The older I get, the more freaked I am about getting dental work done (also called dentist phobia ). I know, such high anxiety doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, but I figure it has to do with (1)blowing my adrenals in my past role as a social worker and (2)having too many frickin root canals along life's way. In any case, today was the day where I had to go and get the prep work done for a new crown. A couple of days ago I called the dentist to let them know that I would like to have some Nitrous Oxide. Two friends told me it was like "a twilight sleep" and that sounded good. I checked out some of the forums online and was careful not to read the ones that complained about the Nitrous Oxide not working for them, or causing more anxiety or whatever. I just knew that I needed something to handle all the tension in my shoulders, my racing heart, my rapid breathing, my dry mouth, etc. etc. etc. And of course I worried that it would also af...
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