Why'd ya get a cavity in teh first place? *curious*

Years without insurance and being broke as fuck + Years of chowing sweets and slurping soda = Major tooth decay. And it didn't start to actually hurt and bother me until the hole was actually big enough to be felt by my tongue and by then, it was already way to deep to just fill. To close to the nerve. So it was either yank the tooth (not an option--too young to have missing teeth that far to the front of my mouth), or save it with a root canal. T_T;;

My dad is the one who came through for this situation, tho. We'd been ... I guess you could say "estranged" ... for a few years, but we've since reconciled and he pretty much went "I can't let you be hurtin' like this, so I'm going to hook you up with my dentist and handle this whole thing". And he's also going to fund future visits at this same dentist (since the insurance I recently got has a hoooorrible dental plan, but it's all we could afford >_<;;), to ensure this never happens again. And I full-heartedly agree. I'd rather have bamboo splinters shoved under my nails than to ever go through this again. X_X

Also, age catches up with a person, after awhile. When I was younger, my teeth were resilient enough to take a LOT of abuse, while still being strong enough to crack chicken bones or gnaw through plastic. But now, well ... that youthful resilience doesn't last forever. XD

lol chicken bones...and I'm glad you and your dad made up!

daww that sucks
i have to get throat surgery... hurt maws are awful!

Eeeeeee, yikes, hope everything works out. Surgery, in general, is just AWFUL. I had my gall bladder removed a few months ago and that was ... -rough-.

yep XD never something to look forward to :P

awww you poor baby, i had to have gums moved from one side of my mouth to the other, and that was no fun at all.

It's thankfully improving QUITE a lot, I'm glad to say. But, yikes, dude, that sounds like it must have SERIOUSLY sucked. >_<;;

it was like getting your nuts smashed between 2 bricks