Ugh

I have got to get to a dentist today.  I have an appointment at 1:30 to get evaluated, I just hope he can give me some relief.  It seems I may have a cracked tooth(only a guess) and the pain it is causing is almost more than I can bear.  This has been going on for several days.  There wasn't anything I could do over the weekend so Monday phone calls were made and was able to find a dentist that could see me Tuesday.  I even had my back treatments shortened as I can't deal with both at the same time as I found out Monday.  I had no patience to undergo that again today.  Until this thing is fixed I am just not myself.  Back pain and tooth pain.  What a combo.  So far only ibuprofen has had any effect on the pain, but not near enough.  Then I bump it with my tongue or chew wrong (I am not eating much) and it sends me through the roof.  It takes quite a while for it to settle down.  I guess it's never pain from the nerve being exposed, I don't know, I just know it is some of the worst pain ever.

Later

OK so I'm back from the dentist, yes, a tooth is fractured and below the gum line.  The only option is extraction.  Let's do it, now.  Nope gotta wait until tomorrow morning at 8 AM, at least I should be first.  I will be so glad when all this pain is gone.  And, we have may found us a regular dentist.  Not sure I want to give up the dental school and how cheap they are comparatively.  I guess we will now look into dental insurance as things keep piling up on us.  The plan would be to either get a bridge or an implant to replace that tooth it seems.  I am pretty certain an implant is waaaay to much from what I hear others say they have paid per tooth.  If I remember correctly around 5k.  Not gonna happen at this point.  OK, I gotta go take some pain meds.


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