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Bluelightning_03
Member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2019
- Messages
- 20
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta Canada
Hello to all,
First off I want to thank the person who approves members on here for approving me, I hope my concerns and questions help people looking for advice in the future. First off I want to start by admitting my negligence in caring for my teeth though the years, now I' am paying for it, I have a top denture for the last 16 years, now my bottom teeth look like the New York skyline when I smile, and August 30 is D-Day. I have a very large Mandibular Tori, for those that don't know what that is, it means the whole bottom of my mouth has filled in with bone growing outward from the jaw, I can post a pic if you request, here in Calgary the OMF Surgeons remove them with a chisel and hammer, then all the teeth are coming out.
I have a very very severe needle phobia, the Surgeon and OR Booking staff have said I' am the worst patient they have ever seen, I have a fight or fight mechanism that works very well. In order to do this surgery they are using Propofol and Sevoflurane as an anesthetic, the trick is getting an IV in me, I have the history of being one of these people were everything is in excess, usually I need double to what everyone else needs historically speaking, I was told that I will be getting laughing gas at IV insertion time, I know when I feel them wipe that alcoholic swap to do the job I will react very violently, my question is; Will laughing gas kill skin sensation so I don't feel the IV? When I talked with the anesthetist about some anxiety medicine ( 6 adavan and 2 lorazopram didn't even make a dent in me last time ) he said he would rather not as waking up from the anesthetic would be a long time and require an overnight stay. Anyways see what you can come up with to relieve my frustration, I really would appreciate it.
Pat
First off I want to thank the person who approves members on here for approving me, I hope my concerns and questions help people looking for advice in the future. First off I want to start by admitting my negligence in caring for my teeth though the years, now I' am paying for it, I have a top denture for the last 16 years, now my bottom teeth look like the New York skyline when I smile, and August 30 is D-Day. I have a very large Mandibular Tori, for those that don't know what that is, it means the whole bottom of my mouth has filled in with bone growing outward from the jaw, I can post a pic if you request, here in Calgary the OMF Surgeons remove them with a chisel and hammer, then all the teeth are coming out.
I have a very very severe needle phobia, the Surgeon and OR Booking staff have said I' am the worst patient they have ever seen, I have a fight or fight mechanism that works very well. In order to do this surgery they are using Propofol and Sevoflurane as an anesthetic, the trick is getting an IV in me, I have the history of being one of these people were everything is in excess, usually I need double to what everyone else needs historically speaking, I was told that I will be getting laughing gas at IV insertion time, I know when I feel them wipe that alcoholic swap to do the job I will react very violently, my question is; Will laughing gas kill skin sensation so I don't feel the IV? When I talked with the anesthetist about some anxiety medicine ( 6 adavan and 2 lorazopram didn't even make a dent in me last time ) he said he would rather not as waking up from the anesthetic would be a long time and require an overnight stay. Anyways see what you can come up with to relieve my frustration, I really would appreciate it.
Pat