Bah,my horrible dentist

[clancy]

I had to have a horrid root canal today.Yukkkkk! Every time i see my dentist he looks at the front of my notes,scrawled across which,in red marker is the legend 'known drug abuser' he always pretends its the fist time he sees it.He makes a huge show of putting on so many pairs of gloves than can hardly move his hands (to add possible injury to insult) its so embarrasing,cos it takes so much stuff to numb me.Why like this? its surely a different drug. He loves to that he could have killed several rugby players with the dose he gave me let alone a 110 pound girl. Bah,i hate him,and i wanted to get it off my chest: :asmd: so there nasty man Bah.

[zoomer]

snicker! I love having hatful thoughts, of course not acting on them! I tried so hard to cover up my past and be "a normal person". It catches up to you. Um can you maybe switch dentist? If you really want to give it to him, call up the dental board or what have you. Just remember, you are the consumer and he gets paid to take care of you! I guess you can tell your self I'd rather be a drug abuser than an ass hole or maybe you can tell him that!
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[NoSnowHo]

My vote is to change dentists. Don't let anyone disrespect you. You have a right to be treated with dignity. Is there a reason you can't change dentists?

[bikerprincess]

Wear a slobber bib next time that says CLEAN & SOBER and PROUD of it. What a pig.....I am glad you let it out though...You have to feel better

Anne

[osier59]

CHANGE DENTISTS ! ! !

I would also report him to a governing board if there is one. I agree with the others... you deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. YOU are paying HIM!

Keep a stiff upper lip (easy since its numb, right?

Osier59

[clancy]

This is England guys.....

A private dentist wouldn't touch a drug addict with a barge pole... we fall under the the care of the 'community dental service' which is free.

Its for people on the social,refugees,immigrants etc. It wasn't that easy even to get on his list "i must say im surprised..most addicts dont bother with dental care" were his words when i tried to register. Its not really possible to change, unless i try to go private keeping my status secret.I could say i hadn't been to a dentist fo years,and therefore have no notes....but he may wonder how come my teeth are so nicely cared for!!! Its incredibly expensive,but hey for my dignity.....would it be naughty not to tell? im HIV neg so no real risk to him....i'd just feel stoopid if he finds out, and dentists (and opticians!!) have a way of telling these things. I dunno whaddaya think?

[clancy]

Actually he will twig right away, when he has to empty his entire drug cabinet to put me under.And im still grinning up at him.....and my grin is getting wider by the second ........... ah well.

Same thing happened when I had to have an opperation to fix a broken foot last year.....'you just count to 10,and they expect you to be out by 5.He turned round and im going 44,45.46....:p and they were like 'dont you feel sleepy? but they were real nice and funny bout it all, they were like well take this hardgirl....and whacked me out.

Guess you just gotta have a sense of humor bout these things....Anyone else have these experiences?

[zoomer]

Hey ya No wonder! I get it now! I'm not much into poltics, but do understand the medical system where you are at. Here in the good old US, we are headed in the same direction! Gosh the best thing is to look at it in a different light. Everyone is addicted to something, some are worse than others. I guess you can say your dentist is addicted (dick is the key word) to being an ass hole. We can put a nice physcolgical lable on him, but who wants to be nice! Ha, the best way to confuse him is take everything he says as a complement. In other words never let them see you sweat!
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[Pickle]

Hi, Clancy,

There will always be a stigma. Betty Ford helped considerably, but she was the first lady. Princess Di did more than anyone.

What blows me away is how little experience the dental and medical field have in addiction and alcoholism. One doctor I worked for had a two hour seminar and that was it. Just chalk these experiences up to ignorance. Live and let live. Although I do have a hit list....want to add your dentist? Actually it is a prayer list and I pray for the suckers. I have a saying, but it would be bleeped.

Love you, Clancy. It is so good to hear from you. This is such a great place to vent. I have done my share this week.

My love,

Pickle

[Paulie]

Clancy -

Don't let him get to you!! You are doing great, if he or anyone else looks down on you that is there problem not yours.

We care and you need to care about you and sc*** them!!!

Just smile big with those pearly whites!!!!!

[clancy]

Pickle,

you totaly cracked me up, i am crying with laughter.can't tell you how good that feels.(piclkle pm'd me the pun,guys.....snort... )

Do feel free to add Mr Posonby-Sneed (my dentist) to your hit/prayer list!!!!

You guys are TOTALLY irreplaceable,you know that?

luv y'all

Clancy xxx

[zoomer]

OK guys this is very wierd, but then so am I and you may try this at home! I write letters saying every horrible thing I can think of of the person or persons that **** me off! Now once I was told that "it was better to be pissed off than pissed on", so after I write my letters I rip them in shreads put them in the toilet and actually um go potty on them! I flush them down and laugh or stick out my toung! Make sure you rip the paper up small because it can flood the toilet!
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[margo]

Clancy - Posonby-Sneed??? You've got to be joking! Sounds like a character in a Dickens novel Anyway, glad to know India was a blast. Love you, miss you.