I did have a good time in Rome (I think) but halfway through the trip I developed SEVERE toothache

Back home an emergency check up confirmed an abscess under a big tooth in my
lower jaw. Holy molars - Sorry I don't do technical dentistry jargon.

What follows after this is worse than a hammer house of horrors
nightmare!!!!! I had to wait 3 days for treatment and by that time I was
going out of my mind with pain. Eventually I was seen a day earlier than my
scheduled emergency appointment. By this time I hadn't slept or eaten
properly and had lost the will to live.

But it gets worse. When I saw him, for what I considered to be some routine root canal treatment, can root canal work ever be routine, he informed me that the roots had calcified and he had to take the whole tooth out. Not being in the position to debate this. I nodded feebly and he carried on drilling. A nice burning smell pervaded the small abattoir (aka a treament room)

He couldn't pull it out. The roots where too deep and curved
backwards. For a whole hour, I was lying back in the dentist chair, my
lower lip quivering with shock. He started to stress (he started to
stress!!!!!) and after part of my tooth broke off and flew across the room,
blood and pink tissue flying everywhere, he admitted it was the hardest
extraction he had ever done. I got the distinct impression he would have put his knee on my chest for more leverage. After this he announced that I would have to go for surgery the following morning for root extraction.

I was swiftly sent packing with a three coarse sutures in the black hole
and a wad of bandage in my mouth.............

Could it get any worse? Well, actually yes. Liverpool lost to Chelsea 1 nil.

This morning I had my surgery in a dental hospital.

Rome? Rome? Did I go to Rome? I think that was all a dream!!!