I will try to make this as quick and short as possible. Last time I wrote I was going to get antibiotics for my root canal that might have been infected. We're still not sure if it really was or not.
The meds did not work at all. By Friday I was still dying and my dentist asked me to come out to the island so he could take a look at the tooth. He took out the temp filling, upped the antibiotics even tho he didn't see any signs of an infection in there and left the hole open. I was to put cotton in it when I ate but other than that leave it out. My dentist also was going away. Never good when you may need him, and need him I did. Saturday I was in misery and there was nothing to be done - my dentist rang me from his trip and I tried the endodontist I had used last year in the city but he didn't get back to me, even when leaving a message on his emergency number - lovely! Sunday I spend the day trying to find someone to see me and even rang NY Hospital. Just for your fyi - they DO have a dentist on call, but on Sundays the dental clinic is closed, so all they can do is prescribe pain pills. How daft is that??? I wonder if you go needed emergency surgery they tell you all the rooms are closed and to come back on Monday???
Finally Monday I went to see a different endodontist in the city recommended by my parents neighbour - he cleaned out the canal again and said it all looked fine, was prob just some tissue in there that was hard to get out - supposedly this occurs plenty, and of course the tooth I had done is the most troublesome tooth in your mouth! I was numb for a few hours and fine, then when it wore off thought I was going to hit the roof. I had sharp nerve pain in the whole lower right jaw, stabbing away at my jaw. I was crying at my desk it hurt so much. I can handle pain, I mean, I live with it 24/7, but this was no ordinary run of the mill type of pain. When I rang the dentists office, his receptionist kept saying you're to expect pain and soreness after a procedure, blah blah blah. I kept trying to explain to her that I am not a person who just hurts a bit because they are uncomfortable. She finally started to understand what I was going through and had the doctor ring back. I went back to his office and he gave me marcane injections to numb it for long term, which only turned out to be about 5 hours but at least by then the anti-inflammatory meds had started to work.
I am still really really sore and can't open my mouth too much, and it's actually hurting more than yesterday so I'm a bit worried. I took another anti-inflammatory pill about an hour or so ago so hopefully that will help. Touch wood. A lot of wood!
To return to the point of this blog - my hip - all I can say is that with all the craziness going on I had to cancel my third PT appointment in 3 weeks so am v. v. far behind w/ that and not happy about it at all!!!
