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Originally Posted by Gemme
I feel curious. How did it go? If it were me, it might be a sinus infection. The really bad ones seem to settle in my jaw and the ache is torture.
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The dentist at the dental hygiene clinic at our community college had said it was an abscess. The dentist I saw yesterday she didn't know what it was, pointed to the x-rays and said – See this? It could be any number of things couldn't it? What the hell? I couldn't believe what I was hearing! So since she seemed a little crazy hesitantly I asked, well it wouldn't be an abscess would it? She thought about it and said – maybe, but I don't think so. Again I was like what the hell! So I asked her, what did she think it might be then? She said well it could be anything but most likely it's probably one of two things... either way here's what I'm going to do. She wrote me prescriptions for a rinse and antibiotic. I still don't know out of all the things it could be, how she narrowed it down to just two or what either of those two things it might me. She said if I needed to I could take two ibuprofen and if that wasn't enough two Tylenol along with it for the pain. As if I hadn't already tried that. She said if things got worse give them a call and they'd squeeze me in. What the... That's it? Oh, no, if all goes well, see you back in a month. If all goes well? In a month? Really?
Oh, hell no! I'm not going to let myself suffer and maybe die in agony just because some incompetent dentist, who asked me to read my own films, says that's what I ought to do. There was so much more wrong this dental experience I'll spare you the novel. Moral of the story a good dentist is worth their weight in gold. Anyhow, I came home and did emergency dental surgery. I had once before, for an abscessed tooth decades and decades ago. Every dentist I've seen since and stupidly told that too they've all said the same thing – Don't do it again!!! So keeping that in mind I did it again and in less than an hour was completely pain free. A little tender if touching it but well what's the easy answer for that – don't touch it!!! A few hours later I was able to eat a late dinner of canned stew. Today I felt so much better I was snacking on peanuts while waiting for my antibiotics to arrive. Anyhow I don't think I'm cured or even just well enough to try beef jerky yet, but at least now I can pain free continue my search for a competent dentist. I haven't had to take any pain meds at all today
