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"Kajikit" wrote in message
... On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:47:21 -0500, "CatNipped" wrote: "Sara" wrote in message .. . "CatNipped" wrote in message ... Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns). At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take Vicodin!). The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.] Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery! Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ; Chin Scritches, CatNipped you may find that some of the body pain you are experiencing is related to the stuff going on in your mouth. wouldn't that be something? sara I wish it were, but it's not - however I'm probably feeling tired and out-of-sorts because of that, and it will help me feel better just not to have the infection to fight off. I wouldn't bet on it not contributing sweety... mouth pain can be referred anywhere between your temple and your shoulder. Really? I didn't know that. I've been very fortunate that most of my life my teeth have been no problem - but I'm paying for that now. That bout with anemia absolutely ruined my teeth so now I'm having, all at once, what most people experience periodically throughout their lives. Still, I'm much luckier than a lot of people who have to have dentures by my age, so I for sure won't complain. ; Thanks, CatNipped |
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:20:37 -0400, kilikini wrote:
Sherry wrote: Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow around in the muck with. Pity, party of two? Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the 13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am the worst dental weenie ever. They're not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?) which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because I could really get wound up on this subject. Sherry I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR dental weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order to get to the dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small mouth. I'm not kidding. I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I can't fit an entire, tall, forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not exaggerating, either. You should watch me try to eat a sandwich sometime. g ) I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open wider, open wider, open wider. Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and then work on my teeth, please! :~) kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth I also have a small mouth and large fingers; the combination makes it difficult to floss my teeth. However, my dentist has been able to provide me with a plastic flossing tool resembling a curved letter Y, which makes it a lot easier to reach my back teeth. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Sherry wrote:
snip Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow around in the muck with. Pity, party of two? Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the 13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am the worst dental weenie ever. They're not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?) which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because I could really get wound up on this subject. Sherry Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns). At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take Vicodin!). The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.] Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery! Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ; Chin Scritches, CatNipped Joy wrote: Wow! It's a good thing you decided to go to the dentist! Joy Lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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