After a whole week and holiday weekend of weird toothaches, last week was spent being referred from one dental specialist to another - I saw three in all - and on Saturday morning I underwent a difficult tooth extraction. An old root canal had cracked and my jaw was infected. That tooth just had a brand new crown put on back in May! What a waste of money!
Anyway, I followed their suggestion of ice pack for 15 minutes alternating with thirty minutes off, for the first 24 hours, so the swelling is minimal, and the pain wasn't even that bad. The worst were/are the prescription drugs and their nasty side-effects. One pain killer was more than enough, and I'll NEVER take that one again.
Today is the third day, and everything feels worse - just like they said it would.
Anyway, I followed their suggestion of ice pack for 15 minutes alternating with thirty minutes off, for the first 24 hours, so the swelling is minimal, and the pain wasn't even that bad. The worst were/are the prescription drugs and their nasty side-effects. One pain killer was more than enough, and I'll NEVER take that one again.
Today is the third day, and everything feels worse - just like they said it would.
Now our long-anticipated trip is also in jeopardy, due to a second issue which presented at the exact same time as the tooth, but had to take a back seat. Hopefully things will work out this week, and we will still be able to go on a shorter fall trip closer to home, staying within a day's drive of home. Totally sucks! I'd so been looking forward to doll photos in the mountains. And visiting our son in Vancouver too, of course.
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