"Jacquie" > wrote in message
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> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> "Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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>>> "W. Baker" > wrote:
>>>> : On Mar 2, 8:44?pm, Nick Cramer > wrote:
>>>> : > I had two molars extracted today, after sinus surgery last week.
>>>> Told
>>>> : > my daughter no solid food, just soup. She ran a can of Clam Chowder
>>>> : > through a strainer and just gave me broth. It was a nice treat.
>>>> Just
>>>> : > chicken broth tomorrow. My FBG was 86. I should've checked my PP
>>>> BG.
>>>> : > [ . . . ]
>>>> Sorry ro hear of your painful adventures, nick. Heal soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Wendy. The root of the rearmost molar was wrapped around my
>>> jawbone. Even with the extra novacaine, and her gently (?) rocking it
>>> out,
>>> it was quite uncomfortable! Bleeding stopped within 12 hours. I feel
>>> fine,
>>> now.
>>
>>
>> Nick I hope you feel better really soon! I am so fearful of dental
>> work. I have no idea how I ever got the courage to have a whole mouth
>> restoration a few years ago. Thank goodness it is done and over with!
>> --
>>
>> Evelyn
>>
>> "The purpose of our lives is to be happy" His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
>>
>
> I have a very unhealthy fear of the Dentist, I have a wisdom tooth that
> will probably have to be pulled..and the rest of my teeth aren't so hot
> either. I get physically ill if I have to wait to long...I need someone to
> give me a valium before I go..and would be happy if they knocked me out.
> When I was a young teen I would get cold sores after I got my teeth worked
> on...they thought I was allergic to the Novocain....they didn't understand
> cold sore much back then...or at least Dentists didn't. So from then on
> they worked on my teeth without and thing.....Once I became an Ault the
> only time I would go to the Dentist is if I had an abscess. I told my Dr
> one day about the allergy to Novocain and cold sores...he sat down and
> told me that was not an allergic reaction...it was a stress to my lips
> reaction. The fear had already been embedded deeply. When we were
> stationed in AK the Base Dentist would do the Dependants teeth...stateside
> they would only do emergency stuff. I explained to the Dentist my
> fear...he took his time with me and if I felt any discomfort at all he
> would stop and refreeze the area. After I left AK I found the fear came
> back...I need to fined another Dentist that understands my fears


I found a certain dentist who was especially wonderful with fearful
patients. Only then did I have the whole mouth restoration. I wasn't
afraid of him.

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Evelyn

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy" His Holiness, the Dalai Lama