Just a LITTLE nervous...send positive thoughts ASAP

Ok, so I don't really belong in any one of the GI forums, my problems are rather unique. But I identify a lot with you guys, so I'm posting here right now....


I am TERRIFIED about going to the dentist today. Not because it will hurt or because of the actual dental work, but because they said it would take approx. 90 MINUTES!!!!!! So worried the dentist will be in the middle of the bone graft and I'll crap myself. OMG!!! That would be the worst!!!!!! My tummy is rumbly this morning, so I took extra Immodium and Zofran, and didn't take a couple of my anti-constipation meds. I can just imagine, being halfway through it and crapping myself. The dentist and assistant would be choking on the stench, hurrying to finish, and i'd just have to sit there in a pile of mush! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm sorry. I am just so scared of that happening. I do plan on using the bathroom immediately before the procedure. Then they have to numb me up, remove a tooth, clean out an infection in the jaw bone above where the tooth was, then pack it w/ grafting material/cadaver bone, sew it up, then bond an artificial tooth in the empty spot to the teeth on either side of it. I am bringing my emergency clean-up kit, and wearing depends. I guess I will have to talk to him before he starts and let him know a lil bit about my situation, so if there are "good" times for a potty break, I can take it if needed.

Did I mention I had D yesterday from the antibiotics I was on? Or that I have severe bowel incontinence? If my gut decides it's time to let loose, there is not a chance in hell of stopping it!

I totally should've posted this a day or two ago to get suggestions!!!!!! Way to late now, so I'm asking instead for prayers and positive thoughts. Really freaking out. At least I will very much be distracted from the dental work going on!! LOL!!

Thanks a lot for listening. I'll post an update hopefully in several hours and tell you whether I make it out with clean pants!

Besides being a pretend GI, I am a pretend dentist and have had your procedure twice.
Ask for anesthesia, ensure you are getting the extraction and grafting in an oral surgeon's office. Then do not let them cement anything. Grafts must heal- long time too, like 6 months. They can put the post in, but no tooth attachments. They should use a mouth guard with a fake loose tooth so you can smile. And yes, the antibiotics can cause D. My doc offers Xanax for the phobic or frightened. Good luck!

Hi, Glad to hear you came through it!...thinking about the procedure is usually far worse than the actual treatment I've found.

Glad you made it through! Yay! I cancelled my dentist apt a couple of weeks ago...due to the bathroom fear

I usually have issues immediately prior to the dentist but once I'm in the chair, I like to think sheer mental effort turns it off. I've had a ton of dental work in the last two years thanks to a rogue tooth, and it's never fun.

I avoid the antibiotic Augmentin like the plague. I'm pretty sure my oral surgeon gave it to me and I lasted maybe two days before I had to call and ask to be switched because the D & pain were so bad. I'm not sure what you were on, but that one tends to be especially tough on you GI tract.