Valium For The Dentist

[ACMESkydiver 0]

-anyone else need some help getting over that fear?

I have no probloem going to the dentist. He can look at my teeth and count them and brush them and play with them all he wants.

However, I cannot STAND that gas mask thingy on my nose. Claustrophobia kicks in and I feel like I'm suffocating.

I broke a tooth yesterday eating a piece of candy and tomorrow afternoon...yikes. I must get it fixed.

3 pills; 1 for tonight, one for tomorrow 1 hour prior, and one in the office. Otherwise I can't do it!

$55 extra for the dope, but I can't do it without.

Anyone else? I know Michele had issues with dentists before...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[sartre 0]

What gas mask thingy? Never had it.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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What gas mask thingy? Never had it.

It's a kind of way to put you 'at ease' while they are injecting or drilling or repairing something.

It freaks me out.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[lisamariewillbe 1]

Sometimes you can get the nose canulas (think thats what its called) they go in the nostril directly to give you the gas versus the face mask.

Im not a fan of dentists either and when I have work done I get laughing gas or a muscle relaxent, but ive never had both at the same time.

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[Keith 0]

I have never had the "gas mask thingy." And I'm Old - even when I had my impacted wisdom teeth crunched up and pulled out piece by piece.

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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even when I had my impacted wisdom teeth crunched up and pulled out piece by piece.

Did they knock you out? OUCH

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[Keith 0]

Nope. I went back to work right after - as in the same day. I didn't have insurance at the time and couldn't afford the time off.

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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Nope. I went back to work right after - as in the same day. I didn't have insurance at the time and couldn't afford the time off.

I could never do that, when I had 2 wisdom out they had to knock me out and they werent impacted

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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I have never had the "gas mask thingy." And I'm Old - even when I had my impacted wisdom teeth crunched up and pulled out piece by piece.

Argh. I had ONE wisdom teeth knocked to pieces off of my jaw whilest fully awake to try to save daddy money...

Then I jumped up and yelled at them to get the hell off of me.

Poor daddy had to pay for a full surgery the next week to put me all the way out.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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Sometimes you can get the nose canulas (think thats what its called) they go in the nostril directly to give you the gas versus the face mask.

That's worse for me.

I can take a lot of pain...but I can't take something on/in my nose when someone is knocking around in my teeth without a sedative.

Pain + teeth = Jaye no-likey

HEE HEE!! That just reminded me! What movie is this from?

"Sed-a-...He said a naughty word! He said a naughty word!"



"Sounds like...GIVE!! Sed-a-GIVE! Give him a sed-a-give!" "Oh!! No-no, the sedative!"

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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I can take a lot of pain...but I can't take something on/in my nose when someone is knocking around in my teeth without a sedative

I cant remember the name but last time I went I had this medicine that started with a T... the dentist crushed it up and put it under my tongue... I literally dont remember it at all. Apperently its a sedative that leaves you coherent enough to even get up and walk to the restroom with aid and such. They just keep giving you more as the surgery progresses, apperently I was very vocal when I was feeling the pain yet no memory of it. It was however very expensive and insurance did not cover it.

Good luck tomorrow

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[AggieDave 6]

Luckily for me when I had my wisedom teeth removed all I remember is chatting with the surgen about skydiving while the IV was put in my arm then waking up with a LOT of gauz in my mouth. I felt really drunk and like I had gotten into a fight that hadn't gone so well. I did get a good laugh from shocking the nurses, though. My wife brought the truck around to pick me up and the nurse had wheeled me out in a wheelchair. I stood up took the keys from my wife and said something to the effect "its raining, you can't drive, I'll be ok!" The nurse looked shocked, got excited and kept saying "don't let him drive, please don't let him drive." Of course I gave the keys back, I thought it was hilarious and I'm smart enough not to drive like that.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Lindsey 0]

$55??!!! Crikey! I used to get 100 of 'em for $28. Of course that was "back in the day" . The generic works just as good....

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[DougH 270]

Better living through chemistry. I can have teeth pulled without novicane...

But I realized that I am not winning any medals for being a tough guy so now I ask for the nitrous even for inspections.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[skycat 0]

Of the two dentists I've had in CO neither had the gas. Neither have offered me anything for the stress either, and I have HUGE adrenalin reactions to the point that those shots they put in your nerves to kill the pain don't work. After shot 7 he actually wanted me to go home and reschedule after I found something that will calm me down next time. I told him there will be no next time just do it, I sucked it up with the pain (broke a tooth also) and am now looking for my 3rd dentist. (1st one was ok I just moved across town and wanted one that was closer to my house.)

Fly it like you stole it!

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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I can take a lot of pain...but I can't take something on/in my nose when someone is knocking around in my teeth without a sedative

I cant remember the name but last time I went I had this medicine that started with a T... the dentist crushed it up and put it under my tongue... I literally dont remember it at all. Apperently its a sedative that leaves you coherent enough to even get up and walk to the restroom with aid and such. They just keep giving you more as the surgery progresses, apperently I was very vocal when I was feeling the pain yet no memory of it. It was however very expensive and insurance did not cover it.

Good luck tomorrow

I had a similar type of med for a recent surgery. It wasn't oral, it was IV, but I was 'awake' they said for the surgeries even though I don't remember them at all.

The stuff I just got I received 3 pills...one for last night to help me sleep, one for an hour prior, and one for appointment time.

I took the one last night, and I didn't feel that it did anything. I didn't feel any 'different' and I don't think I fell asleep any earlier than usual. I didn't sleep any sounder either, but of course when your sons have sleep disorder, who really sleeps much anyhow?

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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$55??!!! Crikey! I used to get 100 of 'em for $28. Of course that was "back in the day" . The generic works just as good....

linz

Well when I said '$55 for the dope', that was $5 for the pills and $50 they charged me because I would be on the stuff...they said it was for the oxygen and monitorring because I'll be groggy.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[moodyskydiver 0]

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HEE HEE!! That just reminded me! What movie is this from?

"Sed-a-...He said a naughty word! He said a naughty word!"



"Sounds like...GIVE!! Sed-a-GIVE! Give him a sed-a-give!" "Oh!! No-no, the sedative!"

Young Frankenstein

"...just an earthbound misfit, I."

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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Young Frankenstein

One of my favs. I could quote 'Young Frankenstein' all day.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[SpeedRacer 1]

You're giving valium to your dentist?

Speed Racer
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[TrophyHusband 0]

one time after a cleaning the dentist gave me 3 valium with the same instructions for my next visit. i washed down all 3 at once with a couple of beers and skipped the appointment.

"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
www.kjandmegan.com

[moodyskydiver 0]

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One of my favs. I could quote 'Young Frankenstein' all day.

"Igor,will you help me with these bags? Certainly!you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban!"

"would you mind telling me who's brain I did put in?...Abby someone...Abby Normal"

ofcourse the "sed-a-GIVE" quotes is one of my favs!

great,now I'll have to go watch it.Too bad Peter Boyle (the monster) passed away earlier this month.

"...just an earthbound misfit, I."

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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You're giving valium to your dentist?

I should have. Man am I pissed off.

I went in to repair this broken tooth that did not hurt at all...I only knew it broke because I could feel a jagged edge. Apparently the filling broke out when I was eating something hard.

I go in all doped up, they sit me in the chair, and this dentist tells me she's putting this jelly goop on swabs to help numb the injection site. Only problem is, she's got it in the wrong part of my mouth.

So i ask her why she's numbing the top, she tells me to fill the cavity in '20', top left. "What about fixing the broken tooth lower left that I came in here for?"

She tells me my appointment is to fill a cavity top left that I had at my last check up. I told her that somebody made a mistake, I would not be in the dentist chair on a Saturday morning before Christmas to fill some little cavity.

So she tells me they don't have time to fix the broken tooth...them she tells me they'll do it because it's 'emergency'.

I made sure to find out how much I had to pay PRIOR to the damn appointment. It was going to be $137.

After another doctor comes in and starts drilling the hell out of my tooth telling me to 'tell him when it hurts' (I need to tell him when he hits the nerve?!). So he does whatever the hell he's doing, and when he's done, he tells me,

"So i've filled up the tooth with something that's little more than chalk. You won't be able to chew or drink anything on that side at all."

WTF?!? Before Christmas dinner? are you f'in' kidding me? It didn't even hurt before I came in!

Here's the kicker...they tell my husband to book me 3 more appointments for a root canal, a crown, and a follow up. total bill after insurance: about $865.

I did NOT agree to this bullshit! It DIDN'T EVEN HURT before I went in! Now I'm on Vicodin and I have a screaming headache and I can't eat on the left side of my mouth. I am SO freaking pissed off.

I'm going somewhere else for the work to be done. I'm sure it will be needed now, after that fucker dug the hell out of my gums.



I need some of that fucking sedative now, I tell ya...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.