@Iridescesara 11 fillings? :o
If that ever happens again, maybe you should get a second opinion before having them filled.
My brother had something similar happen - he went to a dentist and was told that he had like 10 cavities needing filled. That seemed a little much, so he went to another dentist for a second opinion, and that one told him he needed 4 or 5 cavities filled.
So he went to a third dentist - he's pretty cautious about these things - and was told he only needed 2.
Basically dentists seem to have a really low degree of reliability in regards to diagnosing cavities.
I'm scared to trust them now.