Not Cancer related but freaking me out anyway

khl8
khl8 Member Posts: 807
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
So, you would think that after all I have been through that I would not still be freaked out by going to the dentist. Not so. I need to have another root canal and some other fillings fixed since Chemo so nicely messed up my teeth. I am lucky though I found a dentist that will sedate me and about a month ago he did so and I had 2 root canals done. I am freaked out not by the actual appointment but what the anesthesa did, I was loopy all day! Apparantly the last time I went out on the porch, invivted the neighbors over for coffee, spilled coffee everywhere and kept reheating spaghetti"os in the microwave. Now I say apparantly because I have no recollection of any of this. But I was alot of fun, or so I have been told.
As much as the anesthesia does this to me I would not have it any other way. I have alwasy been petrifed of the dentist and to be awake while having this procedure would most likely give me a heart attack. I am not joking when I say I would rather give birth than have my teeth worked on.
So, to all of you out there, the moral to my story is make sure your teeth are in great shape before you go through chemo, and get them checked as soon as your treatent is done to hold off any potential problems like these.
Tomorrow is the big day and I have already thought to hide the laptop and my cell phone as well as unplug the coffee pot.
Kathy

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    Good luck tomorrow, Kathy.
    Good luck tomorrow, Kathy. I don't like these kinds of procedures either. You kept your sense of humour, which is great!
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #3
    AnneCan said:

    Good luck tomorrow, Kathy.
    Good luck tomorrow, Kathy. I don't like these kinds of procedures either. You kept your sense of humour, which is great!

    The one thing that all this
    The one thing that all this Cancer crap has done good for me is to renew my sense of humor, without it I would have just curled up into a ball in the corner!
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #4
    khl8 said:

    The one thing that all this
    The one thing that all this Cancer crap has done good for me is to renew my sense of humor, without it I would have just curled up into a ball in the corner!

    l hate dentist l rather prefer a
    good colonoscopy!
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #5
    pepebcn said:

    l hate dentist l rather prefer a
    good colonoscopy!

    ME TOO!!!!! I cannot
    ME TOO!!!!! I cannot beleive it, but it is true, I would rather have this than the dentist.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #6
    Dentist
    Good luck tomorrow. Maybe you should let the neighbors know ahead of time that you are having this procedure done so if you do something not so normal they will know why :) Know it's not funny but they must have had a good laugh.

    Kim
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #7
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Dentist
    Good luck tomorrow. Maybe you should let the neighbors know ahead of time that you are having this procedure done so if you do something not so normal they will know why :) Know it's not funny but they must have had a good laugh.

    Kim

    They know and I secretly
    They know and I secretly think they are just waiting for my next installment. I am hoping that since i now know what the meds do, I won't step foot outside the house. But just in case, my friend/neighbor will make sure I don't do anything stupid.

    Kathy
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #8
    Good luck!
    Good luck tomorrow!

    *hugs*
    Gail

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