THAT TIME I WAS SCARED

Being human comes with many sacrifices, loses and gains. Some of these loses imbibe in use the fear of losing what we have already gained.

We have different types of fear, some of use are scared of heights, water, clustered spaces, and even medication. I am not an exemption though.

People see me as a brave and courageous person, probably because of the way I present my self and the way I do my things, but deep down, I know that i am another scared person. The difference between me and then is that I have the balls to face my fears head on and win the struggle irrespective of the threats and danger it poses.

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I had an accident when I was still younger, about 13 years ago, and this accident left me with a broken tooth. For 13 years, I carried a broken tooth. Unfortunately for me, it resulted in dental carries and I did not know. About 2 weeks ago, I was suffering from severe tooth ache that made me unable to carry out any duty. I could not even carry out my activities of daily living.

I did what I know how to do best but I had no positive relief. The pain intensity was not depreciating and it felt like my nerves was going to cut because of the constant pain sensation that it is transmitting. Hurriedly, I went straight to my doctor to lay my complains. On examination, he found out that the broken tooth developed dental carries. This tooth will have to be removed said the doctor. When he said this, my heart skipped a beat, my jaws on the floor. Remove which tooth? I asked while looking at him intensely. He said that if we leave the tooth, it may result in pus coming out of it, so we have to either remove it or refill it. Refilling is not an option because of how expensive it is, so the only option here was to remove it.

I have heard many cases where people talk about the pain intensity that comes with removing ones tooth. They said that somebody ran mad because of how painful it was. Somebody told me that if I removed one tooth, the remaining will fall of. Many people were saying everything they know and this made me feel even more fear.

Though as a medical practitioner, I am not supposed to listen to the superstition of people, I was supposed to stick to my knowledge and utilize it to tbe best I could. This however, was a different case. Things like this is easier said than done. it was like a medical practitioner who preached against superstition, now believing superstition.

After many rounds of convincing from my doctor, I decided to give a try and remove the tooth. When I layed on the dentist couch, my heart was beating at a fast pace, ²⁰⁰/¹⁴⁰mmhg if I'm to be exact. Haha.

I was given an anesthesia through a needle and it pained a little. After that, the dentist allowed me for some minutes so the anesthesia will begin it's work. He came back, remove the tooth and I felt no pain.

He prescribed some medication afterwards which I took and I felt no post-surgery pain.

After the procedure, I was really happy because this procedure is one that I have been scared of. For 13 years, I ran away from this because of the pain that follows. I thought the post surgery pain will be excruciating and may make me run mad, little did I know that if I follow what the doctor says, I will be fine and better.

I remove the tooth yesterday though and I felt no pain. The only thing I felt was discomfort because of the blood gushing out of the extraction site and also, because of my body trying to adapt to the absent of tooth in that particular area.

Today is the second day, and I still feel good. I was asked to eat everything except alcohol, peppered food and hot food for a period of time.

Another thing I hate about this procedure is that I have to rinse my mouth with salt and warm water before and after a meal. Oh, also, I have to take medications. Yes I am a medical practitioner that hates medication. Haha.

Anyways, one thing I learnt from facing this fear is not to allow the talks of any body distract us from doing what we need to do. We should do it, gain first hand experience and apply the lessons to betterment ourselves.

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