Do you have any Phobias?
Posted By: sm. on 2008-04-07
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have a few, but hate heights.
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Amazing what phobias can do, isn't it? sm
My oral surgeon when I was a teen (17) pulled my wisdom tooth with giving me enough novacaine and had the guts to tell me I didn't feel it, quit being a sissy. I'd rather give birth 20 more times than go through that again. I left the office hysterical, calling him every name in the book and then some. He had an office full of patients who must have thought I was nuts. Then, he went on vacation during my postop period and informed the on call person that I had to wait until he got back for anything. I ran out of pain meds so I solved that with some Jack Daniels mouth rinses (father's childhood remedy, LOL, and I'm telling you, I'm not a drinker at all). Mom and dad took me to the ER but I only got Tylenol there. Big whoop. No help at all. I missed 2 weeks of work over that, severe pain, swollen, black and blue face and even today my jaw clicks. I get the willies just thinking about it. So, I just never saw anyone else again for 5 years, but did brush and floss faithfully. Then I had 3 children, a disastrous illness that I spent over 10 years on prednisone and now here I am with dentures. LOL. Oh well, things could be much, much worse. I must say, that Camphophenique is working wonders. My mouth felt great today. I even ate regular food, soft of course, and some steak. The steak I had to almost shred and mix with my cottage cheese but I did eat it and didn't need 1 pain pill at all. Not bad for a newbie denture wearer!
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