Monday, December 9, 2013

Oh My,

What did I start here..?  I had X Rays of all of my teeth and there were no cysts or abscesses anywhere....  I have used this dentist for 5 years and he is my primary dentist...  I have only had cleanings back in Kansas...

I got this guy when we first came to Mesa and never got a guy in Kansas when we moved there from Iowa...   So I have a good track record with him... He is honest as the day is long....

He does good work, and did a good job on my crown...  Its just that my teeth seem to hurt more than other folks...  Overly sensitive I think he called it...

When they took the temporary plastic cover off of the tooth to put the crown on, the surface of that tooth was overwhelmingly sensitive...  And it wasn't getting any better with the new crown on...  In fact it was getting more and more painful..

This sometimes happens with us sensitive folks...  So the dentist and I had a heart to heart and decided to do the root canal...   And I wondered what I was in for at that time...

The Endodontist agreed that the way to fix this deal was with the root canal..  The tooth was broken too close to the nerve and just the crown wasn't going to do the job...

The endo guy was as professional as I have ever seen a dentist be.... Very careful with excellent technique..  In his defense, he told me it would hurt like holly heck on the second day after the procedure... because the nerve was severed at the bottom of the tooth and removed...

And that was an understatement.....  Oh my, I used the hydrocodone at night and probably should have used more...  The pain isn't just in your tooth, it went all over my jaw and face..

Being completely by myself, and with Biscuit needing to go out every little bit, I didn't want to knock myself totally out with the hydrocodone....

Today things seem to be improving, to the point where I am just using Tylenol and perhaps with one more day, it will be better...  And yes, I wonder what it will cost to fix up the now broken new crown..  But it will be what it will be....

Thank you for all of your caring notes and suggestions, as I appreciate your concern...  But I don't feel that the folks here are leading me astray or taking advantage of me..  Mesa is just as much my home as Kansas is and in some ways the doctors and medical folks here are even better...

 And, after all, I did bite down and break the tooth in the first place..

Retired Rod


7 comments:

  1. Hm. Now I have to go back and read through a few comments. Just find it curious that, in spite of the fact that you've been on the planet for *a while* (let's not go there) and have done a pretty good job of sorting out that whole career/earning a decent living thing, folks would think you're being bamboozled.
    But like I said, I haven't gone back to do some reading yet.
    Pain is a bitch. Hang in.

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  2. Hey, Rod. I don't doubt for a second that your dentist's are top-notch, professional and know what they're doing. It's just that dentists are what they are - pain producers, pure and simple. Why would any person want a job pulling out people's teeth unless he really enjoyed it?? You know what I'm saying? Fear dentists I always say.

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  3. I hope the pain subsides and you get through the next few weeks to feeling good again.

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  4. I love Rick's comment. But I still feel bad that you've had so much pain. Glad to hear that maybe, just maybe you are back on the mend. Fingers and toes all crossed.

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  5. hope the worst is behind you now .... take care

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  6. So sorry for the tooth pain. I've always heard how painful root canals can be. I had one a few years back - hardly any pain at all, just a bit of discomfort. I was surely one of the lucky ones. Take care.

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