Beginning Braces

They're scheduled for this upcoming Thursday, and I don't think I need to explain how much I'm looking forward to this, do I?

I've always had serious issues at the dentist, mainly related to the fact the freezing doesn't work very well for me. It takes tons of it to be effective, and it wears off extremely quickly. This has caused me to be very anxious in the dentist's chair. And, and I've just learned, this anxiety causes me to be even harder to numb, and for the freezing to wear off even quicker. It's a viscous circle!

I found this article however (Treating Anxious Patients Like Me), and it describes me and my dental situation *perfectly*. I'm what they call a "severely traumatized patient". But my dentist has given me a sedative (Halcion) for this endo treatment, which will hopefully make this dentist appointment almost bearable. I'm hoping to sleep thru it, but I'm probably setting my sights a little high, huh?

I hope it doesn't knock me out to much tho, because I have some orthodontic-related questions for my dentist, and I want to be able to ask them.

I'll post back to document how it goes...