Afraid of tomorrow's appointment at my dentist's. No choice and fingers crossed
By Valentina
@valherma00 (4960)
Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
June 29, 2026 5:14am CST
Worried as well. I mean, i can lie about it but i am worried, a lot. Why, you may ask?
Well, afraid of high temperatures that i would be exposed to. I handle them okay, i think. I go out only early in the morning and do what i need to though, last night was so humid, i really hated it but i fell asleep somehow.
Today, i picked out the closer store to shop and ac was on there but my tomorrow's appointment is at 5 p.m. when the heat is at its high. Also, i will have to leave my place around 4 p.m. and wait for the bus at the temperature of 36C. I am worried since last week but the appointment was made 3 weeks ago and what could have i done, considering my dentist will soon leave on his longer vacation and him and his team are not easily reached and their schedule is strangely always full.
I thought the highest temperature will be 30 something tomorrow but 36C or 96,8 F is serious yet, i don't have a choice but to go. My tooth needs a new crown and i can only hope and believe that bus will come on time and it will come in general, that it will have ac and which will be working. Then, at the dentist's office, i hope there would be ac too, that i would survive 1-hour of drilling and scanning my tooth. Ah, here are so many factors involved and i feel weak these days or, should i say, restricted.
This climate change and all these extremes are done by us, humans just, i really hope i will make it out tomorrow. Also my bus stop is at a wild parking lot and not sure where would i hide from the sun. Fingers crossed
MyLotters, i hope you and your health is okay.
P.s. I survived!
MyLotters, i hope you and your health is okay.
P.s. I survived!7 people like this
7 responses
@Marilynda1225 (91743)
• United States
29 Jun
I really hope that your bus comes on time and that you make it to the dentist appointment and it all goes well. I can understand your stress about not only the dentist itself but the heat. Fingers crossed they have a/c.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Jun
the bus came but it changed the route due to some road construction and i had to walk 2 bus stops, under the sun. i didn't like that but i came on time. also, i felt my dentist was having fun while his assistant did the most of the work. at one mionute, i said can he did it to be faster but he stepped in just a bit, did my scanning of the crown and said he works as fast as this assistant. i mean, if he started the work, he should finish it, in my opinion but dentist and doctors here are so high of themselves and i feel if i say something more, he would get mad. i know this assistant has to learn but, i don't like him switching with her and that's why, after i put my crown, i would distance myself a bit. also, not sure is he that self-centered or she thinks she does a good work but at the end, she asked me to hold her that mirror object while she took a photo of my tooth to see what the tooth crown's colour would be. i mean, i said okay and she thanked me twice but why didn't she ask him to hold her that object; he came, saw me but didn't say a thing or helped me. is this okay? peculiar people and it's time to say goodbye to them, it seems, for a while or forever. thank you for your good wishes. i went out from my apartment around 4 p.m . and i came in around 8 p.m. what a crazy day/evening. i am tired.
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@AmbiePam (124962)
• United States
29 Jun
I’m used to this oppressive heat, but I can only imagine how much more startling it is to experience it when you’re not used to it. I hope you will find the day not as laborious as you think it will be. But when it’s over, you can officially cross it off your list and be done with that annoyance.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Jun
i was never a summer kid but i was okay with 32-33 C but above that, i am losing my mind. yesterday, when we had 36C, like today, i kept on forgetting things; putting my mug in a bathroom instead of a kitchen sink and similar things. you were right and thank you for your support. i survived today's day. cons of today's day werre bus changing the route and me walking 2 bus stops under the sun, a feeling that scanning of the crown took longer and it was done by my dentist's assistant the most, not the dentist and her asking me to hold that little mirrow object while the dentist saw me and didn't offer to give a hand. i mean, i haven't experienced this anywhere, i must say; am i crazy of thinking they took advantage of me a bit? pros: i survived the day/evening, the bus had an ac as well as the dentist office and after the new crown comes, i am saying goodbye to these strange folks. thank you for your good wishes.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Jun
except for bus changing the route and me walking 2 bus stops under the sun and a strange request from the dentist's assistant to hold her that mirror object, while the dentist chatted with other customer and a long tooth crown scanning, almost never-ending, i survived, thank you. 
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@sol_cee (39072)
• Philippines
30 Jun
@valherma00 Glad you made it through! It sounds like quite an adventure, but at least it's over now
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Jul
@sol_cee thank you. it is, for now but due to 4months eating on the same side, one additional tooth is giving me a headache and i am desperately waiting for my dentist's reply.
@JudyEv (386134)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Jul
@valherma00 I guess the dentist needed both hand for what he was doing.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Jul
@JudyEv i hope it wasn't a payback or something. thank you for your answer.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Jun
yesterday i had a headache and today, my tummy was messing with me so, my body didn't want to go today but i went and survived and thank you for your support. except for bus changing the route and me walking 2 bus stops under the sun and strange request from the dentist's assistant to give her a hand with that little mirror object, while the dentist chatted with other customer and when he came, he didn't give me a hand and a long tooth crown scanning, almost never-ending, it was good. i mean, was i fool of not speaking up and saying to this dentist assistant, why the dentist can't help out with holding a mirror object? it's kind of a weird request to ask this a client or i might be wrong? after my crown comes, i am saying goodbye to them. forever or for a while.
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@Deepizzaguy (124246)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jun
I know what you are going through since I am concerned about the humidity outside.
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@Deepizzaguy (124246)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Jul
@valherma00 I am doing okay despite the heat.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Jul
@Deepizzaguy heat is our big enemy but we won't give up. stay strong.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Jul
absolutely. i survived but, it's a risk. i hope you're good.
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@thelme55 (79721)
• Germany
7 Jul
@valherma00 Oh! I can see how stressful that was for you. I hope your tooth crown is good.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Jul
@thelme55 thank you. and imagine this, he was not plesant in person (i was admitted at 6p.m. yesterday)like, he would not send me to any clinic but the thing is, he almost did that. i hate going to those dental clinics. they might be free but college studnets are experimenting on you or they ask you 100 questions and i should explain them from the start and why sohould i. in my previous message to him, i also asked that i would appreciate if all the procedures are done by him and he also told me he's busy but it's no big deal for him that i'm be 1,5 hours for one crown in a chair while he was chatting with some other customer or a friend. the lowest kick was when he told me i ruined my teeth and i could be having bruxism. this was maybe second time in 4 years that he mentioned this but never harshly and i wish i told him then who treated me all these years. i was exhausted and he acted like an egoistic maniac, which he apparently is and after my last appointment and when i get it, i am saying goodbye to him. and if he ever says i ruiened my teeth, i would be unpleasant too. their asssitant or team treated me in all sorts ways and i put up with it and when i say my conditions then they barely greet me like yesterday, tell me things they can't do and almost insulting me. i think i was okay yesterday but i wish i was colder. i'll try be like that the next time, the last time.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Jul
it was okay, more or less and thank you for asking. the bus took a different route so i had to walk. his assistant did the most of the work and i was on a chair for 1,5 hours. when he stepped in, i asked him to, he was the same like her with scanning my tooth crown. it felt it was too long. they kind of act like they are not a private clinic. ac was there, at the office and on a bus too. what worries me now is another tooth making problems since yesterday cause, for 4 months, i kept eating on the same side and i am waiting for his reply, after 2 messages and 2 emails. he sent me one message to contact the college clinic but i answered i am not feeling good and i appreciate if he contacts me over email. he also sugegsted me to visit one clinic but why should i go elsewhere cause he is treating my teeth. i am disappointed but i will stick to the end due to this tooth crown.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18751)
• Torrington, Connecticut
21 Jul
I can understand why you're worried. Temperatures that high can be exhausting, especially when you have to wait outside and can't be sure when the bus will arrive. Hopefully the bus is on time, the air conditioning is working, and the dentist's office is nice and cool.
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@valherma00 (4960)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
27 Jul
o, thank you for understanding me. yes, since we are getting older but omitting age, we should be really careful when the weather is scary like this. all went well, thank you but the dentist was rude and i'm not longer his patient so, that's one downfall but i don't need disrespectful people like that and since i was paying him for 3,5 years, i hope i won't regret it.
yes, since we are getting older but omitting age, we should be really careful when the weather is scary like this. all went well, thank you but the dentist was rude and i'm not longer his patient so, that's one downfall but i don't need disrespectful people like that and since i was paying him for 3,5 years, i hope i won't regret it.1 person likes this
