Filling out a few forms, it was time to face my fear.
A lot of people are afraid of the dentist – but my fear had stopped me going for 27 years.
But as I kept waking up with blood on my pillow, I knew I had to bite the bullet.
In April 2019, I headed into the surgery feeling nervous.
‘We’re going to have to extract a tooth,’ the dentist smiled at me. ‘It’s wobbly.’
I nodded, terrified.
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