Pianimo
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Well, here I am again. Thought I should keep this updated just in case anyone is following! I'm not doing great personally (depression etc)....feel like a broken record now to keep saying it but unfortunately that's just how it is!
Anyway, my RCT appointment is tomorrow. I'm really anxious and don't want to go at all! I deliberately booked it for tomorrow because I've been able to take the whole week off work, so it means if I do have pain or problems afterwards, I won't have to miss work or feel obliged to go when I'm not up to it. Which seemed like a good idea at the time, although it has meant I've spent Christmas trying not to worry about the appointment! I'm having no bother with the tooth at all - think I've had maybe one twinge in the last couple of months since my last appointment - so part of me is saying "Why do I need to do this?!", but I guess I have to trust my dentist's opinion. I will tell him and let him decide.
I did email R after my last post here and query about my treatment plan / payment - there was no sedation on the plan but I was listed as needing to pay for the RCT, which I've already paid for months ago! She said that I'm being given the sedation for free and therefore I won't have to pay anything. So I guess that's a nice gesture. It does mean though that I'm worrying that I won't get the sedation because it's not written down, but he gave me the usual info sheets etc in my pack and he knows I need it so I'm sure I'm just panicking and it won't happen, but I won't feel relaxed about it until I'm there and have the IV in!
At the moment there are lots of things making up my anxiety (beyond to just the basic "I'M GOING TO THE DENTIST....AAARGH!" ):
I would do anything not to have to go, and it's hard to motivate myself when I have no pain or anything in the tooth, but I guess he knows what he's doing. In my best case scenario I get there and he decides I don't need it after all, refunds me my money and sends me home! Not likely, I know, but hey, a girl can dream!
Carole - lovely to hear from you and sorry I didn't reply sooner. Hope things are all ok with you?
Anyway, my RCT appointment is tomorrow. I'm really anxious and don't want to go at all! I deliberately booked it for tomorrow because I've been able to take the whole week off work, so it means if I do have pain or problems afterwards, I won't have to miss work or feel obliged to go when I'm not up to it. Which seemed like a good idea at the time, although it has meant I've spent Christmas trying not to worry about the appointment! I'm having no bother with the tooth at all - think I've had maybe one twinge in the last couple of months since my last appointment - so part of me is saying "Why do I need to do this?!", but I guess I have to trust my dentist's opinion. I will tell him and let him decide.
I did email R after my last post here and query about my treatment plan / payment - there was no sedation on the plan but I was listed as needing to pay for the RCT, which I've already paid for months ago! She said that I'm being given the sedation for free and therefore I won't have to pay anything. So I guess that's a nice gesture. It does mean though that I'm worrying that I won't get the sedation because it's not written down, but he gave me the usual info sheets etc in my pack and he knows I need it so I'm sure I'm just panicking and it won't happen, but I won't feel relaxed about it until I'm there and have the IV in!
At the moment there are lots of things making up my anxiety (beyond to just the basic "I'M GOING TO THE DENTIST....AAARGH!" ):
- the state of my teeth and whether he'll say something / tell me off. I've done better than before but not great, and I'm pretty sure I have some gum disease.....I hate myself for it but it doesn't solve the problem.
- still not feeling comfortable with him and worrying about what he'll say and whether I'll be able to say things if I need to etc.
- pain during / discomfort - last time my jaw was very sore during and for a number of days after, so I'm going to ask him about that, though I suspect there may just be nothing he can do about it (he kept saying during the appointment "Open wider", and my mouth was already open so wide that it hurt).
- pain afterwards (I keep remembering last time....)
- whether I'll need antibiotics (really don't want to have to take them)
- not knowing for sure what will happen - I've already signed to say he can take the tooth out if he decides it's necessary but I really don't want that to happen.
- being 'out of action' all week - although I've taken the week off I still have lots to do, so I need to be well and pain-free enough to do it!
- how well the sedation will work - last time he gave me a lower dose because I'd mentioned about being out of it in a previous appointment and reacting badly to something (impressions) and trying to push them away, and he said it's very dangerous if that happens and I must have been over-sedated so he gave me less, and I guess he must be right but I was aware for the whole appointment (though sleepy and time passed more quickly) and I didn't like it.
I would do anything not to have to go, and it's hard to motivate myself when I have no pain or anything in the tooth, but I guess he knows what he's doing. In my best case scenario I get there and he decides I don't need it after all, refunds me my money and sends me home! Not likely, I know, but hey, a girl can dream!
Carole - lovely to hear from you and sorry I didn't reply sooner. Hope things are all ok with you?