Hi all
Using dh's posh new laptop, as he has mine today. Feel a bit nervous in case I break something. (He's only used it once himself and that was to load his software onto it.)
Well, after another pallaver trying to get an appointment, Mum came with me by taxi to the dentist. They very kindly fitted me in this morning, as with the gastro appointment tomorrow I wouldn't have been seen till Thursday evening otherwise. Couldn't get a taxi on my own as I would have had to take dd in with me.
They were lovely, totally used to dealing with phobic patients and really kind (thank goodness as I was physically shaking and feeling like I might throw up any second ). It only hurt briefly once.
My tooth was much more painful this morning and I kept going hot, so had a feeling there was an infection and sure enough there was. She has packed the broken tooth with some kind of paste to deaden the pain and then put in a temporary dressing. I am also on antibiotics for the infection, or will be when dh gets home and collects my prescription. She said the dentists down my road that have accepted me as a patient are very good and used to nervous patients, but if I really can't handle the treatment they can refer me back for sedation.
Apparently there are a couple of broken teeth, but they don't need dealing with urgently and I have a cavity in the tooth adjacent to the broken/infected one. She suggested I just go for them to have a look on the first visit then perhaps have the minor job done before the attempt sorting this tooth, which will probably need xrays etc.
Dd screamed for about 5 minutes when I went into the dentist's room, as I had expected, but calmed down when Mum gave her the bottle of ebf I had left and was fine then until she saw me at the reception desk and started to scream again!
I was so scared and stressed that I all but collapsed when we got home, head pounding, nausea and upset stomach, had to crawl off to bed for an hour and it was all just a stress reaction. [pathetic moose emoticon] Fortunately dd went to sleep in her swing so was ok being left with Mum.
Dd is being a total pain in the night at the moment, waking at 11 for an extra feed then being awake and lively until 1.30/2.00 ish. She hasn't had a late feed for a couple of months now. Seriously not amusing.
Furry I don't think its bad to leave negative feedback if they didn't describe it honestly. What a pain for you though. I hate it when I buy things off ebay and they aren't as described. Happened to me with what a though was a beautiful little dress and jacket for dd, but arrived and was all faded and bobbled despite the seller saying it was brand new without tags. It had definitely been worn by more than one child over the years methinks.
Oh had heard of using clove oil but seriously cannot stand the taste of cloves.