So, I have a wisdom tooth extraction booked in for Wednesday afternoon and this evening I am suddenly an absolute anxious mess about it. Genuinely thinking about trying to cancel it by pretending I'm sick or something (I know that's bad and I wouldn't normally but oh the fear, I didn't even feel this nervous before I was induced!).
I am a bit of a nervous patient generally speaking, I go to a private dentist who I (just about) feel comfortable with. He's been keeping an eye on a lower wisdom tooth that is impacted for a while now and at my last visit he's said that he thinks the time has come for it to come out...
I've been trying to read about recovery and what to expect since I booked in the appointment (will be at the dentist's, not in a hospital) but for some reason this evening I've been seriously struck by the fear. I have a 13 month old who is a crummy sleeper, still breastfeeds a lot at night, will get hysterical if her dad goes to her in the evenings instead of me at the moment - how am I actually meant to recover after this thing?? Not to mention, oh dear god, how awful the actual extraction is probably going to be...
Please tell me those who have experienced this - is it really as bad as I'm imagining? Would I be incredibly unreasonable to cancel the appointment at such short notice and flee the country so my dentist can never find me ever again ?