Hi,
I was abused as a kid and I'm left with an overwhelming fear of having things in my mouth and not being able to breathe properly through my nose. This has caused a few problems at the dentist, as you can imagine.
I've managed to overcome it enough to have some simple dental work done - a few fillings etc, which I'm quite proud of. However, one of my wisdom teeth pretty much fell apart last year and is cracked all the way down to the root.
Because there wasn't much to pull out, it has to be cut out. I went to the dental hospital to have it x-rayed etc, and that was quite traumatic but I got through it. While I was there, though I was told that I'd have to have my mouth open for several hours, and I saw someone with a clamp to keep their mouth open and was told I would get one of them too.
I'm almost vomiting just thinking about this. When the appointment came through, I cancelled it. I wish I could have a general anaesthetic. The department are very brusque and not sympathetic.
2006-10-18
18:11:09
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josie
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