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Tooth part 2
Dec. 28th, 2006 01:21 am
The most effective off-the-shelf painkillers almost banished the pain for over half the time, so the next priority was to demonstrate the power supply to my customer before they stop believing I have actually made some progress.
( Visiting the customer )
Friday evening, when I got home (after a side journey to take my friends' cat to the vet), the pain was beginning to get on my nerves. When it got bad I began to understand why people with dental pain sometimes end up in A&E because they exceed the safe dose. Equally, it recalled memories of childhood when I spent the night awake wondering if I had earache, toothache, or both. It was often both; antibiotics were not so good in those days.
A visit to the out of hours doctor got me a prescription for more powerful painkillers and the recommendation to start taking the antibiotics that the dentist gave me "just in case the infection got worse". Surprisingly the new painkillers removed the pain entirely while keeping within the specified dosage. Then the infection seemed to be spreading, with swollen lymph nodes in disparate areas of the anatomy, so on Sunday it was back to the out of hours doctor for different antibiotics (but it was still necessary to keep on with the first set) to avoid finding myself in A&E at Christmas.
Taking enough tablets to rattle, I had a sober Christmas, which is way better than one spent in A&E.
The double dose of antibiotics helped a lot, and I no longer need painkillers! But I'm not looking forward to the third of January and the root canal - I'd pay double not to need it!
( Visiting the customer )
Friday evening, when I got home (after a side journey to take my friends' cat to the vet), the pain was beginning to get on my nerves. When it got bad I began to understand why people with dental pain sometimes end up in A&E because they exceed the safe dose. Equally, it recalled memories of childhood when I spent the night awake wondering if I had earache, toothache, or both. It was often both; antibiotics were not so good in those days.
A visit to the out of hours doctor got me a prescription for more powerful painkillers and the recommendation to start taking the antibiotics that the dentist gave me "just in case the infection got worse". Surprisingly the new painkillers removed the pain entirely while keeping within the specified dosage. Then the infection seemed to be spreading, with swollen lymph nodes in disparate areas of the anatomy, so on Sunday it was back to the out of hours doctor for different antibiotics (but it was still necessary to keep on with the first set) to avoid finding myself in A&E at Christmas.
Taking enough tablets to rattle, I had a sober Christmas, which is way better than one spent in A&E.
The double dose of antibiotics helped a lot, and I no longer need painkillers! But I'm not looking forward to the third of January and the root canal - I'd pay double not to need it!
