Please Pray

I have too much drama in my life lately, and here is another bit. I have a 4-6 hour dental appointment today to have a small permanent bridge broken out of my mouth, 3 root canals and a temporary large bridge installed. Not exactly a piece of cake for me. I have a significant amount of bone loss in my jaw due to a past surgery and aging and I'm almost at the point of needing pins put it for stabilization. Most times I yawn I have to close my jaw manually. After several hours with my mouth propped open I can imagine what it will feel like. There is also a slight chance my jaw could break during this procedure. If so, I will be taken across the street to the hospital and they will do the pins if the surgeon is on duty today. Otherwise I would have to go to Springfield which is well over a 2 hour drive.

Long story short, I'm diabetic and stress like this messes with my sugar big time. This dentist is new to me. He has only done my evalutation, so I don't know if he's gentle or rough. My DH will be sitting in the waiting room fretting the whole time. Monday we have a full house of family arriving for a week, including the two Scotties, who will be staying with us after the humans leave.

Sorry this is so long....I guess I needed to ask for prayer and vent.

Thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts....Hugs, Barb

Prayers said. My youngest son has many issues with his jaw, so I totally understand. He had his braces put on, taken off, jaw specialist got his jaw working again, took out his wisdom teeth, jaw specialist got his jaw working again, back to braces, but still seeing the jaw specialist. We tell him he will have a $10, 000 dollar smile.....but in truth the price keeps going up. It is painful to have jaw issues. Your jaw is one bone and joint that crosses the body, thus causes major issues when anything is not in balance. I will continue to keep you in prayer throughout the day as you undergo this ordeal. Please tell hubby to try to breathe and relax as much as he can......stress isn't good for him either. It is in God's hands!

My thoughts are with you Barb. Once you are medicated, some of the anxiety should subside.
Please let us know how everything turns out when you feel up to it.

Koda

You have it. Good luck.

Barb, the unknown will always give us more stress than we can comfortably cope with. Venting is good.......actually it's great! Best to get those toxic thoughts out than keeping them in. Now breathe deep, remind yourself you are in the hands of professionals and all those prayers whispered in the ear of God will get you through this. :icon_hug::icon_hug::icon_hug:

Barb,

When you feel stressed think of all the prayers being said for you by your forum friends!! Good luck to you.

Thinking of you my dear friend, hope all will go well, you are not alone, we are all here for you, sending prayers and good thoughts your way!!!!

((((((Barb)))))))

Dearest (((Barb))), been praying for you and will continue today and as you recover. Hugging you and holding your hand through cyberspace dear friend as you go through this procedure. Love you! Ruby

Praying for you Barb, and keeping you close in thought today.

Praying with strong words. Do keep us posted - we're sitting alongside Jeff and fretting and frizzling, too!!

This would be unbelievably stressful for me. I can only imagine how you are feeling. I will pray for you all day. I hope you'll be able to send us a good report after it's all through.

Barb, I will be praying for you and thinking of you today...God will give you strength...hugs and blessings!

Barb - I'm so sorry you are going through this. And stress always makes everything worse. Keeping you in my prayers.

Holding you and Jeff in prayer!

Many good, relaxing, soothing thoughts and prayers sent your way. I can relate to all the stress, you are not alone today. We will be surrounding you with our love :)

I can identify with the stress you are under. I will definitely keep you in my thoughts and prayers today that all goes very well today!

Good thoughts and prayers for you today. Try to let us know how everything went.

I am so sorry you are having to go though this. A 6 hr. dental appointment would stress me too.
Praying for peace and strength for you and your dh and wisdom and extra skill for the Drs.

Adding my prayers and relaxing thoughts to the others.............think of all of us praying for you.

We're all with you and Jeff in thought and saying many prayers.

Prayers are with you, my dear friend. Hope the procedures don't stress you out too much, no fun at all!

Oh I feel for you...I HATE the dentist. You have my prayers that all will go well for you.

Always in my prayers DF. Praying that the procedure goes smoothly and recovery is speedy. So many of our forum friends are facing stressful situations at this time. God has you in his loving arms, and I know you will be alright.

Adding my prayers..

Just sent a prayer up on your behalf, Barb. Praying all goes well, and that you and DH will be at peace.
Blessings, ~ Sally \0/

Oh Barb, here is a big hug (((((BARB)))) and I'm praying too. An exercise that helps me... With your breathing, draw in peace with every breath you draw, and release stress with every exhale. Our bodies can store stress in its cells unless you release them. Think of a gentle warm shower cleansing you from the top of your head down through all of your body, including your limbs as you release the stress and visualize it leaving your body. Draw in that healing peace and love to replace it. And drink [even through a straw] as much water as you can or you will be extra tired and sore. Best wishes sweetheart.

Barb, God's word says, where two or more touch and agree, there He will be. Know in your heart that more than 15 people have touched thru cyberspace and agreed, thru pray that God's healing flow thru you. That His wisdom, will flow thru the doctor and make this surgery flawless. And that His arms are wrapped around you and your husband bringing you peace and comfort.

well wishes heading your way.

Oh Barb, I just now saw this. Hoping that you are finished with your procedure and that everything went well. Praying for a speedy healing.