Looking for reassurance (all 4 removed soon)
Title basically! All four of my wisdom teeth are being removed soon, and I have the world's most irrational fear I feel like. For some reason, I'm CONVINCED I'll swallow the cotton balls they put in my mouth (I think?? I'm not entirely sure of how post-op is these days) and choke on them or something. It sounds incredibly stupid, but after a decade of persistent swallowing issues/dysphagia I literally cannot stop thinking about this 'inevitable'.
I have two coming in sideways, and the other two are as normal. They assured me it isn't going to be that big of a deal either way in terms of extraction, but I think they're just doing local numbing due to my prior sleep apnea dx. So that's also a little scary.
Anyone have any advice to stop the anxiety loop? It's supposed to be a little under a week from now, and I'm sort of losing it a bit.