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Nov 29, 2012, 08:37 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,117
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Whinging alert! Anyone tired of reading my complaints and whinging about my dental stuff best stop reading now.
Can't remember if I posted that the endodontist took me to the cleaners. Did root canals on teeth that needed to be pulled. My primary dentist is so mad at him he is now refusing to refer people to the guy. Wish he'd made that decision before I got scr*wed.
So, primary dentist referred me to an oral surgeon for an evaluation. He, my primary dentist and I worked out a treatment plan for the mess in my mouth.
Yesterday was oral surgery. As with every step of this nightmare, complications developed once he started the surgery. Surgery that was scheduled to last an hour to an hour and a half lasted THREE hours!  I won't go into details to avoid barfing people out. Bottom line is that I feel like someone drove a Mack truck through my mouth. I'm back to eating liquid or mushy foods for the next couple of weeks. In spite of steroids, anti-inflammatories and ice packs the side of my face is swollen. The steroids are supposed to increase appetite. They have the opposite effect on me - no appetite. Plus the antibiotic makes me sick to my stomach.
The primary dentist had taken an impression and had the lab make me a partial denture to replace the teeth that were pulled. THEY MADE IT WRONG!!!!  So I have this HUGE gap in the front of my mouth where the teeth were pulled. I had arranged to have today off from work to recover from the surgery. I ended up having to go in. Talking is a large part of my job, only with no front teeth I sound drunk when I talk. NOT a good thing at work.
Tonight I've got a major case of "sorry for myself." I know I will heal and feel better. When this is all over I am going to have nice looking teeth (my teeth have always embarrassed me). I know my current mood will lift, but tonight I feel cr*ppy.
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