should I hide under the bed all day tomorrow?

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/26/2006 5:43:00 PM
Author: FireGoddess
I hope all went well - but are you going to take some pain meds for the next few days? I sure would. Don''t even wanna know how the pain is for at least 3 days.

I hear ya..
dunno why it is that I always get the stingy on pain meds doctors.
Used to be that a script for vicodin or atleast t3 was standard with a root canal but now they tell people to take ibuprofin or aleave and no script unless you call back in serious pain.
Since I cant take either it isnt as much hassle but only got 16 and they expect em to last 4 days, its enough to take the edge off but not enough to veg on.
All 5 docs do it so dunno whats up with it.

 

[Mara]

honestly i don''t believe in strong drugs for something like a root canal, mine hurt a little and i took advil but it wasn''t that bad at all. i don''t understand when people say that they got these root canals and it hurt SO BADLY...mine was not like that at all and when the numbness wore off i just took advil.

but for something like what you are going through, i''m surprised they don''t offer stronger drugs?

 

[FireGoddess]

I didn''t get anything strong after mine, just a prescription of 800 mg tablets of ibuprofen. That did the trick for me though. I took ''em for 2.5 days and I was good to go.

 

[glitterata]

Poor Storm! Make sure your sweetie gives you plenty of hugs--the touch of the person one loves is supposed to be good for pain relief.

 

[strmrdr]

ugh I knew I should have stayed under the bed :{

 

[AGBF]

Date: 5/26/2006 8:26:50 PM
Author: glitterata
Poor Storm! Make sure your sweetie gives you plenty of hugs--the touch of the person one loves is supposed to be good for pain relief.

As far as I know, she is not yet with Storm physically. Unless I missed a major chapter!!!

Deb

 

[Lorelei]

Storm, just think as miserable as this is, you will be feeling better soon. Hang in there!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/27/2006 6:55:51 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 5/26/2006 8:26:50 PM

Author: glitterata

Poor Storm! Make sure your sweetie gives you plenty of hugs--the touch of the person one loves is supposed to be good for pain relief.

As far as I know, she is not yet with Storm physically. Unless I missed a major chapter!!!


Deb

yea she is 1700 miles away but will be here july 4th to the 22nd!
cant wait!

 

[Odilia]

Date: 5/26/2006 6:52:16 PM
Author: Mara
honestly i don't believe in strong drugs for something like a root canal, mine hurt a little and i took advil but it wasn't that bad at all. i don't understand when people say that they got these root canals and it hurt SO BADLY...mine was not like that at all and when the numbness wore off i just took advil.

Wow, Mara you are lucky. When I had my root canal done, it took 3 visits. I think it was the second one, where no matter how much novacaine they gave me (they kept adding more), it was absolutely excruciating

- w/ no exaggeration - to the point where the dentist just had to call it quits that day and finish it on another day. I remember they put that 'rubber dam' in my mouth, so I couldn't talk, all I could do was make pained faces like

and moan some. Fortunately on the third and final day it wasn't that bad. They must have just been striking some nerve that second day, for whatever reason. And I don't know if there was much pain outside the dentist office; I mainly recall it during the procedure. So I guess I'm lucky too. But I don't recall taking any strong drugs either, maybe not even ibuprofen. This was all about 20 years ago so of course it's hard to recall much other than that pain!

strmrdr, I hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Goodness Strmdr..have you been diagnosed with an osteomylitis? (bone infection). I recall when working in Plastics, these infections were very difficult to irradicate (diagnosed with a bone scan).

cheers--Sharon

 

[isaku5]

Storm...I can empathize with you having had a few done; the first was a living hell done by dentist A- very painful front tooth made worse by the infection that went into the gum, had to have a surgical procedure- blah,blah ,blah. I said to hubby," NO way I''m going through that ever again".

Well, light at the end of the tunnel... went to dentist B (grudgingly) for another rc and it was a walk in the park. Needless to say, I went for at least 3 rc''s done by B and all were equally almost painless.

Unfortunately for Dr.B and quite a few other patients, he had the nerve to retire!!!

Now, all I hear from my friends is complaints about the work their endodonists do and the pain it''s causing them- and they''re supposed to be specialists!!! In what?? Torture???

I''m going to get" word of mouth"(bad pun intended) surveys NOW before I need to head to an endodontist.

Let''s hope the worst is over for you, Storm, and if you need mega painpills don''t be shy about asking for them.

 

[isaku5]

Date: 5/27/2006 1:41:01 PM
Author: isaku5
Storm...I can empathize with you having had a few done; the first was a living hell done by dentist A- very painful front tooth made worse by the infection that went into the gum, had to have a surgical procedure- blah,blah ,blah. I said to hubby,'' NO way I''m going through that ever again''.

Well, light at the end of the tunnel... went to dentist B (grudgingly) for another rc and it was a walk in the park. Needless to say, I went for at least 3 rc''s done by B and all were equally almost painless.

Unfortunately for Dr.B and quite a few other patients, he had the nerve to retire!!!

Now, all I hear from my friends is complaints about the work their endodonists do and the pain it''s causing them- and they''re supposed to be specialists!!! In what?? Torture???

I''m going to get'' word of mouth''(bad pun intended) surveys NOW before I need to head to an endodontist.

Let''s hope the worst is over for you, Storm, and if you need mega painpills don''t be shy about asking for them.

I have to proofread more carefully!!!! I meant to say:

Unfortunately for me, and quite a few other patients, dentist B had the nerve to retire!!!

 

[Mara]

OFG quite possibly ~20 years ago things were way different because my mom also said that her root canal was very painful and she was totally freaking me out. well so i get in there and i''m like..feeling absolutely nada...and thinking...this is painful? am i missing something? i mean i was glad it was not painful but i was all prepared for some living hell. sorry you had to go through that!!

 

[Odilia]

Date: 5/27/2006 2:16:59 PM
Author: Mara
OFG quite possibly ~20 years ago things were way different because my mom also said that her root canal was very painful and she was totally freaking me out. well so i get in there and i''m like..feeling absolutely nada...and thinking...this is painful? am i missing something? i mean i was glad it was not painful but i was all prepared for some living hell. sorry you had to go through that!!

Well that''s good to think of in case I ever (hopefully not!) need another. Maybe they have improved. But I guess it could have even been a freak thing at that time. The dentist did seem perplexed why it was so bad that day. I guess when they are messing with nerves, sometimes it goes okay and sometimes not.

Incidentally, and not to stir up any controversy (or make strmrdr wish he had hidden under the bed!

), but there are some that believe one should never get a root canal. I haven''t read up on the reasons why exactly, or what the alternative is, but there are some alternative-type dentists (and patients) who say you shouldn''t leave this dead thing in your mouth. ???

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/27/2006 3:17:32 PM
Author: old-fashioned girl

Date: 5/27/2006 2:16:59 PM



Incidentally, and not to stir up any controversy (or make strmrdr wish he had hidden under the bed!

)

tooooooo late i allready feel that way!!

As for pulling em yea Iv heard that but not finding much info on it.

 

[glitterata]

Date: 5/27/2006 9:51:14 AM
Author: strmrdr

Date: 5/27/2006 6:55:51 AM

Author: AGBF

Date: 5/26/2006 8:26:50 PM


Author: glitterata


Poor Storm! Make sure your sweetie gives you plenty of hugs--the touch of the person one loves is supposed to be good for pain relief.

As far as I know, she is not yet with Storm physically. Unless I missed a major chapter!!!



Deb

yea she is 1700 miles away but will be here july 4th to the 22nd!

cant wait!

Oops! Sorry, I hope I didn''t make you feel worse!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/28/2006 1:07:21 PM
Author: glitterata

Date: 5/27/2006 9:51:14 AM

Author: strmrdr

Date: 5/27/2006 6:55:51 AM


Author: AGBF

Date: 5/26/2006 8:26:50 PM



Author: glitterata



Poor Storm! Make sure your sweetie gives you plenty of hugs--the touch of the person one loves is supposed to be good for pain relief.

As far as I know, she is not yet with Storm physically. Unless I missed a major chapter!!!




Deb

yea she is 1700 miles away but will be here july 4th to the 22nd!


cant wait!

Oops! Sorry, I hope I didn''t make you feel worse!

its kewl
the thought was a goooooodddd one :}

 

[Mara]

okay i don''t know if it''s sympathy pain or what but suddenly my root canal tooth (the crown actually) seems to be really sensitive on one side the last few days. last nite it was really hurting me as i ate dinner. anyway i guess it''s back to the dentist for me on tuesday for him to check it out...UGH! i am able to eat on it okay but it''s when i really chew aka mouth full kind of thing that it seems to hit a sensitive area.

i hate teeth.

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 5/28/2006 2:39:29 PM
Author: Mara
okay i don''t know if it''s sympathy pain or what but suddenly my root canal tooth (the crown actually) seems to be really sensitive on one side the last few days. last nite it was really hurting me as i ate dinner. anyway i guess it''s back to the dentist for me on tuesday for him to check it out...UGH! i am able to eat on it okay but it''s when i really chew aka mouth full kind of thing that it seems to hit a sensitive area.

i hate teeth.

I''m having all sorts of problems now too. God I really hate going to the dentist. Looks like my summer will be spent at the dentist. HOW NICE!!!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/28/2006 2:39:29 PM
Author: Mara
okay i don''t know if it''s sympathy pain or what but suddenly my root canal tooth (the crown actually) seems to be really sensitive on one side the last few days. last nite it was really hurting me as i ate dinner. anyway i guess it''s back to the dentist for me on tuesday for him to check it out...UGH! i am able to eat on it okay but it''s when i really chew aka mouth full kind of thing that it seems to hit a sensitive area.

i hate teeth.

utoh
storm dives back under the bed!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 5/28/2006 2:52:24 PM
Author: kaleigh

Date: 5/28/2006 2:39:29 PM

Author: Mara

okay i don''t know if it''s sympathy pain or what but suddenly my root canal tooth (the crown actually) seems to be really sensitive on one side the last few days. last nite it was really hurting me as i ate dinner. anyway i guess it''s back to the dentist for me on tuesday for him to check it out...UGH! i am able to eat on it okay but it''s when i really chew aka mouth full kind of thing that it seems to hit a sensitive area.

i hate teeth.

I''m having all sorts of problems now too. God I really hate going to the dentist. Looks like my summer will be spent at the dentist. HOW NICE!!!

:{

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 5/28/2006 2:39:29 PM
Author: Mara
okay i don''t know if it''s sympathy pain or what but suddenly my root canal tooth (the crown actually) seems to be really sensitive on one side the last few days. last nite it was really hurting me as i ate dinner. anyway i guess it''s back to the dentist for me on tuesday for him to check it out...UGH! i am able to eat on it okay but it''s when i really chew aka mouth full kind of thing that it seems to hit a sensitive area.

i hate teeth.

That stinks. I wonder if they''re gonna do that sensitivity test on you. Where they dip something in like, liquid nitrogen and then touch each tooth to see where it makes you wince.

They did that to me when they found out my tooth was dying from the shock of getting the crown done. I hope it''s nothing. I hate teeth too. Didn''t George Washington have wooden teeth after all his rotted out, in the colonial days? I thought I read that.