Pianimo
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[Sorry - long post...mine always seem to be, though I do try really hard to be short! Read the bits in bold for a concise version!]
I had an appointment today (IV sedation consultation) in which I didn't even need to open my mouth (except to talk!), yet I was fighting back tears throughout, and did end up crying while I was talking to the receptionist afterwards...and on the way home... I think it was a combination of things:
I had an appointment today (IV sedation consultation) in which I didn't even need to open my mouth (except to talk!), yet I was fighting back tears throughout, and did end up crying while I was talking to the receptionist afterwards...and on the way home... I think it was a combination of things:
- The appointment was about 40 minutes late - it wasn't her fault, but no-one told me anything, so I sat there stewing in my nerves.
- They'd lost my notes, so not only was this now the third person in the same practice I've told my (long!) story to, she had no idea what treatment I'm due to have, only that it's due to be done under IV sedation.
- The dentist I saw on Wednesday (see my previous post for backstory if you're interested) was so good, I left on a high, and today's was very friendly etc, but for whatever reason I didn't feel the same trust with her. Everything felt rushed, and although she was helpfiul once I'd explained my fears, she only found out in the first place because, when I think she was expecting me to leave, I said "Um, would it help if I told you my background?"
- I've signed a consent form, on which the first statement is something like "I've had the treatment I'm having explained to me and I understand it", which I signed as she said I'd find out before I left today, but I've still no idea. I'm to go back next week and see a Treatment Co-ordinator who will hopefully have my notes and tell me, but at the moment I now have a sedation appointment booked for two weeks today, but I don't know what they're going to be doing to me while I'm sedated!!! Not great for a phobic! This is the third appointment in a row where I expected to find out exactly what I need doing, and I still know very little. (I think 5-6 fillings, but apparently not all the same kind (?), one root canal and something to do with my gums - and even "filling" means nothing to me, as I've never had one before so don't know what happens, let alone the other procedures.) I also really need this information asap to support an urgent request to extend an important academic deadline, and I'd told people I'd know today.
- I was given a rough estimate of cost on Wed, but again was told I'd know exactly today, and I don't. The TC session next week is free I think, but the sedation appointment I've booked obviously won't be, but they don't know what work is being done, they don't know what it will cost! At least they decided not to charge me for today!!
- The root canal is the most urgent and will probably be done first, at this next appointent. But, they're not sure yet who'll be doing it! The lady I saw today is going to do most of the work and the sedation, so I don't pay for 2 people. They have a root canal specialist, but apparently mine is "straightforward", so the IV dentist may be able to do it herself. But, as she hasn't seen my notes, she doesn't know! (She didn't evern know I needed one until I told her!) This means there's a very real possiblilty that when I turn up in two weeks I may be treated by a dentist I've yet to even meet! I just don't know if I can cope with that.