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AllieIsScared
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- Jun 23, 2024
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I had a really cruel dentist years ago that mocked my fear and called me pathetic. She genuinely made the anxiety worse every visit until I simply didnt go back.
14 days ago I developed a swelling to my jaw and it took 6 days to get an emergency appointment at a dentist to look at it.
In all honesty the pain overrode a lot of the fear and I managed to go with my mother for support. I'm 40 but needed my mother to hold my hand.
Following xrays and examination it was decided that the tooth needed to come out to drain the abcess and stop the pain.
The dentist did an amazing job. No patronising etc. The found the tooth easy to remove and checked me over and sent me on my way. This was a Saturday morning.
By Tuesday the pain returned multiplied exponentially. I couldn't get an appointment yet again. I ended up in the emergency department when I was found to have a dry socket. It was packed with a clove tasting substance and I was admitted overnight (Wednesday-Thursday) as I was dehydrated from that 30 hour period and hadn't managed to eat in almost a week.
Today the packing substance feels loose and appears to be working out in small sludgy bits. I had hoped it was a sign of healing but now I have bleeding from around the packing and a returning pain. I can't even be sure it pain and not my imagination but it feels real.
I am terrified now of going back to the dentist. I'm honestly too afraid to even make the call to the office on Monday morning. It is possible that they won't even be able to see me. But if they remove the packing and the agony cones back I don't think I could take it.
I'm scared to go and scared to do nothing. So I'm about to be sitting up all night hoping this bleeding stops.
I would do anything to avoid having to go back in that chair! Yes she was great with me but that was before - after the resulting unexplainable level of pain, I'm more frightened than I ever have been.
Is there a way to deal with the terror? Do I even need to go?
14 days ago I developed a swelling to my jaw and it took 6 days to get an emergency appointment at a dentist to look at it.
In all honesty the pain overrode a lot of the fear and I managed to go with my mother for support. I'm 40 but needed my mother to hold my hand.
Following xrays and examination it was decided that the tooth needed to come out to drain the abcess and stop the pain.
The dentist did an amazing job. No patronising etc. The found the tooth easy to remove and checked me over and sent me on my way. This was a Saturday morning.
By Tuesday the pain returned multiplied exponentially. I couldn't get an appointment yet again. I ended up in the emergency department when I was found to have a dry socket. It was packed with a clove tasting substance and I was admitted overnight (Wednesday-Thursday) as I was dehydrated from that 30 hour period and hadn't managed to eat in almost a week.
Today the packing substance feels loose and appears to be working out in small sludgy bits. I had hoped it was a sign of healing but now I have bleeding from around the packing and a returning pain. I can't even be sure it pain and not my imagination but it feels real.
I am terrified now of going back to the dentist. I'm honestly too afraid to even make the call to the office on Monday morning. It is possible that they won't even be able to see me. But if they remove the packing and the agony cones back I don't think I could take it.
I'm scared to go and scared to do nothing. So I'm about to be sitting up all night hoping this bleeding stops.
I would do anything to avoid having to go back in that chair! Yes she was great with me but that was before - after the resulting unexplainable level of pain, I'm more frightened than I ever have been.
Is there a way to deal with the terror? Do I even need to go?