I’ve been in severe pain for nearly two weeks now, can’t eat much, not sleeping great and knocking back painkillers like they are sweets. I have a hole in two of my three wisdom teeth, a broken tooth that I pulled some of it out and the gum has almost grown over what’s left and another hole in one of my molars when a piece of tooth just fell out one day when pregnant with my fifth baby.
Even being in this much pain and knowing that I HAVE to go to the dentist isn’t making me pick up the phone. Everything about the dentist frightens me, from being unable to talk, to pain, to judgement on my shitty teeth. To make matters even worse, I also can’t cope with the thought of any sort of sedation after trauma when I was very young with a general anaesthetic.
I can’t go until Tuesday anyways because I am working but the closer it gets, the more distressed I am becoming. I am not registered with a dentist so I will have to call the nhs line. I think I will need at least 3 teeth pulled. I used to have perfect teeth then had two severe depressive episodes where I could barely function and stopped looking after myself. I do now I’m better but it’s too little too late.
There must be people like me on here, please tell me your positive stories, I need all the encouragement I can get.