Bill
20-10-07, 01:43
In the past few days I've been suffering terrible toothache that's reduced me to tears so I haven't been able to concentrate on anything.
I saw the dentists but they couldn't prescribe a painkiller I needed so I rang the doctor. He said to me he could totally sympathise and prescribed them for me. He was the same doctor who years ago after I'd self harmed, asked me why am I wasting his time when there are "genuinely ill" people! Oh well. Mental v Physical illness again!:shrug:
Anyway, I went back to the dentists yesterday and had the troublesome tooth removed but hmm, was it a painfull traumatic experience!
The injection itself hurt enough and then he asked me to wait 10 mins in the waiting room. I was trembling like a leaf! As the minutes ticked by I was trying to stay calm so I closed my eyes and imagined myself laying on a beach under a warm sun on a desert island whilst the waves hit the beach. I went into a lot of detail but it Did help me to keep relaxed.
The 10 mins turned out to be an hour and after the little op my emotions felt a mess as I got in the car so I put the radio on for some music to relax me.
I lost my father exactly 2 years ago this month, and the music being played was his favourite piece. Whether there's anything in it or not because things like this have happened to me before, I felt a sense of calm as if he was watching over me because he knew that I was feeling a mess and alone. I simply cried.
Anyway, today I feel my normal self again at last......without pain!!! :yesyes:
I saw the dentists but they couldn't prescribe a painkiller I needed so I rang the doctor. He said to me he could totally sympathise and prescribed them for me. He was the same doctor who years ago after I'd self harmed, asked me why am I wasting his time when there are "genuinely ill" people! Oh well. Mental v Physical illness again!:shrug:
Anyway, I went back to the dentists yesterday and had the troublesome tooth removed but hmm, was it a painfull traumatic experience!
The injection itself hurt enough and then he asked me to wait 10 mins in the waiting room. I was trembling like a leaf! As the minutes ticked by I was trying to stay calm so I closed my eyes and imagined myself laying on a beach under a warm sun on a desert island whilst the waves hit the beach. I went into a lot of detail but it Did help me to keep relaxed.
The 10 mins turned out to be an hour and after the little op my emotions felt a mess as I got in the car so I put the radio on for some music to relax me.
I lost my father exactly 2 years ago this month, and the music being played was his favourite piece. Whether there's anything in it or not because things like this have happened to me before, I felt a sense of calm as if he was watching over me because he knew that I was feeling a mess and alone. I simply cried.
Anyway, today I feel my normal self again at last......without pain!!! :yesyes: