I've just cultivated a VERY high pain tolerance. I'm (seriously) kind of dismissive with dentists and docs about it at this point. I gently tell them that I'm fine, though not "deadened" and if they react with MORE-MORE-MORE anesthetic via syringe, I just eventually lie and tell them I'm good to go. The last root canal that I had done, though, the endodontist was completely amazed at me. He knew that I wasn't deadened, but he took my word for it that I wasn't going to come out of that chair, either-- and I didn't. But I felt everything.
