 minutes. Can’t even buy a car in 9 minutes.
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The bike crash ensured I hit my out of pocket for the year. So the test is at least free to me. Get to find out if the weird ekg was athletic heart or a bruise due to the broken ribs. Either one didn’t concern the cardiologist.
I was pretty surprised how expensive the stress test was. Echo - $5k, stress test $10k, hernia $31k. It boggles my mind. This is outside of all the other ekgs and er visit. All because the EKG looks weird. I just wanted my damn hernia fixed.
I was looking at private hernia options in 2021.
In Alberta or Ontario prices were around $6-8000 CAD. I called a few places in Wa and was getting prices around $30k USD. Exact same procedure.
Same here, EKG looked weird prior to surgery to put plates in my hand following mtb crash. Luckily they could do surgery with weird ekg.
I had AH Syndrome when I was training for IMFL. Had a friend who worked in the ER wire me up, and the Attending thought it read fine, with the exception of a small peak that he could not explain. I took the sheet home, typed in EKG, and dozens of EKG readouts appeared in succession. I simply scrolled until I found the peak that resembled mine… Athletic Heart Syndrome. SA Node can’t get an electrical impulse all the way through the L-Vent, and a mis-timed rhythm ensues. Remedied by taking a few days off, allowing the LV to atrophy a bit. Impulse penetrates completely, LV contracts, timing restored… Good to go.
Forget about strava, post those results up here for our consideration. I’m assuming they will use the “Bruce protocol” for the test. Goes real smooth and easy to about 10 minutes, if you make it to 20 you are running 10 minute miles up a 22% grade. The testers tell me most normal folks dont get past 9 minutes, but of course our race doesnt start until 12 minute mile @18% grade)
… hit the Flonase .. hard .. oh, and tubes are temporary and they work ..