Right after makan pagi, aku terus ke klinik gigi di Permint. Sini tak ada appointment, 1st come, 1st serve. Hok tu selalu buat aku geram. Basically, you have to come and maybe spend several hours waiting for your turn. The clinic opened at 9 am. So, aku pergi sebelum tu tapi by the time I arrived, it is 5 minutes passed 9 am. My heart dropped when I noticed 2/3 pair shoes/sandals at the entrance. (kena buka kasut). Alamak, dah ramai orang before me lah...But when I registered, cuma seorang lagi.
Picked up a magazine, flipping through the pages, searching for interesting articles. Tengah khusyuk reading. I heard my name being called. Hooray, it was not a long wait. Yeah, the pain is too unbearable this time around. By hook or by crook, the problem must be fixed. Bad tooth must go, another one I am keeping as it can still be saved. Hahahaha.
Giving dentist sweet smile and greeting her nicely (gosh...I am still having phobia from the last encounter with another dentist to extract this tooth (
klik sini). Oh yeah, the same stubborn tooth but this time, definitely you would be my history. Dengan penuh vengeance ni. Yes, you bad tooth, always haunting my sleep. Go, go, go away.
"Doktor, gigi saya sakitlah, hardly can open my mouth, left jaw is painful. And on the right, this tooth..painful if I bite. Tapi tak sure whether dah kena infection ( sure it is, if not why it is so painful?) Dah lama sakit tapi baru berani nak datang."
"Tak apa kalau tak ada masa. Kita boleh tengok." But doc, I am suffering so much. 2 days now I could not chew on my food, masuk dalam mulut, kunyah sikit saja more towards kemang (another Trengganu word) and then swallowed. Poor me, tak boleh enjoy the food. However, enjoy is one thing but to consume is another. I am so amazed with myself, no matter how bad is the toothache, I can still finished a plate of rice. Mind you, it was a huge portion.
So, akupun baring atas dentist chair. Made myself comfy. Eee, takutnya bayangkan jarum. But I braced myself for the pain.
Oh oh. Maaf doktor, could not open it wider as left jaw hurt everytime I open my mouth. Sikit-sikit, okaylah. Doktorpun checklah. Oh wow, it is bad.