Yes, I appreciate any and all help and suggestions - I need all the help I can get!

Frankly, my dentist knows of all my health issues and is very well aware that I smoke so it rather P's me off that he didn't warn me strongly against smoking after extraction. A part of me wants to put this extraction off indefinitely and concentrate on quitting smoking first. <sigh> It's not like my tooth is bothering me right now. If I were to quit smoking cold turkey, well, that would be quite a nasty scene that will be avoided at all costs. I wished to hell every day that I had never picked up the habit but I did. DH used to harp on me about it, but he has never had an addiction to anything in his life so he has no clue. LOL

Anyhow, I have decided to compromise. I am going to bum a couple of nicotine patches off someone and hopefully this will get me through the roughest couple of days. So, I'm going to keep my appointment and just get it overwith and hope for the best!