~artsychicstudio

Hey there,

Almost 1 am and yes, I'm awake. But this time it's from having gone to bed at 7:30 pm last night. I still feel tired, but couldn't fall back to sleep.

Thank you for all the comments. They are much appreciated.

I had the tooth pulled out. He had to do an oral surgery. The dentist had to cut a little of my gum to get the darn tooth out and he pulled it out in pieces, then stitched it all up again.

Saw all my xrays for every tooth. OMG! ALOT of teeth need reworking.
I cannot believe, but should and certainly didn't listen for all those years that soda could actually deteriorate your teeth in such a way.
I am definitely the poster child for drinking water, drinking things that are more healthy.

I've got an infection on the other side, bottom tooth and the upper, plus on the upper one above the one that was just pulled and my front teeth in back are soooo awful that they even mentioned having to get partials. OMG! I'm only 37.

But, I suppose this is what I get, right?

Anyway, I wore the gauze over the area, probably longer than I should have and just took it off a little while ago. I did put clean gauze over it twice earlier. I was and am afraid of the bleeding, but I did swish or kind of rinse with warm water and salt and I have my antibiotics and my Motrin, so hopefully it'll be okay.

The dentist I went to was a private practice, one I had never been to before. I felt it was okay, since we had/have insurance, thinking to myself that pulling a tooth couldn't possibly cost that much, but guess how much the whole thing was?????

543.00. What the ????? Pulling the tooth was 375.00, the xrays and they took extra xrays was 168.00. My insurance covered 335.00 or something like that and my stinkin' copay was 206.00. I definitely wasn't expecting that much.

It's hard to explain, but the minute I walked in, I kind of knew that it was going to cost me an arm and a leg simply for making an appoinment with him.

I have another appointment at the end of October, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go back to him due to the pricing. Why is it a dentist or a doctor can never give you a straight answer on their prices?
I don't understand that.

Anyway, I think that's it for now. Forgive me for babbling yet again, but for some odd reason, as I mentioned before, going to the dentist makes me nervous and kind of scares me a bit. I'm praying nothing else happens and I can go to my next appointment or another dentist without being in pain.

Oh, before I end this, the dentist and dental assistant really, really played up dry socket. Have any of you ever gotten that after pulling a tooth. My family and my husband all say that after having a tooth pulled, they swished with warm water and salt and went back to doing everything normal right after having it pulled and nothing happened.

I am definitely terrified of feeling that high intensity pain again and how much it will cost if I have to go back, so was just wondering.
I looked it up and it said 1-3% of people get it, mostly smokers.
Uhhh, hello. That's me. But then again, that's also my husband and my family.

How long before you feel normal again? Before you can eat normal again?

Hope you all have a great day.

K.

Have developed a huge habit of grinding my teeth in the past year.
Have used a mouth guard for a better part of that, but have ground the crap out of it to where my back teeth were exposed, getting alot of the action.

One tooth in particular has been ground to nothing, root or nerve or something is exposed. Cannot eat, drink, touch it, brush my teeth, etc.

People, the pain has fully consumed me and my life. OMG! I want to scream, cry, run around like a lunatic, but what good is that going to do.

The grinding of teeth started upon moving above my family. They don't know that, nor would they believe me, but hubby knows. I have kept him up more times than he or I can count.

Called the dentist yesterday on his cell. Want this sucker pulled. It's a back tooth, doesn't matter if it's there or not. He mentions building it back up. Honey, there's nothing there to build from. He's gonna have one heck of a time getting it out because it is down to my gums.

He put me on antibiotics and pain meds. Neither are working at all to lessen the pain. Have gone through just about a whole tube of oral gel just to try and get some relief. Am up to 8-12 ibuprofen a day, most likely more than that because I seem to lose count. I am now immune to them and it sucks big time.

The pain meds he put me on say they take 2 weeks to work and you can't take anymore than 1 a day because they will cause bleeding of the stomach.
Ummm, why would I want to take them then? I took the recommended 2 yesterday to get me started, but reread all the side effects and stomach part and am really not sure if I am going to take anymore. Don't think so.

Am going to see him this morning. Really, really can't afford it, but I have to do it. The pain has literally got me on my knees. No exaggeration.
It runs from one back tooth on the bottom all the way across my gums to my front teeth and jams up into my ear, like a pinching/stabbing feeling.
And it seems that the top back tooth on the same side is doing the same thing, unless it's all just coming from that one tooth, not sure.

Yes, I know. Not very interesting. But I've been up since 1am. It is now after 2 and here I am, attempting to drink some coffee, and maybe work on some long awaited updates to my site. Was able to drink coffee for the past few days with minimal problems, but this morning, there's slightly more pain than I anticipated upon taking that first sip.

Need more oral gel or someone just needs to come knock me the heck out.

That's what I get I suppose. I'm a big baby when it comes to the dentist.
Last time I saw one was in 1995 and about the same amount of time before that. Plus having a major, major soda addiction from age 5 all the way up to 2006, didn't and doesn't help either. Soda completely destroyed my teeth, plus being a morning coffee drinker and smoker.

I know I'm babbling. Sorry. Trying to concentrate on something other than the stabbing pain running across the left side of my face.

UGH!

Haven't ate or slept for days. But it all doesn't seem to matter. My whole body is exhausted, but the pain has me wide awake and so not hungry.

Okay, I suppose it's time to stop babbling.

Hope you're all doing well and feeling fine. I will post again later or tomorrow depending on how I feel after the dentist.

K.