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CathBut
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2nd try at root canal this morning...can't bear dental dam can't swallow feel like I'm suffocating
Hi,
I hope I'm posting correctly. I went in for the second time this morning for a root canal and left in tears. The first time I had no idea they would be using a dental dam because I had never experienced that before! So I left before they ever started.
This will be my third one. A traumatic one as a child, an okay one WITHOUT a dam and now, with this gd dental dam! I've never had to use one before.
This morning I went in on Valium and still freaked out because I could not swallow. I started panicking and felt like I was suffocating! I couldn't figure out how to swallow with that contraption on. I took the day off work and everything. I felt so humiliated.
Now I will go back next week paying for IV sedation. My question is, will I be so out that I won't notice I can't swallow??? I'm fine with shots. I'm fine with the drilling but not that Medieval torture device. Thank you!
Hi,
I hope I'm posting correctly. I went in for the second time this morning for a root canal and left in tears. The first time I had no idea they would be using a dental dam because I had never experienced that before! So I left before they ever started.
This will be my third one. A traumatic one as a child, an okay one WITHOUT a dam and now, with this gd dental dam! I've never had to use one before.
This morning I went in on Valium and still freaked out because I could not swallow. I started panicking and felt like I was suffocating! I couldn't figure out how to swallow with that contraption on. I took the day off work and everything. I felt so humiliated.
Now I will go back next week paying for IV sedation. My question is, will I be so out that I won't notice I can't swallow??? I'm fine with shots. I'm fine with the drilling but not that Medieval torture device. Thank you!