01/09/04
午前、歯医者に行く。Root Canal
Treatment (歯の根管治療) といって、神経を抜き、代わりに詰め物を
入れてふたを閉じる治療の最中である。今日はその詰め物を入れる準備のために、神経があった根管を細長い
糸楊枝みたいなもので洗う作業をやった。麻酔をしていたせいか、もしくは神経が既になかったからか、全く痛み
を感じなかった。治療は上手くいったようで、「来週がたぶん最後です」と言われる。どうやら夏休み中に終わり
そうで、ほっとする。
夜、冷蔵庫の中は空っぽ、お腹も空っぽ。早く明日になあれ。
Went to the Dentist in the
morning. I'm in the middle of the so called 'root canal
treatment' in which
you take out the nerves of your
tooth first, then wash the canal using a special floss-like thing and
install the permanent fillings to close
the canal. Today, I've done the 'washing' part, where you use a
very thin and long string to
clear all the germs that might be inside the canal. Had I not
learned about
this root canal treatment before
over the internet, I wouldn't have known what the dentist was doing, as
there was no pain at all during
this process, which I was so glad about. Yeah, all seems like
went well
and I was told to 'come back next
week for the last time'. I was really impressed with this
dentist, one on
campus, that I replaced my
preconception that UK dentists are scary - it certainly wasn't.
At night, the fridge is empty and my stomach as well
and I still have a last task of the day - sleeping.
Oh I'm so starving and I feel
it's gonna be a long dreary night.