But. It is done and now all I have to do is heal, rest, enjoy catching up with your blogs and recover. Just as well perhaps that the house hasn't yet sold as I need my cosy nest right now, undisturbed for a while until life returns to normal and I can face the world again.
Thursday 5 June 2014
D is for Dread
June 3rd seemed a long way off when I blithely made the appointment in mid-April but, like all dreaded occasions, it duly came around and I found myself yet again in the dental surgeon's chair (not my regular dentist, we are talking hard core here) with a mouth full of injections (I lost count, but more than 8, less than 12) and an hour and a half later I had a mouth full of stitches, a splitting headache and a 'trout pout'. There is something particularly invasive about any surgery that involves the face. Something to do with identity I suppose, and yes, it was worse than I had imagined, which is just as well as I would have dreaded it more!
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I am so sorry.
ReplyDeleteHeal and be well.
Keeping you in my good thoughts and prayers.'xx
That's kind Margie x
DeleteI hate dentists. Need I say more?
ReplyDeleteHave seen enough of them to last me a lifetime. My next appointment is in September.
By which time you will be fully healed and beautiful. Lucky you.
Sometimes I feel that my life is the good bit between dental appointments. I have always had problem teeth and treatment is a regular part of my life. This particular problem has been ongoing since October last year and will not be finished until sometime this Autumn, hopefully. A whole year of dentists and injections with very little space in between...
DeleteD can also be for Do let folks pamper your for a while. Let them ease you through your healing and recovery. I can relate a bit having had some serious facial skin cancer surgeries (with an s) years ago. Healing happened.
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That is the good bit - the pampering although there is, I am told, a time limit, as sailing is imminent! Sorry to hear about the horrible surgery you had Frances and glad you are healed now.
DeleteTake care! I had some unpleasant dental surgery last year, and I was a bit surprised to find how hard it hit me. It does feel as if our "self" resides in our face/head, and having sit through its invasion, an invasion accompanied by horrid sensations and noises . . .rather traumatic. Pamper yourself carefully now, do!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mf. I guess because we all have dental work at times, we expect oral surgery to be somehow less traumatic, but it isn't at all, and has hit me a lot harder than I had expected - this was very invasive (gum and jaw bone work) and I feel like I have a mouth full or barbed wire! However, every day I do a little more and look and feel a little more human. There is hope. Enjoy your wonderful holiday!
DeleteA year of dental treatment is not pleasant. I can relate to the invasiveness and not being totally in control during such treatment. I hope that you're recovering well from the experience.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. Recovery is slowly happening and I am doing a little more each day. Apparently, I had an infection deep in the gum for over a year before it was detected, which triggered this shedload of work as it was a crucial tooth. Thank goodness the infection has gone with the tooth it was attached to as it was so undermining my health. I shall be so glad when it is all finished though!
DeleteHorrible, horrible; glad you got it over and done with, though. There's something else about dentists that make them such a scary experience - not just the discomfort/pain, but the invasion of your personal space, fingers in your mouth, that is so unsettling. Poor dentists, too - what an unpleasant view they always have of of their patients!
ReplyDeleteWho would be a dentist? My regular chap always gives me a very cautious smile when I arrive as he pretty much knows we are both in for a gruelling session. I do feel quite sorry for them too. There must be easier ways to earn a living.
ReplyDeleteStitches out next week, then the next major apointment is due in Sept/Oct when this lot has healed properly, then hopefully this particular episode can be laid to rest.
Big sympathy from over here. I had a terrible round of visits to the dentist and surgery on my mouth this past winter. It threw me for a loop. I'm glad to read that you're giving yourself time to heal. I thought that I was following your posts, but it appears that blogger knocked me off, so I am going to try again.
ReplyDeleteIsn't house-selling nearly as awful as dental surgery?
A different sort of awful, Pondside, and very unsettling. I sometimes wish we had never decided to try and sell the house. This is such a limbo, and our neighbours no longer see us as part of the community, which makes it pretty irreversible! Glad we have found each other again,and good luck with the house x
DeleteI think dentists live lonely lives.
ReplyDeleteStrange way to earn a living!
DeleteHope you are doing well.
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Ouch.. OUCH.. ! Poor you. No normal person looks forward to their dental appointments. I have heard that dentist (as well as physicians) are among the professions with the most prevalent suicide rate. You'd think it was all that guilt for inflicting pain but I suspect that depression is no different in those groups than any other but the drugs are easily available for them to use. On a happier note.. it's late July now. You must be all healed.
ReplyDeleteEverything is healing nicely, apparently, and I feel much,much better, especially after a blissful 3 weeks convalescing on our small boat in Sweden. However, I had two more visits to the dreaded specialist on my return, and there is still more work to come....
ReplyDeleteThat looks like something major. I'm sure you're glad that it's done, and anything that caused you to get this procedure in the first place has been resolved. Let's just hope you're next dental visit isn't as invasive as this one. Take care!
ReplyDeleteDenise Walker @ Peter M. Rumack, DDS