How Not To Prepare for a Dental Appointment
I have dental phobia, which gives me a dentalwork headache and quite a lot of other symptoms. I have a really good dentist, but going to the dentist drives me round the twist. I have to go with someone else because, quite frankly, I need them do drag me through the door.
But still I make dental appointments — although I need someone else to make the appintment and tell me when it is.
The Problem With Dental Appointments
The big problem with dental appointments is that you know in advance that they’re coming up. Now, usually this is considered an advantage, because you can orgaize your day around the dental appointment, but if you’re dental phobic, the appointment becomes a your date and time of execution.
And so, you start doing things in order to try to get your mind off the fact that you’re going to the damn dentist. This can entail not sleeping properly, which means you may find yourself where I was late last night, dreading the prospect of an afternoon date with destiny in the dental chair.
It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
So, it’s about 11 pm and I still can’t get to sleep because sleeping would make the day of the dental appointment come that much closer. I go to make a nice relaxing cup of Tension Tamer tea and accidentally make a mondo caffineated tea. Well, it seems like such a shame to waste, so I drink it.
And then I think about my teeth. Knowing my luck, they’ll need immediate work and I won;t be able to eat anythign for days without pain.
So — I should eat as much as possible now in case I can’t eat for the next few days. I had three iced oatmeal cookies, a Philly soft pretzel with mustard and untold number of chips and slasa.
And then spent the rest of the night miserable with nausea. So, if you have a dental appointment coming up, for God’s sake, don’t do what I did.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
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