I'm getting 6 of them in 2 weeks. It's around 15k for the implants only. NO CROWNS. Those are another 12k or something. They have to build up my jaw I guess and I had to select from several different types of powdered bone cement. I chose COW bone, LOL, figuring if I get mad cow disease, I'd just go SRM (stark raving mad) and get to sue somebody 
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Anyhow, I am trying to stay as grounded as I can be. I had a toof pulled that was impacted up in my sinus once. It took 2 hours to get the toof out and 30 stitches. He had to cut my gum from the front, all the way to the back for some reason to get the chunk out of the sinus. I was so out of it and in so much pain, that my soul, energy body, whatever you want to call it actually sat up in the chair, but when I realized this wasn't my body, I freaked, then my actual body rose from lying down to sitting up. The dentist responded quickly with a nice stiff arm to the chest to knock me back down and muttered "we're almost done, just gotta stitch you up" I was scarred for life and now have panic attacks at the dentist if I don't do some sort of meditation and previsualize a happy experience prior to going.
So anyhow, I'm getting these 6 implants done, all molars (my teef are like peanut brittle, they suck) and he's doing it all at once. I'm wondering, they only gave me tylenol 3 for pain afterwards, and since I'm a junkie, I'm wondering if I should get some oxycontins or morphine on my own for the pain. Tylenol 3 is like asprin as far as I'm concerned. Anybody ever have this done? Is the swelling bad?
Good thing is is I'll be taking 2 valiums to get me through the door, then the slap the nitrous mask on me and I'm thinking I'll just go astral during the procedure and return when it's all over.
Whadaya think?
Kevin
ink: Anyhow, I am trying to stay as grounded as I can be. I had a toof pulled that was impacted up in my sinus once. It took 2 hours to get the toof out and 30 stitches. He had to cut my gum from the front, all the way to the back for some reason to get the chunk out of the sinus. I was so out of it and in so much pain, that my soul, energy body, whatever you want to call it actually sat up in the chair, but when I realized this wasn't my body, I freaked, then my actual body rose from lying down to sitting up. The dentist responded quickly with a nice stiff arm to the chest to knock me back down and muttered "we're almost done, just gotta stitch you up" I was scarred for life and now have panic attacks at the dentist if I don't do some sort of meditation and previsualize a happy experience prior to going.
So anyhow, I'm getting these 6 implants done, all molars (my teef are like peanut brittle, they suck) and he's doing it all at once. I'm wondering, they only gave me tylenol 3 for pain afterwards, and since I'm a junkie, I'm wondering if I should get some oxycontins or morphine on my own for the pain. Tylenol 3 is like asprin as far as I'm concerned. Anybody ever have this done? Is the swelling bad?
Good thing is is I'll be taking 2 valiums to get me through the door, then the slap the nitrous mask on me and I'm thinking I'll just go astral during the procedure and return when it's all over.
Whadaya think?
Kevin
