Dental appointment Monday

Anxiety over going to the dentist. i am always this way before a visit. I do not like the dentist, he is a good guy and all but i have always had a stupid fear of the dentists. i am using my coping skills and it seems to help some and I know that once it is done i will be in "love" with him again lol but going makes my anxiety peak. They will not RX me a Valume (sp) or anything so i am on my own. I please need some reasurance, I am such a baby. Sorry guys.

Thanks S.C. I am going to also call around and see if a dentist will put me out due to my anxiety. I know that lots of dentists due this because the anxiety is too much and can cause the numbing med to wear off sooner also. This happens in my case everytime and I just want these nasty teeth gone. No more pain. I can normally keep my panic down to a pinch these days but the dentist scares the dog poo outta me. Well I hope that everyone is doing good. How is Larry doing? Well I will be back soon.

MissJD

I always have the nitrous oxide and my dentist teases me and sets it a the  3 martini level.  this is when I am actually having dental work done.  First come the nitrous and then the novocaine.

Sad to say all these years my dentist knows I am an ER nurse and here I am shaking like a leaf in his office. He could tell I was nervous, so he kept saying weird stuff, like, “Just relax! We’re going to get those big meanies out of your teeth so they can’t hurt you no more!”

Dentists have nobody to love them as we all freely declare, " I hate the dentist".  Poor folks, I hope they have family at home that love them.

Do whatever it takes to help you through your appointment.  I go to my secret place in my mind and imagine how warm the sun feels on my skin - now this is not easy when you live in MN  and it is 10 degrees outside.

But you can do this, you have done it before, you will do it again.

Take all of us with you and imagine how we would look mushed together in a chair. 

Gentle Hugs,

Kitt

Thanks everyone.

Kitt- I am in California and warm weather is not in short supply this year, I assure you. I haven't always been scared of the dentist. I am not even sure when the fear started actually. I know as a kid I was good at the dentist. Hmmmm one of life's mysteries I guess.

Lisa- I will be calling around this week to find another dentist. I need to be put out or knock in the head or something because my anxiety gets bad enough that I shakes all over and it raises my bp and heart rate through the roof. Also the novacaine wears off very quickly. I can not drive home from the appointment because I am still so shaken and when I get home I have to sleep because emotionally I am just wiped out.

S.C- Hard to imagine you shaking like a leaf for anything.


Well I am going to go to bed. Thank you all again. Be back soon.