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lm_scared
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Hi all new to this site someone must be smiling down on me to of found it 
This might be a long story/diary but here goes......... we always were taking to the dentist as kids no problem........ then at age 9 l had to have 4 teeth out big ones at that backs.. l remember the dentist telling me to look up at the church steeple through the window as he slapped the black gas mask on me......... next thing lm sitting crying in the waiting room spitting blood into a yellow bowl......... my next visit was when l was about 25..... 2 of my lower molars either side had rotted away l was eating crisps when a crisp stuck right through the hole in my tooth! :-AGONY DONT COME INTO IT....... l had to go see a dentist. Found a really lovely dentist who was good with reassurances etc and l got to trust him although l still remained a nervous wreck l ended up with a root canal a gold piece over the work and a gold crown to the other side. A few days later the gold piece fell off and boy did my tooth hurt. I rang up but the man l had been seen wasnt available so l braved his partner (a woman) l was giving the injection and felt terrible my heart was racing l was sweating l felt totally out of it... she told me to go sit in the waiting room to see if l would feel any better when l went back in she started asking me if l had anything wrong with me and went into great detail about patients not mentioning other illnesses and about having to resucitate people ..........well that was it! I felt like l was dying and she was half joking with the nurse about RESSUCITATION?????????????? l couldnt get out quick enough after she had finished... hubby was waiting for me and could not believe how ill l looked ..l was still ill hours later and he rang the dentist and said 'what the hell have you done to her??' my usual dentist came to the phone and said its possible but rare that l may of had a reaction to the injection.....and he would make a note not to give me that injection again.........l never went back......... 3 years later l was in agony again this time with impacted wisdom teeth that mr nice dentist had told me really needed removing......... l looked about for a dentist that delt with nervous patients and found someone close to home again l was xrayed and told yes there impacted they need to come out l was giving antibiotics known there was noway l was getting them out and noway l was going back!!
So here we are a nother few years later.. 1 wisdom tooth fully through with no probs another wisdom tooth 3/4 through with fingers crossed no problems apart from when it was doing its fastest growing, (erupting cysts) and my other 2 wisdoms finally pushing through the gums and at the age of 40!! and one gaping massive hole where a filling fell out approx 2 years ago... I spend alot of money buying all the right stuff for my mouth but time has caught me up and no matter what product l buy....... it cant stop the pain of the gaping hole
for approx 8 weeks now l have used ambesol soaked in cotton wool and stuffed it into my tooth the pain has been horrendous ..........still is so approx 6 weeks ago l plucked up the courage well the pain gave me the courage to find another dentist l could not cope with the pain any longer even thought about getting drunk and pulling the tooth out myself even though it is not slack YIKES! This new dentist is lovely shes young and obviously been trained to deal with patients like me she does xrays the usual check up gives me antibiotics and arranges to see me in a few weeks time to start treatment........ only when its my turn she is off sick so any treatment is now another 2 weeks away and in the meantime the holey tooth is going NUTS!! Brushing eases the pain if only for a short while l am still stuffing cotton wool covered in bonjela into the hole now paracetemol does not work it never did..... l even went to see my gp who gave me some strong painkillers so l could enjoy my holiday.... l also have hyperthyroidism (graves) and that could explain my nervousness too l have been getting treated for nearly 2 years and l am still hyper my free t 4 level is nearly twice what it should be l am scared when l do go for treatment something bad will happen although the doc says its fine to have treatment whilst hyper............ Help why is nothing straight forward with me? My appointment is due 9th June (world cup day) l dont think l can wait till then there isnt a pain in the world that can compare to mouth pain......... is there?Grumpy, scared, fed up, bad tempered, feverish, weak, no interest in anything, depressed, sad, aggriavted, sore, tortured ....... a few words to describe mouth pain......
I have an appointment for 4.15 p.m there squashing me inbetween patients... ive been told the dentist might do something temporary. l dont think l want that l cant go on like this l think it would be best removed and the pain taken with it. I cant even cry it hurts too much.
l was really brave got 2 non epi injections and guess what? ..........I DIDNT FREEZE!! 
must go i am in agony but l will be back if anyone would liek to comment l would liket hat cheers xx
, sorry to hear you're in such agony 
well oil of cloves does nothing for me at all so its back to sensodyne on cotton wool.. the best thing to come out of all this is l will never ever again let my teeth get to this point ever again it could of been prevented if l had gone and got the filling sorted out when it fell out! I think if l can get through 9.30 Friday morning l wont ever be as scared again.. l only need 2 small fillings too after l have the 'holey one' removed and a scale and polish which is better than l was expecting! 
anyway lm still nervous for Friday if l last that long 
its disgusting l coudlnt even look into a dentists whilst passing it used to make me feel physically sick l guess ive come along way? Its the pain lol l wont ever do this again thanks guys xx
_ l really hope she dont need anything done thank you all your wonderful xxx
... lm still going Friday l am not suffering again... took little one and her teeth need no work other than a brace to correct an overbite? bottom teeth nearly come over the top she says now is a great age to correct this l took her to docs about it years ago and he said it was ok dentist said it would of been fine years ago but needs corrected now as she grows l felt gulity about that even though l know it would be at this age they would do the brace at the ontidonti-somethings the dental nurse said to me 'its nice to see you come in looking relaxed instead of terrifed '! lol l said dont hold your breath its not my turn hahahahaha Feeling alittle more confident now l think just been in the surroundings a few times before anything what l call big been done (getting the black hole out of my mouth lol) makes me feel more at ease and yes hotrod friday is nearly here... lm sure l wont be lol (ing) tommorow night YIKES! 
I DID IT !!! I REALLY DID!!! 
l said 'no when it was cancelled you gave me the 9th and l remembered as it was world cup day.. she got the dentists down and she said lets get it out well after all the cancellations etc l thought this is an omen l mustnt be meant to get it out today l got ont he chair and burst out crying l felt so stupid but she was really nice ... anyway got the injections and she took it out in one piece l couldnt beleive the size of the roots! 
l will never ever let me teeth get bad again honestly if your reading this and terrfiied l; swear to god it was nothing l might have to get another one out as l have 2 teeth very close together that she just cant get into drill............. l can handle it the only weird thing was the crackling noises it made me laugh now thats a first thank you all whom have reassured me anybody scared feel free to ask me anything you want thank you all ever so much l will be back later thank you xxx
hahaha sorry for the description LOL anyway just thought ld let you know lm still about and havnt deserted the boards xxx ps can anyone tell me how to change my password please? I forgot it and got sent a new one what l will never ever remember lol cheers xx