[Magdalen] Dental prayers please

[Ginga Wilder]

Susan, I am glad you are on this side of it.  Hope memory of the panic
attack will leave you soon.

Ginga

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Pat pat pat
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> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 3/19/2016 2:08 PM, Susan Hagen wrote:
>
>> Well, it's done.  I hope not to have another one any time soon.
>> Things went well at first.  I had two Ativan before I went, the
>> nitrous oxide took hold, I relaxed and the surgeon went to work.  I
>> was fairly oblivious until a jackhammer went off inside my skull and I
>> found myself hunched over my knees, heart pounding, hyperventilating,
>> shaking and tears streaming.  Surgeon and aide holding and patting me
>> and asking what was wrong.  Me thinking what does it look like is
>> wrong?  Managed to whisper 'anxiety attack'.  Asked 'did you stop the
>> nitrous?'  Apparently after a certain amount of time they need to
>> adjust the mix to more oxygen less nitrous, I guess so the patient
>> doesn't die or some frivolous reason like that.  She asked if I wanted
>> to stop and finish another day.  I told her emphatically that I wanted
>> it done NOW.  I got myself under control, I think she upped the dose,
>> I subsided and she finished up.  We parted with a handshake.
>>
>> The nuisance is that if I have to have this done again I may have to
>> opt for full sedation just for safety.  If I had lunged like that at a
>> really bad time I could have screwed up the procedure.
>>
>> It did occur to me later that I can apparently still do a sit up from
>> a completely prone position while semi-conscious.  I guess I still
>> have some core strength left.
>>
>> Afterwards I had very little pain.  I did take a pill when the
>> lidocaine wore off and one at bedtime but nothing the next day.
>>
>> Thank you for your prayers.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear sibs,
>>> Tomorrow morning I go for my dental implant, the next stage in the
>>> saga both of both dental and financial woes.  It has also been a sucky
>>> week at work, so much that at least tomorrow has the compensation that
>>> I will face it with anesthesia.  Could you spare me a few prayers
>>> around 10:30 DST?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Susan
>>>
>>> --
>>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>>> land of Egypt.
>>> Leviticus 19:34
>>>
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