"I just came back from a short vacation, Roy. Spent it having a root canal."

[ellid]

I tried going to work, but the pain from my jaw was so bad I called my dentist and begged for an appointment about half an hour after I got in. My boss took one look at me holding an ice pack to my jaw and basically *ordered* me to go, so I did.

My regular dentist saw me on an emergency basis, took one look at the x-ray (the area underneath the (cracked) filling was black), and sent me straight to an endodontist in Wilbraham to have the root canal done. Evidently I just missed out on having the tooth go necrotic, which is just as horrible as it sounds, and after an hour in the chair and more money than I care to think about, they sent me home with a prescription for penicillin and an admonishment to call my regular dentist to get set up for the post and crown, which I will do when they're open tomorrow.

I am therefore officially poor. I am, however, pain-free. Thank *God*

Comments

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Pain-free but poor sounds much better than rich and in agony to me...

{{hugs}} Rest up!

[taradilien.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Glad you caught it in time! (Necrotic is such an unpleasant word.)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Both the physical and the financial :( Glad you are pain-free now, and that it got taken care of. Necrotic could have led to all kinds of other nastiness. *sends fast recovery wishes and hugs*

[aunty_marion]

Sorry to hear of the expense, but glad to hear you're pain-free. (I've had too many root canals, ranging from the utterly appalling (the first one I had, where they had to keep dripping liquid anaesthetic onto the tooth pulp) to the merely distressing. And because I go to a private dentist (he's better than the NHS ones, but costs more), it costs a small fortune here as well.)

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

Glad they caught it in time and glad you're feeling better.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Zevon reference FTW!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

"I'm going down to Memphis
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going down to Graceland
Thinking about the King
Begging him to sing
About those heavenly mansions
Jesus mentioned

Can't you just imagine
Digging up the King
Begging him to sing
About those heavenly mansions
Jesus mentioned...."

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, poor you! But I'm glad they got to it before things got really bad, and that you're no longer in pain.

I guess that's one good thing about being a dentist - you can often relieve people's pain very dramatically and relatively quickly.

[kaiz.livejournal.com]

Eeep! 'm glad that they were able to get the tooth out in time (omgwtfnecrosis?!11!!1) and that you're feeling better. *hugs*

[girlygothic.livejournal.com]

Ack! Glad to hear you're past the worst of it, and now pain free.

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

At least you're pain free....

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear God. That would have been awful. I stubbornly refused to treat a bug bite that went necrotic, and spent four days in the hospital. My recent root canal tooth that doesn't have a permanent crown on it is starting to hurt again, and now it's making me nervous. :/ Good thing you caught it!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Best of luck with treatment and healing.

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

Hugs and sympathy! I'm thankful you're out of pain now, though. The rest will sort itself out eventually, one way or another.

[quyllur.livejournal.com]

I had to have a root canal within the last month. It was no where near as painful as yours. It is going to hurt me very badly in the purse, like you. I'm trying to come up with half of it when it comes time for the crown and hope he lets me make payments on the other half.

[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

I've never been down that road, but I'm glad you caught yours when you did. The gums are rich in blood vessels ready to carry bacteria into the blood stream. Abscesses and necrosis in the mouth are nothing to sneeze at. Who did you go to in Wilberville? (my home town)

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Dr. Odierna at Western Mass Endo on Boston Road. I'm now on penicillin x4 plus have a script for Vicodin should the pain get too bad. So far I'm getting by with ibuprofren because I have a holy horror of anything that could potentially sedate me, but I may have the Vicodin filled if I have a bad night tonight.

[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

Don't be a hero - take it if you need it. It's only a problem for people who take it when they no longer need it. I'm sure you didn't sleep a wink after you cracked the tooth.

[orphandani.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the being poor part, but glad about the pain-free part. *healing hugs*

[busaikko]

Oooh, love, that sounds dreadful! I'm glad you are not in pain, do take your painkillers if you need, and *hugs* to you and your poor depleted bank account....