Failing health,

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
So I went Wednesday and got a dye test for blockage, No blockage, But that doesn't explain all the chest pain I'd been having, amidst this. I've developed an abscessed tooth And That's pretty unfair since I'm pretty tip top about dental hygiene. It started as a pain in my face, I thought it was some sort of sinus thing, Then the next day it was in my tooth, And so, I did everything I could to try to draw the infection out, Hot salty water, Pure rubbing alcohol in my mouth, Which, I don't recommend, Not only will it cause insane pain But when you choke on it, And you will, Then you will almost asphyxiate unable to breath.


You may ask, Why not just go to the dentist, Well, I would, They are booked for two weeks solid, I can't get in because it's close to the first of July, Which means many people are off from work and this is a holiday kind of time so yes, My town has three dentists and all three are booked solid.

My only option is to go to the emergency room over this,



Sigh....
 
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Toroid

Founding Member
So I went Wednesday and got a dye test for blockage, No blockage, But that doesn't explain all the chest pain I'd been having, amidst this. I've developed an abscessed tooth And That's pretty unfair since I'm pretty tip top about dental hygiene. It started as a pain in my face, I thought it was some sort of sinus thing, Then the next day it was in my tooth, And so, I did everything I could to try to draw the infection out, Hot salty water, Pure rubbing alcohol in my mouth, Which, I don't recommend, Not only will it cause insane pain But when you choke on it, And you will, Then you will almost asphyxiate unable to breath.


You may ask, Why not just go to the dentist, Well, I would, They are booked for two weeks solid, I can't get in because it's close to the first of July, Which means many people are off from work and this is a holiday kind of time so yes, My town has three dentists and all three are booked solid.

My only option is to go to the emergency room over this,



Sigh....
You have to at least get antibiotics to reduce the infection. People that have waited to long with a tooth infection have lost an eye. I strongly recommend you go to ER. One of the three dentists could take you on an emergency.
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
You have to at least get antibiotics to reduce the infection. People that have waited to long with a tooth infection have lost an eye. I strongly recommend you go to ER. One of the three dentists could take you on an emergency.
I agree brother, I'm gonna go to the Er, I've dealt with pain before, But this is a different kind of pain, It's so strong, my entire head and into my chest hurts and is throbbing. It's awful.
 

cat

Adept
I hope you are doing better. Talking about teeth, I had eight cavities because I did not go to the dentist for awhile. Now, it is catching up with me. I did not have any pain from them but was dumbfounded when the dentist told me about the eight cavities. I hope you go to your dentist asap!
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
I hope you are doing better. Talking about teeth, I had eight cavities because I did not go to the dentist for awhile. Now, it is catching up with me. I did not have any pain from them but was dumbfounded when the dentist told me about the eight cavities. I hope you go to your dentist asap!
I finally got into a different dentist, I've got an appointment at 1 o clock today :) Hopefully, this is something that can be fixed today, I'm so tired of it hurting especially at night.
 

Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.
Yes, that kind of pain sounds serious. Hope everything goes well at the dentist.
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
Just got back from the dentist, She put me on antibiotics called augmentin and I'm supposed to go back to get my upper right wisdom tooth removed on the 10th, I'm just glad to have those antibiotics, Now the pain can stop. :)
 

cat

Adept
I'm so happy you went to the dentist and received some medication. I do hope the pain stops soon!
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
I'm so happy you went to the dentist and received some medication. I do hope the pain stops soon!
It's overall getting better, it usually for some reasons hurts worse at night, I don't know why that is, But, hopefully, this augmentin will do the trick, If I can manage to just get a good nights sleep tonight, That alone will be blessing :D
 

Toroid

Founding Member
It's overall getting better, it usually for some reasons hurts worse at night, I don't know why that is, But, hopefully, this augmentin will do the trick, If I can manage to just get a good nights sleep tonight, That alone will be blessing :D
Do you have any visible swelling on your jaw?
 

coubob

Celestial
Hope the pain eases up for ya there, i had to sleep sitting in a chair for a bit to keep the blood from rushing to my head at night when mine are acting up. Wisdom teeth damn, mine were takin out 35 years ago,
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
Do you have any visible swelling on your jaw?

It's going down some but yeah, The right side of my face about where my cheek line is, is about twice as poofy as it should be, It's noticeable.

Hope the pain eases up for ya there, i had to sleep sitting in a chair for a bit to keep the blood from rushing to my head at night when mine are acting up. Wisdom teeth damn, mine were takin out 35 years ago,
That's something I was going to try sleeping in a chair, It did seem like when I would go to lay down about fifteen minutes after that was when it would hurt the worst. Yeah, My dentist had been telling me for years now I needed to get them removed, She told me people that don't even have issues with their wisdom teeth sometimes get them removed because eventually they are almost certainly guaranteed to cause problems.

I had always hoped I would be able to get by and somehow keep all my teeth, But I'm beginning to see that Teeth are usually the first thing to go. So far it's just my wisdom teeth. But the Xrays Showed that My sinuses are actually resting right on top of the roots of my teeth, she told me this is just the beginning of many problems I'm going to have over the coming years.
 

Toroid

Founding Member
Don't forget the antibiotics will strip your gut of the good digestive bacteria. Yogurt/Activia works good to counter that.
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
Don't forget the antibiotics will strip your gut of the good digestive bacteria. Yogurt/Activia works good to counter that.
That's a good idea, The probiotics are the only thing keeping that other issue I have at bay.

Remember the whole pain in my side and perforated colon thing? I had to eat a lot of Yogurts after I got out of the hospital. The antibiotics got rid of the infection, But the probiotics are actually what helped heal it.

I like the strawberry kind the best, I'm gonna have sam to pick some up while she's out. :D
 

coubob

Celestial
It's going down some but yeah, The right side of my face about where my cheek line is, is about twice as poofy as it should be, It's noticeable.

That's something I was going to try sleeping in a chair, It did seem like when I would go to lay down about fifteen minutes after that was when it would hurt the worst. Yeah, My dentist had been telling me for years now I needed to get them removed, She told me people that don't even have issues with their wisdom teeth sometimes get them removed because eventually they are almost certainly guaranteed to cause problems.

I had always hoped I would be able to get by and somehow keep all my teeth, But I'm beginning to see that Teeth are usually the first thing to go. So far it's just my wisdom teeth. But the Xrays Showed that My sinuses are actually resting right on top of the roots of my teeth, she told me this is just the beginning of many problems I'm going to have over the coming years.
I had my wisdom teeth removed just cause of that. My teeth are bad and depakote hasn`t helped, but actually i still have my two top canines that never fell out, they got wedged in due to a bicycle accident when i was young. be kinda weird if they fell out and my new ones came in all shiny and new lol
 

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
I had my wisdom teeth removed just cause of that. My teeth are bad and depakote hasn`t helped, but actually i still have my two top canines that never fell out, they got wedged in due to a bicycle accident when i was young. be kinda weird if they fell out and my new ones came in all shiny and new lol
Teeth are something that is both amazing and terrifying, I heard a story about a man who lost his adult teeth over the course of a week because a new set was growing in.

This Kid had a genetic mutation and he literally has three hundred teeth.



By far the most terrifying story, Is this one. Baby's Rare Brain Tumor Had Teeth This baby, Had what they thought was a brain tumor, No, It was a tooth, Growing in his brain.

Teeth can be some of the most frightening things.
 
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