officially freaking out

While I plan to post on the past few days happenings, I can't wait to post this. And not in a happy I can't wait mode either. I went to the dentist today (rewind about 22 years...I can recall my Dad having to force me to take valium to go to the dentist, and then carry a kicking and screaming girl into the car...way too many traumatic dental experiences as a child) So honestly, just going for a cleaning is a major freak out for me. Well what brought me there today was the fact that an area below my nostril (but inside my mouth) has gotten numb and tingly. I went hoping for something simple...like a canker sore. But alas, my front tooth is dead. And I need a root canal. Majorly freaking out, and I don't know how I am going to make it till then without throwing up from being so freaked. Apparently these things can just happen, or it can be extensive decay, or trauma. I am banking on the trauma perhaps...years ago as I was cleaning the floor in the kitchen of our old house, I stood up quickly and I smacked the back of my head against something on the wall. It knocked me to the ground. Immediately following that, I had weird things going on with my front teeth. But nothing it seemed that required a look. Sigh. I am hoping I can be completely sedated for it all. Though I may have to be sedated to even get to the dentist in one piece.