Toothache Scmoothache

Blegh, I randomly started getting toothache on Tuesday night and didn’t think much of it silently hoping that all would be well after a good nights sleep.

Turns out it really wasn’t! Wednesday morning saw me calling the dentist and rushing back to the flat to try to find pain relief (I never take pain relief so this is when I knew I had a major issue!), in liquid form, because I am just that awesome.

Long story short, Four years ago I got told I needed a root canal and it was going to cost around $1400. Being the tightarse that comes with having a degree in accounting I got a second opinion at a cheaper dentists who whipped out the filling that was in that tooth and filled it with some peach coloured substance. I was told this would do the trick, maybe only for a few months but maybe for a year or two. Four years later I now need that root canal or an extraction! 🙁 

It is one of my biggest teeth therefore I’m not overly keen on getting it extracted. I now know where my bond refund for our flat is going – some dentist is going to be living it up on my hard-earned cash! The bonus being that prices of root canals appear to have come down in the past four years, either than or I completely misheard the dentist when she gave me the price.

Armed with antibiotics and a fistful of low strength drugs I managed to get through the night only to wake up and get to work then have excruciating pain yet again, that did not subside after taking two different types of drugs.

My ability to eat has also been reduced (GASP! less eating and pill popping – two things that NEVER happen to me!), which prompted me to head back to the dentists and ask for either stronger drugs or to try to fit me in urgently for this damn procedure.

I was denied the stronger drugs (Say what?!) but now have an appointment tomorrow for the dentist to open up my tooth and pump some drugs into it to get me through the weekend until I get this shiz done on Tuesday.

Fingers Crossed these drugs do the trick as I feel like I have a pharmacy on my desk at work!

Have you had a root canal? Please don’t scare me until after Tuesday! I hate dentists and needles as it is!