I have a huge fear of the dentist. It has been this way for many years stemming back to childhood.
The pain got to me and I saw a new dentist today in hopes to have the pain relieved. My coworkers highly recommended him.
I sat in the chair and started to shake. My fear was overwhelming. He was so good about me being a baby and understood that there are people like me who have had such bad experiences.
I get numbed up and had xrays. He examined my teeth. I braced myself.
Bad news.....it isn't an easy fix.
I waited too long and not just one tooth is the root of the problem but four.
And.....they have to come out.
I started to cry.
He quickly reassured me that an oral surgeon can knock me out and remove them and then we can get implants.
I sat there with worry.
How in the hell am I going to pay for it?
Who is going to drive me to surgery?
Are the implants going to hurt?
To top it off, I couldn't have anything done today except start antibiotics as one tooth is ugly infected. The other three are badly broken.
So penicillin and Oxycontin it is until I can get to the oral surgeon.
ugh.....
This totally sucks.
