Camisa
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Before resorting to an oral surgeon I saw a couple of dentists to have an extraction of an upper regular molar. They referred me to him because my tooth is broken at the gumline making it difficult for them to extract it.
I have been in emotional agony since October when it became abscessed. I was on 20 days of Amoxicillin in November which made very sick.
I finally saw this ORal Surgeon three days ago. I pre-paid for....
Nitrous Oxide: $175.00 USD (never administered)
Surgical extraction: $200.00 USD (never performed)
I was so frightened that I was asking a lot of questions; but he kept getting very frustrated with me and reminding me that he has other patients ---- he made me feel as if I am not as important as his other patients. At first they were just going to do the extraction; but I had to remind them that I also paid for Nitrous.
The surgical tech put the Nitrous Mask on me. Then another nurse came in and said, "Oops! I forgot to fix up the Nitrous tanks. Let me turn them back on." SO I had been breathing in Oxygen the whole time, so I still don;t know if Nitrous would be beneficial to me or not but I digress. I took the mask off because their unprofessionalism made me insecure about it.
Five minutes later he came at me with the needles. I asked, "these are plain right? No epi?" and the nurse said, "Oh, you don't want epi?" (I have a written and signed document by my Cardiologist stating that I should have "NO EPI" for dental treatment---I had given it to the staff but they apparently forgot about it?) I reminded him of the "no epi" document and so he got out the plain needles.
He gave me three shots of local anesthetic. He dripped some of the anesthetic in the back of my mouth and I swallowed it. I wasn't aware of that but I absolutely started to cry because my throat went numb. I began also began trembling and my hands were shaking like a washing machine.
Merely SECONDS after giving me the shots he said he wasn't going to do the procedure. (He just seemed to quickly shoot me up with the local so that perhaps I wouldn;t get a refund if I requested one? I don't know).
He walked over to the sink and washed his hands;
When I began to sob, I kept saying, "I can't feel myself breathing"
Instead of telling me he dripped some of the shot down my throat, he just walked away, and said "Well you can just LAY THERE and NOT BREATHE until you are discharged. I am not working on you unless you're sedated."
His tone of voice frightened me and so I began to call for my mother, who was not allowed in the room for some reason?? It wasn't an OR. Just a room with chairs. Anyway they told me she was right outside the doorway but she wasn't ---- instead they told her to go into the waiting room so i was calling out to her but she could not hear me. Nor did she hear any of the snide and sarcastic remarks that the doctor was making to me.
Finally the surgical technician came in with my mother. She told me the reason I felt that way was because the doctor had accidently dripped some of the local in my throat. She also told me to expect some drooling.
WELL WHY COULDN'T HE HAVE TOLD ME THAT?!?! WHY DID HE HAVE TO TELL ME TO JUST LAY THERE AND NOT BREATHE?!
I SPRINTED out the doors, drooling and crying into a tissue.
*Note that there were no other patients!! I was his last patient!
I told my mom what the doctor ket saying to me, and she said about me taking too much time and his concern for his other patients, "What other patients? You were his last patient of the day. There were no other patients. Why would he say that to you?"
I don't know - he just kept telling me he had other patients to tend to.
The most agonizing thing he said to me, and I keep thinking about it over and over again was his sarcastic comment telling me to just lay there and not breathe.
When I got home I panicked so badly in a state of shock that I had to call 911 and have oxygen for a few minutes.
After that panic attack subsidd, I slept for five hours.
WAS HIS BEHAVIOR NORMAL?!
I FEEL INCREDIBLY ASHAMED FOR WASTING HIS TIME.... Is it all my fault?! Am I THAT much of a "pain in the ass?"
And I'm SCARED TO DEATH of seeing him again, or any other doctor for that matter.
Or am I over-reacting??
Do I have a right to ask for some of my money back??
*sidenotes: I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder with transient agoraphobia, depression and I was raped at age 19. I don't know if any of this matters, but I guess in my defense it is worth noting.
Please help, need encouragement very badly.
Andrea
I have been in emotional agony since October when it became abscessed. I was on 20 days of Amoxicillin in November which made very sick.
I finally saw this ORal Surgeon three days ago. I pre-paid for....
Nitrous Oxide: $175.00 USD (never administered)
Surgical extraction: $200.00 USD (never performed)
I was so frightened that I was asking a lot of questions; but he kept getting very frustrated with me and reminding me that he has other patients ---- he made me feel as if I am not as important as his other patients. At first they were just going to do the extraction; but I had to remind them that I also paid for Nitrous.
The surgical tech put the Nitrous Mask on me. Then another nurse came in and said, "Oops! I forgot to fix up the Nitrous tanks. Let me turn them back on." SO I had been breathing in Oxygen the whole time, so I still don;t know if Nitrous would be beneficial to me or not but I digress. I took the mask off because their unprofessionalism made me insecure about it.
Five minutes later he came at me with the needles. I asked, "these are plain right? No epi?" and the nurse said, "Oh, you don't want epi?" (I have a written and signed document by my Cardiologist stating that I should have "NO EPI" for dental treatment---I had given it to the staff but they apparently forgot about it?) I reminded him of the "no epi" document and so he got out the plain needles.
He gave me three shots of local anesthetic. He dripped some of the anesthetic in the back of my mouth and I swallowed it. I wasn't aware of that but I absolutely started to cry because my throat went numb. I began also began trembling and my hands were shaking like a washing machine.
Merely SECONDS after giving me the shots he said he wasn't going to do the procedure. (He just seemed to quickly shoot me up with the local so that perhaps I wouldn;t get a refund if I requested one? I don't know).
He walked over to the sink and washed his hands;
When I began to sob, I kept saying, "I can't feel myself breathing"
Instead of telling me he dripped some of the shot down my throat, he just walked away, and said "Well you can just LAY THERE and NOT BREATHE until you are discharged. I am not working on you unless you're sedated."
His tone of voice frightened me and so I began to call for my mother, who was not allowed in the room for some reason?? It wasn't an OR. Just a room with chairs. Anyway they told me she was right outside the doorway but she wasn't ---- instead they told her to go into the waiting room so i was calling out to her but she could not hear me. Nor did she hear any of the snide and sarcastic remarks that the doctor was making to me.
Finally the surgical technician came in with my mother. She told me the reason I felt that way was because the doctor had accidently dripped some of the local in my throat. She also told me to expect some drooling.
WELL WHY COULDN'T HE HAVE TOLD ME THAT?!?! WHY DID HE HAVE TO TELL ME TO JUST LAY THERE AND NOT BREATHE?!
I SPRINTED out the doors, drooling and crying into a tissue.
*Note that there were no other patients!! I was his last patient!
I told my mom what the doctor ket saying to me, and she said about me taking too much time and his concern for his other patients, "What other patients? You were his last patient of the day. There were no other patients. Why would he say that to you?"
I don't know - he just kept telling me he had other patients to tend to.
The most agonizing thing he said to me, and I keep thinking about it over and over again was his sarcastic comment telling me to just lay there and not breathe.
When I got home I panicked so badly in a state of shock that I had to call 911 and have oxygen for a few minutes.
After that panic attack subsidd, I slept for five hours.
WAS HIS BEHAVIOR NORMAL?!
I FEEL INCREDIBLY ASHAMED FOR WASTING HIS TIME.... Is it all my fault?! Am I THAT much of a "pain in the ass?"
And I'm SCARED TO DEATH of seeing him again, or any other doctor for that matter.
Or am I over-reacting??
Do I have a right to ask for some of my money back??
*sidenotes: I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder with transient agoraphobia, depression and I was raped at age 19. I don't know if any of this matters, but I guess in my defense it is worth noting.
Please help, need encouragement very badly.
Andrea
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