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Nik19xo
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I'm unsure what to do..
The dentist I like, trust and feel at ease with has left my current practise and gone 30 or so miles away.
I don't know whether to go there too (also hoping she doesn't think I'm stalking her!!)
What worries me is that she will only be in clinic two days a week as she now manages more than one practise.
I'll also have to do the school run.. So allowing time for the 1hr ish journey each way, my appointments will only be in a 3-4hr window, 2 days a week.
This is fine normally I guess, but if there's an emergency I'd be stuck hoping it occurs on those two days a week(!). It's worth noting my teeth seem to have a twinge or some level of pain more days than not..
(I also still get some anxiety when having to be somewhere further away from home too. This goes back to having agoraphobia I guess. On the plus side, my father lives 2 streets away from the new practise, so I could go there if needed)
Both dentists have been kind. My current one has offered to allow me to see someone else as I'm uncomfortable with my replacement one. Although I've no idea who I'd get at this point.
The new practise manager/dentist I've been emailing has offered to try and see me if an emergency occurs and it's not on a day that my dentist should be there, to try and keep some continuity and familiarity for me, which is nice.
So I don't know what to do as my practise says I'll lose my place if I join another NHS practise, which is understandable
The dentist I like, trust and feel at ease with has left my current practise and gone 30 or so miles away.
I don't know whether to go there too (also hoping she doesn't think I'm stalking her!!)
What worries me is that she will only be in clinic two days a week as she now manages more than one practise.
I'll also have to do the school run.. So allowing time for the 1hr ish journey each way, my appointments will only be in a 3-4hr window, 2 days a week.
This is fine normally I guess, but if there's an emergency I'd be stuck hoping it occurs on those two days a week(!). It's worth noting my teeth seem to have a twinge or some level of pain more days than not..
(I also still get some anxiety when having to be somewhere further away from home too. This goes back to having agoraphobia I guess. On the plus side, my father lives 2 streets away from the new practise, so I could go there if needed)
Both dentists have been kind. My current one has offered to allow me to see someone else as I'm uncomfortable with my replacement one. Although I've no idea who I'd get at this point.
The new practise manager/dentist I've been emailing has offered to try and see me if an emergency occurs and it's not on a day that my dentist should be there, to try and keep some continuity and familiarity for me, which is nice.
So I don't know what to do as my practise says I'll lose my place if I join another NHS practise, which is understandable