Today I suspect they might have pulled the wrong tooth. I think they were checking with me at the last minute to confirm that they were about to pull the right one, instead of the X-ray, and I wasn't at all sure. He tapped on this and that tooth and I said yes to the one I came into the office thinking it was, but what do I know?
I'm starting to remember the neighboring tooth as the root canal one now, and that one is a bit tender, and "tight" in that now familiar way. Pain from extraction fading, recent pain/pressure I meant to have treated still around.
I'm more than half asleep every moment of every day. I didn't think I'd be telling [i]them[/i] which tooth. I didn't think I'd be having one pulled, certainly not the same hour. Everything went by so fast. The dentist and I didn't understand a third of what the other was saying because of a language or accent barrier.
I'll call them tomorrow morning.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
aug 20 2009
That old root canal tooth with the crown on it was just yanked from my head. I'm biting down on bloody cotton as we speak. It's not too depressing losing this one; EI patients are really supposed to get teeth like this pulled rather than getting root canals anyway, too much chance of trapped anaerobic
bacteria. Root canal teeth are already dead teeth. If I start losing good ones, that I hate the thought of. It's over, and fast, I like that.
bacteria. Root canal teeth are already dead teeth. If I start losing good ones, that I hate the thought of. It's over, and fast, I like that.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Aug 19 2009
Seeing a dentist Thursday, to see about possible infected old root canal tooth in UL quadrant, that may be interacting with the left eye and left maxillary sinus (next door to those molars). I got some antibiotic into me today, helped a bit I think. I've wondered if a growing overall more ill feeling might be a building infection, since crowned root canal teeth get infections trapped inside them... something to do with lack of oxygen inside.
Eye pressure has been a growing problem, more in the left eye usually. In 1986 alcohol suddenly made my eyes bug out a bit, then that faded, only to recur and become permanent the next week when I had more vodka. Why did I have more you ask? Then as now, my brain chemistry is damaged so as to blunt emotion, or emotional depth. Lessened dopamine production I think. I have those slightly Parkinsonian twitches sometimes. Anyway, in the absence of any willingness to get involved on the part of the medical community (what a warm reassuring word... community...), self-medication is my only option, therefore, alcohol. Considering my income, usually the cheap kind with preservatives and/or dyes. Tonight it's Sam Adams Blackberry Witbier, but I can't do the better stuff that often.
So now I'm experiencing my first real alcohol-related (at least patrtly) increase in eye pressure since 1986. I almost hope something neurological is found that's pressing into my eyes from behind... unless it's inoperable anyway.
I need to see a cardiologist and neurologist, and maybe an ear nose throat MD depending on how Thursday goes. In October 2008, I fainted twice in the space of a couple minutes at a brewpub. I'd had one Vicodin (I rarely have access to such a good analgesic, but I was having a colonoscopy the next week and had to be off aspirin), blood pressure pills, and just over one potent brewpub beer. I'd just started a second one. I'm told I turned white then dropped to the floor, twice. The ER did a CT I think though these days it seems they call everything "X Rays" whether they are X-Rays or not. Anyway, nothing found, they rehydrated me for hours, that helped (dehydration is a prime problem ever since Apr 24 1984 the day my EI started, when water seemed constantly sucked out of my body and almost constant Gatorade couldn't keep up).
I went to an appointment with a cardiologist, but haven't gotten back for the treadmill test for months. A big problem with my gov't housing stalled all this. A neurologist was also reccommended.
Eye pressure has been a growing problem, more in the left eye usually. In 1986 alcohol suddenly made my eyes bug out a bit, then that faded, only to recur and become permanent the next week when I had more vodka. Why did I have more you ask? Then as now, my brain chemistry is damaged so as to blunt emotion, or emotional depth. Lessened dopamine production I think. I have those slightly Parkinsonian twitches sometimes. Anyway, in the absence of any willingness to get involved on the part of the medical community (what a warm reassuring word... community...), self-medication is my only option, therefore, alcohol. Considering my income, usually the cheap kind with preservatives and/or dyes. Tonight it's Sam Adams Blackberry Witbier, but I can't do the better stuff that often.
So now I'm experiencing my first real alcohol-related (at least patrtly) increase in eye pressure since 1986. I almost hope something neurological is found that's pressing into my eyes from behind... unless it's inoperable anyway.
I need to see a cardiologist and neurologist, and maybe an ear nose throat MD depending on how Thursday goes. In October 2008, I fainted twice in the space of a couple minutes at a brewpub. I'd had one Vicodin (I rarely have access to such a good analgesic, but I was having a colonoscopy the next week and had to be off aspirin), blood pressure pills, and just over one potent brewpub beer. I'd just started a second one. I'm told I turned white then dropped to the floor, twice. The ER did a CT I think though these days it seems they call everything "X Rays" whether they are X-Rays or not. Anyway, nothing found, they rehydrated me for hours, that helped (dehydration is a prime problem ever since Apr 24 1984 the day my EI started, when water seemed constantly sucked out of my body and almost constant Gatorade couldn't keep up).
I went to an appointment with a cardiologist, but haven't gotten back for the treadmill test for months. A big problem with my gov't housing stalled all this. A neurologist was also reccommended.
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