Valynn
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The End Is In Sight
3 more dental visits for the completion of this root canal & crown! Final post was permanently bonded in today. Now comes for visit #1, the tooth prep & temporary crown. Visit #2 is impressions to make the final crown & then visit #3 final placement said crown. What I am going to ask is since I need impressions done of my lower front partial anyway. Why not do both of them at once & save another dental visit for impressions later.
It was also explained to me why it was taking so godsawful long. The dental office I go to is the practical residency program for the dental students. They are only allowed to do 1 hour blocks of work on a patient at a time. Plus my teeth are particularly difficult to work on. (narrow upper jaw, teeth rotated into wrong positions....ETC.)
And now some good, some bad
Mom's car went into the shop to have the transmission replaced. So I asked Elaine to drive me to & from the dentist. Well she forgot, fell asleep & I was almost late to my appointment. She woke up and immediately began to loudly bitch how she was "the only one in the house to schlep people everywhere! I am not a god dammed taxi service! "
I was already on edge from being upset about going to the dentist. And I felt bad that I was putting this on her. But I NEVER demand her take me anywhere. So I know she is angry with me putting her in this predicament anyway. Which make me feel twitchy, so I go into the kitchen & do some calming breathing exercises my therapist showed me to do. Felling a bit better we get on our way.
Getting into the car she closes her car door HARD and slams the car into gear. I am wearing my mask so I am able to keep doing my breathing, praying that she calms down soon. The more traffic happens that angrier she gets, and is now actively growling at the other drivers & speeding.
Thank goodness this is only to the next town over so this ride is relatively short. We keep hitting all the traffic lights. And it seems like everyone & their dumb Uncle is driving with us. She begins to grip the steering wheel tighter, making the plastic creak. Making my brain scream that she's gonna hit me at any second if I don't get out. I force myself to close my eyes & concentrate that she is most definitely not my ex bf who did hit me on the same road YEARS ago. Thank goodness shortly after we got to the building. I was able to get inside & break down for 10 minutes before going into the dentist's office. But if I wasn't on my meds I would be feeling much worse right now. And wouldn't have even made it into the dentist.
This was my first full on panic attack. I don't like them & I will be bringing this up to my therapist on the 25th. I know that the meds won't fully stop things triggering me. But once it's at full strength in my system. This won't be so bad.
3 more dental visits for the completion of this root canal & crown! Final post was permanently bonded in today. Now comes for visit #1, the tooth prep & temporary crown. Visit #2 is impressions to make the final crown & then visit #3 final placement said crown. What I am going to ask is since I need impressions done of my lower front partial anyway. Why not do both of them at once & save another dental visit for impressions later.
It was also explained to me why it was taking so godsawful long. The dental office I go to is the practical residency program for the dental students. They are only allowed to do 1 hour blocks of work on a patient at a time. Plus my teeth are particularly difficult to work on. (narrow upper jaw, teeth rotated into wrong positions....ETC.)
And now some good, some bad
Mom's car went into the shop to have the transmission replaced. So I asked Elaine to drive me to & from the dentist. Well she forgot, fell asleep & I was almost late to my appointment. She woke up and immediately began to loudly bitch how she was "the only one in the house to schlep people everywhere! I am not a god dammed taxi service! "
I was already on edge from being upset about going to the dentist. And I felt bad that I was putting this on her. But I NEVER demand her take me anywhere. So I know she is angry with me putting her in this predicament anyway. Which make me feel twitchy, so I go into the kitchen & do some calming breathing exercises my therapist showed me to do. Felling a bit better we get on our way.
Getting into the car she closes her car door HARD and slams the car into gear. I am wearing my mask so I am able to keep doing my breathing, praying that she calms down soon. The more traffic happens that angrier she gets, and is now actively growling at the other drivers & speeding.
Thank goodness this is only to the next town over so this ride is relatively short. We keep hitting all the traffic lights. And it seems like everyone & their dumb Uncle is driving with us. She begins to grip the steering wheel tighter, making the plastic creak. Making my brain scream that she's gonna hit me at any second if I don't get out. I force myself to close my eyes & concentrate that she is most definitely not my ex bf who did hit me on the same road YEARS ago. Thank goodness shortly after we got to the building. I was able to get inside & break down for 10 minutes before going into the dentist's office. But if I wasn't on my meds I would be feeling much worse right now. And wouldn't have even made it into the dentist.
This was my first full on panic attack. I don't like them & I will be bringing this up to my therapist on the 25th. I know that the meds won't fully stop things triggering me. But once it's at full strength in my system. This won't be so bad.
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