The throbbing pain coming from my lower right jaw didn’t subside. I knew it. Sabi ko na nga hindi yun yung ipin na masakit. Ang sakit!!!! Imagine from March 31 – April 4, masakit ipin ko? Para na akong nag early penitensya. Going to the dentist is like self-flagelation.
E—–“Huwag ka kasing uminom ng malamig. Magmumog ka ng mainit na tubig, lagyan mo ng asin”.
Next day:
A—- “Ayyy ang sakit…”
E—- “Nagmumog ka ba ng mainit na tubig na may asin?”
A—- “Hinde”.
Sige na nga, I heated water and put lots of salt. Ay ang alat.
The pain didn’t go away. Feeling ko pinaparusahan ako sa mga kasalanan ko.
April 4-
My appointment was at 1 pm and this time, I have a driver.
The sorbetero was not there.
I was the first patient in the afternoon. I arrived at 1:10, I thought I was late but the dentist was still having lunch.
I noticed that 95% of the magazines at the dentist clinic are YES magazines and 90% have either Alden Richards on the cover and the other 10% has Alden Richards again but with Maine Mendoza. Diehard fan siguro either the dentist or yung secretary nya.
A—–“Hindi nawala yung pain. I think it’s the other tooth”.
Beth–“Sana bumalik ka agad. What medicine did you take?”
A—–“Wala. Tiniis ko lang. Nagmumog ako ng hot water with salt. Sabi ni Edmund. Ganun nung araw di ba?”
Beth—“Ay naku, huwag, lalong mamamaga. Dapat ice”.
A——“Nung araw ganyan talaga ang sabi ng mama ko, mainit na tubig na may asin”.
Beth—-“Mali nga yun. Dapat ice, para magnumb, mawala ang sakit”.
Th dentist has the habit of putting stuff in my mouth and then she would ask me something. Eh how could I answer? That’s also Edmund’s complain. Naka nganga daw sya tapos Beth would ask him something, paano nga naman sya sasagot. Ngwa ngwa ngwa.
Every time I am at the dentist’s clinic, I pity myself. It reminds me of my dreaded annual pap smear. Yun nakabukaka ako while the ob-gyne explores my inner being. Sa dentist naman, ganun din, nakabuka ang bibig naman.
“Not a virgin, on the lohower pahahart. Not a virgin ohohoho, and I am not virginnn on the upper pahahart, not a virgihihihin, ohohoho (That’s Madonna singing).
She put cotton in my mouth and checked the other tooth. No cavity naman daw. She cleaned it and applied medicine, like flouride. I was advised to avoid chewing on the right side because she said my teeth are already brittle.
Baka malagas na ang mga ipin ko. Dyos ko po, ayokong maging bungal. Di bale sana kung 80 years old na ako, okay lang na bungal, cute tingnan. Pero ngayon, oh my God, hindi na ako lalabas ng bahay.
