Holidays
Well here I am, another year older!!
My wonderful boyfriend Brad and I had a fantastic holiday. The first week we shared a house in the mountains with his parents then the next week we were at the beach - just the two of us.
I did have a minor drama while away. I got a toothache the very first day and it only got worse as time went on. I had tried to do the right thing before we went by going to the dentist to have it checked out as it was sensitive to hot and cold but he said everything was fine. We left on a Saturday morning and by late that afternoon the left side of my face was throbbing. I cried myself to sleep with the pain that night. The next day Brad and I went to a rainforest centre for a coffee and a walk then a lovely drive but I couldn't appreciate it fully as by now my left ear and lower jaw were also hurting. First thing Monday morning we drove into town and tried to get me an appointment with a doctor but no luck. As we were interstate I called a friend of mine at work and got her to look up the phone numbers for medical centres near where we were staying and finally got an appointment for just after lunch. The doctor was very thorough. Turned out I had an abscess on a tooth that had infected my sinuses. He put me on antibiotics and strong painkillers and suggested I see a dentist as soon as possible. Saw one on the Friday and she confirmed his diagnosis with an x-ray. She said I would be okay until I got home but would either need to have the tooth pulled or root canal treatment. Saw my regular dentist the first day I got home and started root canal. He didn't even apologise for what had happened. If he had taken an x-ray he would have seen the abscess and could have put me on antibiotics for while I was away. Oh well - never mind. At least the antibiotics and painkillers helped and I got to enjoy myself.
I truly have been blessed with the most wonderful boyfriend and his family are just wonderful.
That's about it from me. Still catching up on my backlog of updates and new stories to read.
Bye for now.
My wonderful boyfriend Brad and I had a fantastic holiday. The first week we shared a house in the mountains with his parents then the next week we were at the beach - just the two of us.
I did have a minor drama while away. I got a toothache the very first day and it only got worse as time went on. I had tried to do the right thing before we went by going to the dentist to have it checked out as it was sensitive to hot and cold but he said everything was fine. We left on a Saturday morning and by late that afternoon the left side of my face was throbbing. I cried myself to sleep with the pain that night. The next day Brad and I went to a rainforest centre for a coffee and a walk then a lovely drive but I couldn't appreciate it fully as by now my left ear and lower jaw were also hurting. First thing Monday morning we drove into town and tried to get me an appointment with a doctor but no luck. As we were interstate I called a friend of mine at work and got her to look up the phone numbers for medical centres near where we were staying and finally got an appointment for just after lunch. The doctor was very thorough. Turned out I had an abscess on a tooth that had infected my sinuses. He put me on antibiotics and strong painkillers and suggested I see a dentist as soon as possible. Saw one on the Friday and she confirmed his diagnosis with an x-ray. She said I would be okay until I got home but would either need to have the tooth pulled or root canal treatment. Saw my regular dentist the first day I got home and started root canal. He didn't even apologise for what had happened. If he had taken an x-ray he would have seen the abscess and could have put me on antibiotics for while I was away. Oh well - never mind. At least the antibiotics and painkillers helped and I got to enjoy myself.
I truly have been blessed with the most wonderful boyfriend and his family are just wonderful.
That's about it from me. Still catching up on my backlog of updates and new stories to read.
Bye for now.