Oooo...I'm in pain!
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Oooo...I'm in pain!
This isn't a medical post, and no advice is being solicited. I just need sympathy...I've been in pain all weekend and now I've just learned that my recently crowned back tooth died in spite of the dentist's best efforts. I have an appointment to see my new best friend, the endodontist, on Friday and a nice prescription for amoxicillin for the abcess that is apparently causing so much of my woe.
I need a hug and a drink, in no particular order.
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Re: Oooo...I'm in pain!
I can supply both. What's a little trip over the ocean...Redwolf wrote: I need a hug and a drink, in no particular order.
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Re: Oooo...I'm in pain!
Having had more than a few abcessed teeth myself- you definately need more than one drink, or a really strong pain pill.Redwolf wrote:This isn't a medical post, and no advice is being solicited. I just need sympathy...I've been in pain all weekend and now I've just learned that my recently crowned back tooth died in spite of the dentist's best efforts. I have an appointment to see my new best friend, the endodontist, on Friday and a nice prescription for amoxicillin for the abcess that is apparently causing so much of my woe.
I need a hug and a drink, in no particular order.
Redwolf
I feel for you Redwolf. That's the worst.
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Re: Oooo...I'm in pain!
At least now I know what it is. It started hurting late Friday afternoon, and wasn't very bad at first...I thought it was just some soreness in my TMJ, which occasionally gives me trouble. Over the weekend it kept getting worse, but it involved the entire side of my face, so I couldn't figure out what it was. All the teeth are crowned on that side, so it didn't occur to me that it might be a tooth problem. I called the dentist because she's been working with me on the TMJ issue and she tested the teeth on that side "just to be sure." Sure enough...that one doesn't respond to cold at all, and an X-ray revealed that the crown I got some months ago wasn't enough to save it.cowtime wrote:Having had more than a few abcessed teeth myself- you definately need more than one drink, or a really strong pain pill.Redwolf wrote:This isn't a medical post, and no advice is being solicited. I just need sympathy...I've been in pain all weekend and now I've just learned that my recently crowned back tooth died in spite of the dentist's best efforts. I have an appointment to see my new best friend, the endodontist, on Friday and a nice prescription for amoxicillin for the abcess that is apparently causing so much of my woe.
I need a hug and a drink, in no particular order.
Redwolf
I feel for you Redwolf. That's the worst.
On the upside, it is already crowned, so at least that doesn't have to be done again!
Someone once told me that if I ever needed to have a root canal, I'd be willing to sell my best friend to get one, and now I know what they meant! I've never experienced such pain...not even during childbirth! This morning it flared up when I was in the shower, and I almost passed out! The pain radiated all around my head and down into my arm! Fortunately, the dentist says the pain should ease fairly quickly as the antibiotics start resolving the abcess, and in the meantime, cold compresses are helping (along with a liberal application of Jamesons!).
I'm a huge wuss when it comes to dental work (I've finally, after years, found a great dentist and had some much-needed work done...it helps that my current dentist discovered that I don't respond properly to lidocaine and related anesthetics, which is why I have such dental issues in the first place...my previous dentists never took me seriously when I'd scream "but it's not numb!!!"), and the idea of a root canal is a bit scary, but my husband assures me it's no worse than a crown prep or a filling, which I've had several times now.
I'm just grateful this didn't wait to happen until we were on vacation (we're leaving on July 22), and that the endodontist is able to fit me in. This would sure be a vacation spoiler!
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Having a root canal sounds more painful than it actually is. It requires holding your mouth open for a longer time while they remove each root in the tooth . . . an uncomfortable position if you're like me and have TMJ. But the dentist who did it didn't mind if we took "breaks" when I could close my mouth.
Having the absess, on the other hand, is painful . . . after the root canal is done and the Novocain has worn off. They gave me an antibiotic(which I picked up earlier that day) but no painkillers. I was an idiot and dragged my body to work the next day with a low fever and all over body pain(I guess the infection was pretty bad). After a day or two, I felt much better.
I was foolish. I had severe pain in that tooth for a few weeks and wouldn't go to the dentist. Before that, the tooth had an ill fitting crown but I couldn't seem to get the dentist to shave it down enough(I have a small mouth).
I would make sure I got a prescription for a painkiller(if you can tolerate them) and try to take the next day off from work. An ice pack helped with some of the pain. My denstist said to get plenty of rest, make sure to eat, and take all of the antibiotic.
By the way, you do have my full sympathy.
Having the absess, on the other hand, is painful . . . after the root canal is done and the Novocain has worn off. They gave me an antibiotic(which I picked up earlier that day) but no painkillers. I was an idiot and dragged my body to work the next day with a low fever and all over body pain(I guess the infection was pretty bad). After a day or two, I felt much better.
I was foolish. I had severe pain in that tooth for a few weeks and wouldn't go to the dentist. Before that, the tooth had an ill fitting crown but I couldn't seem to get the dentist to shave it down enough(I have a small mouth).
I would make sure I got a prescription for a painkiller(if you can tolerate them) and try to take the next day off from work. An ice pack helped with some of the pain. My denstist said to get plenty of rest, make sure to eat, and take all of the antibiotic.
By the way, you do have my full sympathy.
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I've heard that the pain produced by haemorrhoids as you're clearing two days'-worth of constipation is far worse than both of these put together.Martin Milner wrote:Major sympathy. Tooth pain is THE worst, aside from heartache.
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!