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thethingything · 6 months ago

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okay we need to get ready for bed so we can wake up on time for our appointment later because we have to go to a hospital in another city for it and weirdly I'm not as anxious as I thought I'd be at the moment but it is only the consultation and not the actual surgery so y'know

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #the surgeon has really good reviews at least and apparently he specialises in a bunch of stuff to do with facial nerve repair #which is not what we're having done but it does make me feel a little better about some stuff #because our facial nerves are kind of fucked and tend to have more problems after dental work #this guy has written research papers on trigeminal neuralgia treatments #he also apparently recommends co-codamol for pain relief after surgery #which makes me think he'll be less likely to get all judgy and weird about me taking that to manage my pain #and that's a huge relief because so many medical professionals are shitty about people needing to take opioids #unfortunately none of this helps with our main issues around stuff like sedation and hospital environments #but hopefully he'll be understanding about that #a bunch of the reviews we saw were from patients who had really bad anxiety and said he was really patient and understanding with them

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