The Terrible Tooth

[lblanchard]

Now that the hip trouble subsided, I decided not to take any ibuprofen at bedtime and discovered that, ouchie ouchie, I appear to have an infected back molar. The wretched thing woke me up at 4:00 this morning; and, probing around with a cautious finger, I discovered an extremely swollen and tender gum. I think the side of my face is a little swollen, too. The ibuprofen are kicking in now and it has receded to bearable.

So a call to the dentist is in order first thing in the morning. Wait, this is first thing in the morning, at 5:30 a.m. Well, I mean promptly at 9:00. I'm hoping he can patch me up with antibiotics to keep the wretched thing under control until the kids have left.

And I have late afternoon / evening meetings today and tomorrow. Damnation.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

oh, I'm so sorry. That sucks. I hope your dentist can help, a bad tooth is not in the least bit fun.

Let us know.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he can help. After a couple salt-water rinses and with a second dose of ibuprofen coursing through my veins I feel pretty good. No wonder I didn't notice it brewing during the Time Of The Bad Hip... I bet it's been festering for at least a week.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Mine is my knee. Apparently I abused it when I was doing all that intense working out, and right now it's rather iffy. It's been that way before. I need the exercise, and I've tried to walk more...but sometimes when I step on the knee it's not quite there.

Glad to hear your mouth is less uncomfortable, anyway.