Not anyone else’s. My own, thanks.
About several weeks ago, I went to the dentist. I needed a crown. He did all the stuff he had to do, put on a temporary, and scheduled me for another appointment to get the real one put on.
Well, I had to miss that appointment. Can’t remember why, but I remember having to reschedule. And the next appointment? I totally forgot it.
Yesterday afternoon, I began having a dull, nagging ache in my lower jaw, on the left…right where the temporary crown is. The light bulb went on over my head–“oh yeah! I didn’t get that crown taken care of!” Did I call the dentist right then? Noooooooooo. Kept working.
By about six last night, I was in agony, and nothing was working, not even Aleve, which usually relieves my pain when I simply think about taking it.
When it comes to pain, I am not a wuss. After birthing three children without benefit of medication, my pain tolerance is very, very high. It takes a lot for me to say “ow,” but by the time I attempted to go to sleep last night, I was near tears. I finally took a Tylenol 3 that I’d been hanging on to for just such an emergency. That, a warm salt water rinse, and my son’s Baby Orajel took care of the pain just long enough for me to actually fall asleep.
I started taking amoxicillin this morning, because pain this bad (and it’s spread throughout the entire left side of my jaw now) just can’t be the temporary alone. And I called the dentist. But I can’t get in to see him until Thursday.
So now I’m still in pain. I’ve taken a few doses of Tylenol, and that’s taken the edge off somewhat, but not enough. It’s a good thing I don’t know precisely where my husband keeps the tools he has for working on his guitar, because if I did know, I’d be performing oral surgery on myself.
Good Goddess, this hurts. But it’s my own stupid fault. I forgot I had to go get a crown, fer cryin’ out loud! When I already had the temporary one in there! I have no fear of dentists. Never have, never will. I just plain forgot. And now I’m ready to cut off my own head because of it.
How stupid can one get? Yeesh!
