I went to plan B: ignore the cavity. It's a brilliant strategy, but it only works for so long. So then the tooth, she breaks. There's no pain, necessarily, just a sharp edge and then my tooth guts up there in my gums. So for months now I have been scheming how to get this taken care of and then today I just was done. I woke up and called a dentist. A regular, non-free, non-welfare dentist. And I went in the SAME day and had a very very quick x-ray. I put it on my "Faith Card" aka Visa...
Sure enough though, the tooth is infected. No wonder I've been having all manner of sinus pain and headaches and such. Sheesh. So I have to take an antibiotic for a couple of days and then get it pulled Friday.
"You don't look nervous, " he says. "You don't look like a nervous patient."
"The only thing that makes me nervous is pain." I told him. He promised to thoroughly numb me, although he said with the tooth being so close to my ears I am going to hear a lot of crackling and popping when he extracts it. "I'll bring my earbuds!" I say, a little nervously.
"You're still gonna hear it" says Dr. Doom.
Nuts. Still, my strategy is to get this thing out ASAP so I can focus on EATING next week.
Sigh. Sigh, sigh sigh.
where is everyone?? Here's my comment Jess, so you have an excuse to keep blogging...
ReplyDeletebtw - hope the dentist thing works out. Salsa would miss you...
It won't be a big deal. Mama
ReplyDeleteyou will b just fine
ReplyDeletesoon enough youll b eatin
sooo sad!! hope its better soon!!! OUCH!! It sounds like great pain to keep you from eating!!!
ReplyDeletemommymerepete