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
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