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Did you ever wake up and wonder when your life became a soap opera? A bizzare mixture between 'Dawson's Creek' and 'Days of our Lives'?



I know I've had that feeling - that it's just all too dramatic and ridiculous, and wouldn't it be nice to go and under a nicely-furnished rock for a while? So, whilst I do not promise or claim to be an expert on how teenage boys minds work or how you can uncode your best friend's baffling behaviour, I'll always attempt to empathise and offer some honest words of advice.



I am 21, with a fairly dysfunctional life as a artsy student type. I've recently graduated with a degree in Philosophy, and am spending time working in the law before returning to university for further study. I still don't know what I want to do with my life, but I like where I am at the moment. I like shoes, bad television, chocolate cheescake and pretty things.



I am very busy at the moment, attempting to fund my life as a postgraduate (that's grad school to the Americans). I do still stop by quite a lot to help out with the admin stuff, but my column is pretty lame and inactive. Boo-hiss. I will however still endeavour to answer any questions that are sent my way, so feel free to send questions to my inbox.





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I have to get a root canal :-(. I am really scared and i was just wondering if anyone knows what it feels like? Can someone please help!



http://www.animated-teeth.com/root_canal/t1_root_canal.htm is a good website which explains things for you.

Before I had my root canal treatment I was in a huge amount of pain. The actual procedure however was absolutely fine and no more painful than an ordinary filling.

You are probably having a root canal because the pulp tissue inside the tooth is dying or dead. The good thing for you is that dead nerves cannot transmit pain. With my root canal, because the tooth had totally died, I had no pain relief at all: my dentist was able to drill out the entire inside of my tooth without my needing any injections at all.

Dental work is never pleasant, but I wouldn't worry any more than normal about this particular type of treatment, as it may well be no worse than a normal filling. Talk to your dentist beforehand about what is going to happen (mine took several visit to finalise) and what pain relief is going to be around. If you are extremely anxious you can also talk to him / her about the possibility of sedation. If you talk beforehand and know what's going to happen, you should hopefully go in feeling calm and prepared. I know this is hard, but if you are nervous and tense it will just feel like it's dragging out.

All the best - I hope it's not too bad.

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Thank you! I really enjoyed the website and advice. The root canal went pretty smoothly! .. But anyway you rock!



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