Dajerseyrat
Well-Known Member
So.... I paid lots of money to have a root canal done by a "specialist" over 3 years ago and yesterday I had to have the tooth extracted. For those of you that have been fortunate enough to never have had a tooth get infected, you have no idea the level of pain I experienced Monday.... So Sunday night I started to experience the familiar discomfort of an infected root canal, some mild pain and discomfort. Knowing full well what I was in store for over the next few days, first thing Monday morning, I made a dentist appointment for Tuesday afternoon. Well this pain progressively got worse Monday to the point I wound up waking up at 3am and going to the local emergency room begging for pain killers like some junkie...The doctor gave me an antibiotic to start immediately as well as some Percocet to help with the pain. The Percocets only take the edge off for about an hour and a half tops..And I was burning a hole in my stomach with 800mg Ibuprofen...ugg..
Let me say this, I am no stranger to pain, I have broken a knee, tore a bicep muscle off, blew a hamstring, had 2 shoulder surgeries, stomach surgery and a vasectomy, so Im familiar with pain and by no means a sissy. However, this pain I would never wish upon my worst enemy, you simply cant get comfortable and it radiates through your entire head...
Tuesday afternoon couldnt come fast enough, I walked in the dentist office and said Doc, please inject me with something asap. He laughed and promply gave me a shot in the gum which barely took the pain away. We did X rays and saw that the tooth had somehow fractured under the gum line and had to be extracted. The infection was so bad that even after 3 shots I was still feeling pain as he was extracting the tooth...Im feeling much better now and will be doing a dental bridge to replace that tooth once it all heals up...Thanks for listening to me vent..lol
On the bright side, Im lighter by whatever the weight of a tooth is..hahahah
Let me say this, I am no stranger to pain, I have broken a knee, tore a bicep muscle off, blew a hamstring, had 2 shoulder surgeries, stomach surgery and a vasectomy, so Im familiar with pain and by no means a sissy. However, this pain I would never wish upon my worst enemy, you simply cant get comfortable and it radiates through your entire head...
Tuesday afternoon couldnt come fast enough, I walked in the dentist office and said Doc, please inject me with something asap. He laughed and promply gave me a shot in the gum which barely took the pain away. We did X rays and saw that the tooth had somehow fractured under the gum line and had to be extracted. The infection was so bad that even after 3 shots I was still feeling pain as he was extracting the tooth...Im feeling much better now and will be doing a dental bridge to replace that tooth once it all heals up...Thanks for listening to me vent..lol
On the bright side, Im lighter by whatever the weight of a tooth is..hahahah