Oh my gosh!!!! I'm so not alone and you aren't either. I hate to make phone calls especially to make appointments. My hands go to shaking, a pounding in my chest starts and I can't speak right when they answer. I try to make DH make all the calls for me. I don't mind going to the appt. I just hate making the call. I haven't seen a dentist sense I was 16, I'm now 42. My teeth are a mess, I just do not like the dentists. Hang in there this too will pass.