Root canal

So, I got my root canal this afternoon and I have to say, it sucked. The dentist seemed very capable, and it didn't really take very long, but yuck, yuck, yuck! There was drilling and scraping and poking. At one point he was actually grunting - that doesn't really inspire confidence. And then he cauterized something - I don't even want to know. I tried to psych myself up - I kept thinking, "I've given birth, I've given birth" but honestly, it didn't really help. Then I tried various imagery - "he's just fixing it, he's just cleaning it" - the thought of scrubbing a toilet bowl worked for a little while, not sure why. I'm so not someone who can handle medical stuff - I almost vomited into the dental dam used to keep you from swallowing pieces of your tooth (obviously that's not a calming thought either). What a wretched business, but at least I live in an era of modern medicine - it used to be so much worse. And it's finished, so that's the best part of all.