A whiney post from me...

First, apologies for me not commenting on other's blogs the past couple of weeks... needless to say, it's been crazy around here... I have been reading them!

I will seriously give birth again if my mouth will stop hurting. It's been a hellish few days... grab a cup of coffee and read or just ignore this... either way I feel like whining...

Right around the time we found out about Cassie's hernia and needing surgery, my tooth started hurting. I had a crown put on this tooth about 9 months ago, for those that have the photographic memories. I've been back to the dentist several times because it bugs me from time to time. Usually they adjust the bite, saying that's what it is. Once they did a deep clean, blaming build up (ummm... what build up, I seriously am freaky about cleaning my teeth). So, with everything going on with Cassie, I just ignored it, knowing I could have the bite adjusted AGAIN later. Last week, I went to a new dentist (same chain, just the location closer to my house). They did an xray. He says that one of the roots of that tooth looks infected or cracked, he can't tell without a better xray, but either way, I'm going to have to see an Endo(something or another) because it needs a root canal.

I've NEVER had a root canal, so I'm freaking out. It's still sore, but nothing I can't handle, so I make the appointment for this morning (Monday). Saturday my tooth hurt so bad I was taking 4 advil just to get through the day and still felt like crying it was hurting so much. Sunday I woke up and the entire gum around the tooth was swollen. Sunday night all the swelling went down except for in the back (where my wisdom tooth used to be - it was like this ball of tissue hanging off back there). But the major pain was GONE. It was weird.

So off I go to the dentist at SEVEN AM - who opens at 7am? LOL! He thinks that it's been absessed for a while. The tooth was loose and the absess had been sitting under the tooth and pushing it out, so the the tooth is actually slightly out of it's socket. Great. It all came to a head on Sunday and the absess worked it's way out from under the tooth and now was sitting behind it. Great. Just great. So that's why it wasn't hurting AS MUCH...

So, he shoots me numb and starts drilling. Gets the first two roots dug out and whatever they do and then spends 30 minutes trying to get to the other one. Then I feel him digging around in there. I can tell at this point he's frustrated. He packs the tooth and takes an xray. Comes back 5 minutes later and digs some more then sighs and fills it with a temporary. He gave up on the 3rd root for now. Apparently, when they placed the crown, they placed it badly and the edge (which is made out of metal and coated with enamel or whatever) is sitting on top of that root. He can get in a little bit, but he can't get to that nerve to kill it and he said he was just getting too frustrated with it. So, I go back next week after the swelling is down to try again. If he can't get to the root, he's going to have to take the crown off to get to it.

To make matters worse, the back of the crown is open - it's hanging off of the existing tooth so for the past 9 months, calcium has been building up - this is also why I have an infection and although he didn't actually say it, I think it's also why I need the root canal, all those germs can get right into the structure of the freaking tooth!

He said that if he can get to the root next week and kill the nerve, he's going to try to repair all the damage they did to the crown with all the 'adjusting the bite' and try to fill in where they left it hanging off. Ugh. He said they SHOULD redo that crown at no cost to me though.

The guy did a great job with me though. I'm terrified of dentists and even more afraid of needles. He was really great about not telling me every little thing he was doing and reminding me to breath (I literally just stop breathing - I've actually passed out at the dentist before because I just refuse to breathe).

He told me that he was digging around in there pretty good and with the infection, I was probably going to be really sore. Man, he was NOT kidding. I'm on antibiotics to kill the infection and vicodin for the pain. I'm DYING. I'm taking those suckers every 4 hours and still hurting come hour 3. It's BAD.

Why does this crap always happen to me? I don't get it. I take such good care of my teeth. I'm not kidding when I say I'm obsessive about brushing. I have soft teeth so I have to take care of them. My husband has diamond hard teeth and he never has any problems - yet he doesn't take care of his like I do mine. ARGH!!!!

I know I should have went in when it first started hurting. I'm such an IDIOT for not, but I just assumed it was the bite again and I was more worried about Cassie. Gawd, I suck.

In the mean time it's

(that's me just throwing money around because apparently it grows on trees).

Thank goodness all this is tax deductible... *grumble*