I think that Murphy may be visiting my "tooth situation." Here's what Murphy says: " Any thing that can go wrong, will go wrong."Well, I hope that it's not "anything or everything!" But since I blogged on Saturday some other "things" seem to have gone wrong in the area of my extraction. I had a really weird sensation in the extraction area happen Sunday evening…I am pretty sure that the "wall" between where my tooth was and my sinuses got a tear or a hole in it somehow. I knew that there was a possibility of this happening when he was extracting the tooth, but thought that he had avoided having that happen. I did call the doctor after that happened, as in my "care notes" there was a note that the doctor was always available and a phone number was provided. When I called it there was a recorded message, but at the end it said that if I needed to talk to someone now to type in three numbers. I typed them in and immediately the doctor answered. When I explained to him what had happened, he said that he wasn't surprised. He said that it should heal on its own, but that if I felt the need I could come in and see him. Upon hanging up I was in agreement with just letting it heal on its own. But I decided that I am not sure that I can continue with the pain until it heals. And, he mentioned that there shouldn't be pain involved with the sinus situation…I just am not to blow my nose (really…at this time of the year?!), and needed to continue to rinse with warm salt water, and to watch for sinus infection. I went to get my hair cut today…always a good day, right?!? But today I will just say that it made a not so great day better. Jody wondered if I might also have a dry socket. I hadn’t thought of that since I had the weird sinus happening. But I did look up just the symptoms…and I got to wondering if perhaps she might be right, as the aches and pains described come close to the pain I am having. So I decided that I would call the dentist's office and it was suggested that I come in and let the doctor take a look at it. So tomorrow afternoon at exactly the same time as my extraction appointment last week, I have an appointment to get things checked out. Something has to give!
I need to get a handle on this, as I have "company" coming in a month and then in 7 weeks from today, Melany, Wade and I start on our Alaskan adventure…got to get healed up so I can enjoy the trip! Hopefully the doctor can get things heading in the right direction tomorrow. I rarely take Tylenol, as it really isn't the best for kidneys and my kidneys are compromised so I rarely take it…but these past days since the extraction, I have pretty much taken it 6 hours apart round the clock. I’m ready to be able to stop taking it and giving my body a rest from it, I’m not helping the kidney situation much since I'm not drinking water like I should be…sometime try drinking with a hole between your mouth and your sinuses…strange, strange, strange sensation! I’m hoping to send Murphy on his way after seeing the dentist tomorrow. I can say that I’m pretty tired, but it is not easy to sleep…I sleep in shorter spurts than usual!
I have managed to do a little stitching and almost have another Christmas ornament finished.
To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!
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