Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Pain

Normally when I discuss pain it has something to with running and the nut jobs that cause it, but today's pain was all my fault.

Instead of going for a run on my day off, I instead went to 
the dentist.


Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!




I am not a dentist kind of person.  Is anybody a dentist kind of person?  If you like going to the dentist, email me.  Type "I like going to the dentist" in the subject line.  You could well be a contender for the 2011 Nut Job of the Year Award.

Anyway, to get through this dreaded appointment I culled my memory bank of lessons learned while running.

When we ran Oil Creek and I found myself running along the cliff of insanity I told myself that if I survived this race I would never be afraid of anything else, ever again.

So this morning while getting ready for my dental appointment I decided to wear the trail shoes that got me out of the mountain at Oil Creek State Park.  Surely the shoes would provide me with the courage I needed.

I also needed a mantra.  I settled on one of my favorite marathon mantras - "this isn't going to hurt at all".


I am happy to report that I survived the ordeal.  Turns out the dental technician was also a runner and talked me through the hour and a half (!) visit with a mind over matter lecture.

Once again, a runner gets me through a difficult time.

Thanks, Shannon.

And thanks, trail shoes.

3 comments:

  1. Shiva does not like pictures of dental implements; however, she is glad you survived the visit.

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  2. Dental implements are way too scary! We need a Star Trek kind of instrument that just scans and cures you instantly. You're retired. You have the time to work on it, see what you can come up with. Thanks.

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  3. As ambassador of the Golden Squirrel Award, I believe you need to adopt a cause for the year. Perhaps Dental Innovation could be your theme.

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