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Nana's are Beautiful
I'm not ashamed to admit I'm beginning to have full blown anxiety.
I'm using distraction and trying to talk myself out of it. It's not working well. It's all I can do to NOT pick up the phone and cancel the appointment. You've no idea how hard it is for me not to do that. *sigh*
There are soooo many issues mixed in with just the dentist anxiety it makes it much more complicated. The thought of sitting around for 4-6 wks waiting for the gums to completely heal for the dentures has me depressed and it hasn't even happened yet. The thought of the dentures themselves has me wanting to toss my cookies.
It is stupid, I know that, but at this point that knowledge is not helping either.
I'm afraid he's not going to put me to sleep for the pulling. If he doesn't I'm afraid he won't listen that it takes tons of local anesthetic to work on me. I'm afraid he won't stitch the gums when he's done.........and I'm extremely prone to dry sockets even if I don't touch a cigarette for days after. And believe me, that is it's own version of hades on earth for those who've never experienced it. I'm afraid he's not going to give me adequate pain medications for after. It's damp outside which gives me sinus issues and the drainage causes me to cough my head off when lying on my back......which of course is the position I'll basically be in.
He has no clue how much faith I'm putting into him. lol
Then Mom is driving me nuts about the whole credit card thing. She wants to make sure it goes smoothly and worried about doing it right. ack!
Odds are it will go off without a hitch, he'll stitch the gums since he's removing so many teeth at once, and based on the fact he was considerate enough to give me valium for before the appointment, he will probably give me good pain medications to get me through the 1st 48 hrs.
But that is the voice of reason. And my anxiety could care less about reason right now. lol
I am going. I have to do this and I know it. I know once it's all done and over it will be worth it. It's just getting to that point.
One more hour and I can take the valium. After that.......hopefully the anxiety will come down a few notches. ughhh
I'm using distraction and trying to talk myself out of it. It's not working well. It's all I can do to NOT pick up the phone and cancel the appointment. You've no idea how hard it is for me not to do that. *sigh*
There are soooo many issues mixed in with just the dentist anxiety it makes it much more complicated. The thought of sitting around for 4-6 wks waiting for the gums to completely heal for the dentures has me depressed and it hasn't even happened yet. The thought of the dentures themselves has me wanting to toss my cookies.
It is stupid, I know that, but at this point that knowledge is not helping either.
I'm afraid he's not going to put me to sleep for the pulling. If he doesn't I'm afraid he won't listen that it takes tons of local anesthetic to work on me. I'm afraid he won't stitch the gums when he's done.........and I'm extremely prone to dry sockets even if I don't touch a cigarette for days after. And believe me, that is it's own version of hades on earth for those who've never experienced it. I'm afraid he's not going to give me adequate pain medications for after. It's damp outside which gives me sinus issues and the drainage causes me to cough my head off when lying on my back......which of course is the position I'll basically be in.
He has no clue how much faith I'm putting into him. lol
Then Mom is driving me nuts about the whole credit card thing. She wants to make sure it goes smoothly and worried about doing it right. ack!
Odds are it will go off without a hitch, he'll stitch the gums since he's removing so many teeth at once, and based on the fact he was considerate enough to give me valium for before the appointment, he will probably give me good pain medications to get me through the 1st 48 hrs.
But that is the voice of reason. And my anxiety could care less about reason right now. lol
I am going. I have to do this and I know it. I know once it's all done and over it will be worth it. It's just getting to that point.
One more hour and I can take the valium. After that.......hopefully the anxiety will come down a few notches. ughhh