still here

Hi All,

Healing from a dental emergency.... I have been seeing a dentist and edodontist at Case, working towards a comprehensive plan to fix my teeth... first priority was the tooth that was causing me some grief.  Then last weekend my tooth that I had two root canals on starting really bugging me..it never stopped bugging me but the pain became unbearable. I had my third root canal on tooth #29 on  3/17/14.... It was a tough call - to try to save it or pull it. I totally went in there expecting to ask for it to be pulled. It was never really done right so I opted to try to save it. After all these are specialist with state of the art equipment. After that I started swelling up bad on my gum line and I was having severe pain and pressure building up... I could hardly talk without being in pain and  the pain killers were not touching it...then 3/20/17 after talking to my dentist on the phone, I went back for a emergency surgery to drain my abscess and a apiectomy... oh my that was dreadful....


I was near tears when I told the doctor.. Listen .. I have a life.. I can't be consumed with managing this tooth pain.... they are asking me to be patient and give it time to settle and for the infection to heal. I am on antibiotics and hoping & praying that this time it works. I am feeling better each day... today was my first day being able to function with no pain pills.... so that is a start.