Needles don't bother me, I actually enjoy watching them go into my arm (that's weird, sorry). And I like going to the doctor, obviously not if it's for something serious. But I like check ups, and scans and acupunture and doctors hands on my neck and stuff.
I'm going to regret writing this I think.
But, the one medical visit I absolutely do not enjoy is the dentist. I just hate the invasiveness of someone being all up in my mouth, and why, WHY would you ask me questions when you can't understand my reply?!
At the beginning of last year I got a really bad toothache and dad told me to try out this new guy. Well, I expected the worst, obiously, but seriously, this was such a pain free experience it makes me question what all the other dentists were doing...
Ivan is super friendly, and super intelligent. This made me relax a bit. He sat me down and explained everything that he would be doing, which prepared me mentally and left no room for surprises of the bad kind.
There was of course the unpleasant sounds of drills and whatnot, but for the first time I was able to kind of ignore it and just lie there. It helps that there is a tv on the roof.
Going to the dentist is never going to be great, but this was such a mellow experience i'm no longer ignoring potentially serious mouth issues just to avoid the dentist.
And the extra bonus? His fee is extremely reasonable read more