Grumbles
I am grumpy today.
Tomorrow it will be two weeks since my tooth was removed and I STILL am not back to normal. Oh, the wound where the tooth was removed is healing nicely, but all sorts of others things are happening that make it impossible for me to feel well and get on with things.
The tooth in front continues to ache. This means that between the aching from the tooth that was removed, plus the ongoing ache since its removal I have been regularly taking ibuprofen for well over three weeks now. I don't think my kidneys even exist any more! I was complaining to tygrr this morning that I am up every two hours during the night needing to pee, seemingly regardless of what I do or don't drink after dinner. Hmmm... I wonder if so much painkiller taken for so long could be the culprit????? Needless to say the interrupted sleep is NOT helping my grumpiness!
On top of that I so badly want to work on improving my health now I am off all the psych meds. I want to go walking. I can't because if I begin to be puffed and breathe through my mouth at all it sets the toothache off. I AM SO SICK TO DEATH OF BLOODY TOOTHACHE!!!!!
I'm just sick of feeling sick! I'm sick of feeling tired all the time. I had the annual judging of Egg Artistry that I do at the Mt Barker show last saturday. I did the judging, had a brief conversation with a friend on my way back to my car, came home, ate lunch and crashed for five hours!
On top of the ongoing toothache, I have developed a problem with my mouth - or at least with half my mouth. Initially we thought it was a thrush infection caused by the antibiotics as it IS itchy, but it's not behaving like thrush entirely and not responding that much despite the fact I have used nearly a whole tube of Daktarin to treat it. Half my tongue is red and sore looking and the stem of my tongue way down in my throat is sore too. The whole of the inside of my cheek is inflammed to the point I cannot use Listerine to rinse my mouth out as it is too painful.
We have been trying to figure out the cause. If it isn't thrush what is it? Is it a reaction to something I have been using? The only thing I have been using was the Nyal toothache drops, and the Orajelswabs. I haven't used the Nyal for nearly two weeks as some more Orajel arrived in the mail (many many grateful thanks to MIL, Bedingabird for that!!), so I would imagine it's not the Nyal. Is it the Benzocaine in the Orajel (which is also in the Nyal product)? Well, when I use the Orajel I only have to use it once every other day or so, so it's not being used often, and since MIL sent me Orajel gel and not drops I can be much more specific about where it goes in my mouth and it has not been going where the irritation is.
Could it be a reaction to the tissue that was numbed originally for the original surgery? I don't know. *sighs* ... I am just tired of trying to guess what's wrong with me. I am not the dentist or doctor. When I was at the dentist last week they didn't comment on the state of my mouth or any possible cause.
I am seeing the dentist yet AGAIN today to hopefully get that painful tooth filled. I shall ask them about my mouth while I am there and see what they say. I also have a doctor's appointment for after the dentist and damnit it, I WANT SOME BLOODY ANSWERS!!!! One or the other of them better damn well know what the problem is, or heads WILL roll!
I am so FRUSTRATED by the limitations of it all. I have some really good motivation to work on my manuscript at the moment and I cannot do it. I either feel too miserable because of tooth or mouth pain, or am too damn tired from the painkillers and my body coping with pain for weeks on end to even think straight, let alone have the mental acuity needed to keep a plotline in order.
I just want to stamp my feet up and down and do my lolly!
I just want to be free of pain.
I just want a good night's sleep.
I just want my mouth to go away.
Tomorrow it will be two weeks since my tooth was removed and I STILL am not back to normal. Oh, the wound where the tooth was removed is healing nicely, but all sorts of others things are happening that make it impossible for me to feel well and get on with things.
The tooth in front continues to ache. This means that between the aching from the tooth that was removed, plus the ongoing ache since its removal I have been regularly taking ibuprofen for well over three weeks now. I don't think my kidneys even exist any more! I was complaining to tygrr this morning that I am up every two hours during the night needing to pee, seemingly regardless of what I do or don't drink after dinner. Hmmm... I wonder if so much painkiller taken for so long could be the culprit????? Needless to say the interrupted sleep is NOT helping my grumpiness!
On top of that I so badly want to work on improving my health now I am off all the psych meds. I want to go walking. I can't because if I begin to be puffed and breathe through my mouth at all it sets the toothache off. I AM SO SICK TO DEATH OF BLOODY TOOTHACHE!!!!!
I'm just sick of feeling sick! I'm sick of feeling tired all the time. I had the annual judging of Egg Artistry that I do at the Mt Barker show last saturday. I did the judging, had a brief conversation with a friend on my way back to my car, came home, ate lunch and crashed for five hours!
On top of the ongoing toothache, I have developed a problem with my mouth - or at least with half my mouth. Initially we thought it was a thrush infection caused by the antibiotics as it IS itchy, but it's not behaving like thrush entirely and not responding that much despite the fact I have used nearly a whole tube of Daktarin to treat it. Half my tongue is red and sore looking and the stem of my tongue way down in my throat is sore too. The whole of the inside of my cheek is inflammed to the point I cannot use Listerine to rinse my mouth out as it is too painful.
We have been trying to figure out the cause. If it isn't thrush what is it? Is it a reaction to something I have been using? The only thing I have been using was the Nyal toothache drops, and the Orajelswabs. I haven't used the Nyal for nearly two weeks as some more Orajel arrived in the mail (many many grateful thanks to MIL, Bedingabird for that!!), so I would imagine it's not the Nyal. Is it the Benzocaine in the Orajel (which is also in the Nyal product)? Well, when I use the Orajel I only have to use it once every other day or so, so it's not being used often, and since MIL sent me Orajel gel and not drops I can be much more specific about where it goes in my mouth and it has not been going where the irritation is.
Could it be a reaction to the tissue that was numbed originally for the original surgery? I don't know. *sighs* ... I am just tired of trying to guess what's wrong with me. I am not the dentist or doctor. When I was at the dentist last week they didn't comment on the state of my mouth or any possible cause.
I am seeing the dentist yet AGAIN today to hopefully get that painful tooth filled. I shall ask them about my mouth while I am there and see what they say. I also have a doctor's appointment for after the dentist and damnit it, I WANT SOME BLOODY ANSWERS!!!! One or the other of them better damn well know what the problem is, or heads WILL roll!
I am so FRUSTRATED by the limitations of it all. I have some really good motivation to work on my manuscript at the moment and I cannot do it. I either feel too miserable because of tooth or mouth pain, or am too damn tired from the painkillers and my body coping with pain for weeks on end to even think straight, let alone have the mental acuity needed to keep a plotline in order.
I just want to stamp my feet up and down and do my lolly!
I just want to be free of pain.
I just want a good night's sleep.
I just want my mouth to go away.