I had another appointment with the endodontic specialist today. As lay in the dental chair I made a big mistake… I didn’t close my eyes. Instantly my pupils dilated (at least I’m pretty sure they did) and my head shook as I saw that HUGE needle headed for my mouth. I snapped my eyes shut but it was too late, fear entered my body. My heart rate accelerated and my mouth went dry. Calm blue ocean, clam blue ocean, calm bloody BLUE OCEAN! I repeated it over and over in my head and finally I calmed down. Then the next hurdle presented itself and I started to panic once again, I couldn’t breath! I was at the tail end of a cold and my nose was still blocked quite a bit. I didn’t want to cancel my appointment because I didn’t want to wait another eight weeks for another appointment. but perhaps I should have. I had a rubber dam in my mouth so breathing through my mouth was not an option… air…air… I needed air. I took a deep breath through my nose and it cleared all the mucus… thank God… I could breath again. This happened about three times during the hour long root canal but the real scary part was yet to come… paying the bill! $1560 later I was freed from the clutched of the endodontic group, that brought my total to $5000 exactly for just two teeth! It was now time for lunch but considering we don’t actually have the money for all this dental work (God bless credit cards) I was reluctant to spend any money. What was I to do? Then it hit me… give blood. So over to the blood bank I went to see if they could fit me in. They had one space available so in I went and got poked with yet another needle then out I came with a sandwich, sausage roll, cappuccino and sultanas all for FREE. Now that’s how you get lunch without spending a cent!