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babytooth
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first some tooth info:
i have a massive half sphere like someone buried a large corn kernel under my gum above the fractured tooth. ive been on a round of antibiotic (several, actually... over the course of a few years) but it wont go down. it doesnt hurt at all though. my smile is asymmetrical from swelling but my relaxed face doesnt appear swollen. i get pressure in my brain sometimes and i always feel like i have the flu. tired, sick, dizzy. no fever though.
a few months ago i went to the dentist to have an 8-year-old fractured upper abscessed molar pulled. he gave me a measly 1 mg of valium before the appointment. i sat in the chair, got 4 shots, and he tried pulling. i could feel everything and was extremely anxious, crying... finally i screamed so loudly, covered my mouth, and repeated "i'm going home now, no more, no more" like a BABY.
so he gave me an ultimatum and sent me out the back door.
he said i HAVE to get an iv sedation of fentanyl and versed or i can't come back. not allowed any nerve med for the drive, even the ones my psychiatrist perscribes.... cause the thing is, i have an extreme phobia of sedation. i also breastfeed. he also said if i miss my i.v. sedation appt (even if i call in advance) i will be dismissed from his practice for good. this is bad because he is the only surgeon in my area who accepts medicaid and does sedation (if i absolutely were to need it)
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. my iv sedation appt is on the 6th of november. but after some thinking i call a general dentist and they can get me in tomorrow for a consultation, and with an oral surgeon on the 6th for an extraction with NO iv sedation (but what if i cant get numb!!)
MY CHOICE ON NOV 6TH:
IV SEDATION WITH DR. D
pros: it might turn out okay
cons: i will have the nerves of a prison inmate getting lethal injection beforehand, i will have no control over my body, i cant nurse baby after, what if something goes wrong or there is malpractice or it hurts... I WONT REMEMBER IT therefor cant defend myself
NON-IV EXTRACTION WITH DR. K
pros: no sedation. this is what i want most of all
cons: what if its so infected i cant get numb
help! nervous wreck, scared this will kill me, confused, untrustworthy, a mess!!!!
i am so torn because if i dont go to dr. d on the 6th he's kicking me out of his practice. then again i feel he is not supportive of my wish to gently get this tooth out with communication and my wants and needs considered.
but if i go to dr k and it turns out i need to get sedation for real, i will have nowhere to go.
what do i do? any info on not getting numb?
i have a massive half sphere like someone buried a large corn kernel under my gum above the fractured tooth. ive been on a round of antibiotic (several, actually... over the course of a few years) but it wont go down. it doesnt hurt at all though. my smile is asymmetrical from swelling but my relaxed face doesnt appear swollen. i get pressure in my brain sometimes and i always feel like i have the flu. tired, sick, dizzy. no fever though.
a few months ago i went to the dentist to have an 8-year-old fractured upper abscessed molar pulled. he gave me a measly 1 mg of valium before the appointment. i sat in the chair, got 4 shots, and he tried pulling. i could feel everything and was extremely anxious, crying... finally i screamed so loudly, covered my mouth, and repeated "i'm going home now, no more, no more" like a BABY.
so he gave me an ultimatum and sent me out the back door.
he said i HAVE to get an iv sedation of fentanyl and versed or i can't come back. not allowed any nerve med for the drive, even the ones my psychiatrist perscribes.... cause the thing is, i have an extreme phobia of sedation. i also breastfeed. he also said if i miss my i.v. sedation appt (even if i call in advance) i will be dismissed from his practice for good. this is bad because he is the only surgeon in my area who accepts medicaid and does sedation (if i absolutely were to need it)
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. my iv sedation appt is on the 6th of november. but after some thinking i call a general dentist and they can get me in tomorrow for a consultation, and with an oral surgeon on the 6th for an extraction with NO iv sedation (but what if i cant get numb!!)
MY CHOICE ON NOV 6TH:
IV SEDATION WITH DR. D
pros: it might turn out okay
cons: i will have the nerves of a prison inmate getting lethal injection beforehand, i will have no control over my body, i cant nurse baby after, what if something goes wrong or there is malpractice or it hurts... I WONT REMEMBER IT therefor cant defend myself
NON-IV EXTRACTION WITH DR. K
pros: no sedation. this is what i want most of all
cons: what if its so infected i cant get numb
help! nervous wreck, scared this will kill me, confused, untrustworthy, a mess!!!!
i am so torn because if i dont go to dr. d on the 6th he's kicking me out of his practice. then again i feel he is not supportive of my wish to gently get this tooth out with communication and my wants and needs considered.
but if i go to dr k and it turns out i need to get sedation for real, i will have nowhere to go.
what do i do? any info on not getting numb?
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