Ow ow ow ow ow

[zotz]

My teeth are hurting again. Not as badly as they did on Tuesday, but enough to chase me home from the pub early. Overall, they seem to be settling down after the temporary filling ("sedative"(?) according to the dentist), but not quickly enough for my liking.

Supplemental: Apart from getting up in the night to go for a piss, it's been fine. This looks good for not needing the root nerve fiddled with. More news as it breaks.

Comments

[sleepycinderell.livejournal.com]

Did alcohol not help at all?
xx

[zotz]

Didn't seem to. It might have been the cold cider and cold air - after I got back here it went away and I've been sleeping well since then. Much improved.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

If it's your gums and not your teeth (and it can be hard to tell!) try Oraldene mouthwash. It tastes vile, but will clear up any infections and sore spots.

[zotz]

In this case, it's the big hole in the tooth that's causing the problem. Hence yesterday's dentist visit. Calming down nicely now, though.

Cheers. I may try that stuff anyway, if you recommend it.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*nods* I do - it's actually recommended for use after dental work anyway.
Get the mint-flavoured one and not the original, though, which tastes like Dettol smells.

[http://users.livejournal.com/puzzle_/]

You should try Oil of Cloves also, will get that in any chemist. Will help numb the pain, and you don't have to drink as many pints to get the same effect :)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Mmm, clovey goodness!

Dammit. I'm going to be humming Magnetic Fields songs all day now.

"Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth like I was seventeen / that would be a scream"

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

argh! Now I've got that one too

I guess I should take Prozac, right,
And just smile all night at somebody new,
Somebody not too bright but sweet
And kind who would try to get you off my mind.

[zotz]

Karen saw Merritt doing that on Jools Holland's piano, but did you? I have the tape somewhere.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

Nope. Getting to see that would be great...

[zotz]

OK. I'll dig it out. I've a feeling it's eviltwinemma's tape really.

[gingiber.livejournal.com]

I don't understand our dentist is at the practice and she is NHS.

Anyway check out this page for more info.

http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/health_services/dentists/eh9.html

[zotz]

There are three of them. The one who was free yesterday only does private work.

[gingiber.livejournal.com]

Bah. I guess the NHS dentists are just a lot busier. Can you register with one of the NHS ones for follow ups?

[zotz]

Maybe. We'll see.

[technotom.livejournal.com]

Apart from getting up in the night to go for a piss, it's been fine..

Your tooth got up in the night.. for a piss??? I'd get yourself down the hospital if I were you, mate.

[zotz]

That's nothing. Most Saturday afternoons it goes hang-gliding.

[akicif.livejournal.com]

More news as it breaks

Ow!! Seriously, hope the pain goes away.

[zotz]

Cheers.

Actually, it's fine now. It was still hurting when I got home, but was basically OK after another 20ish minutes and has been fine since. Still feels a bit odd under pressure, but much less so than yesterday. If it's back to normal-feeling in two weeks, the nerve gets to stay in. First indications are that that's the way it's headed.