October 21, 2005

• Well the dentist was sooooooooo fun.  NOT.

  
  

  I thought he was just going to take fittings for a crown, but it was more complicated then that and it hurt a LOT.   I have a broken tooth that we're trying to rescue.   It broke due to the idiocy of a different dentist.  (LONG story)   The root canal has made the tooth non-painful.   But if the tooth is wiggled it bumps a nerve in my gum that hurts like wildfire.  

  
  

  He bumped it.

  
  

  It hurt.

  
  

  I drove home in significant pain, stopping at a mom & pop store long enough to buy a bag of frozen peas to hold on my jaw.   It helped some, but I was still crying and driving at the same time.  Not exactly safe.    I had taken ibuprofen as I left the dentist (at his recommendation)  but it takes 20 minutes to kick in, and didn't really kick in. 

  
  

  So, when I walked in the door I grabbed 2 percasset left over from the root canal, more ice and crawled into bed.  I nursed Jer holding the ice to my face and crashed in bed.   Of course I took the percasset on a empty tummy and ended up puking an hour later.   Loooovely.

  
  

  All in all not something I wish to experience.   Unfortunately I still have to get the final crown...man I'm hoping he doesn't bump that nerve again.   At one point I screamed.   He stopped pulled everything out and gave me a break.  "Are you okay?"   "I'm trying to be."   Was my comment.

  
  

  At the end he thanked me for being a good patient.  "I had to go way below your gum line."  (Yeah I'd noticed.)  LOL

  
  

  Did I mention how much I dislike dentistry???? *sigh*   And I have soft soft teeth that you look at wrong get all rotten. 

  
  

  False teeth sound good to me.  LOL

  
  

  And now you know way more about my mouth then you ever wanted to.  

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