Update on the dentistry
Last week I went to the dentist after dealing with pain all weekend. She couldn't find anything wrong but strongly recommended a root canal on the front tooth. She prescribed a week's worth of penicillin, and a light does of Vicodin, did a bit of filing on the back of the front tooth to see if that would affect anything (it did, almost immediately I could feel the difference) and sent me on my way. My insurance won't cover any root canals or other oral surgery until I've been covered for a year, so even if it was clearly an abscessed tooth I would have to pay for it out of pocket.
The hydro-condone wasn't really doing a whole lot to keep the pain down, in addition to wanting a second opinion so I set up an appointment with an Internal Medicine doctor. I've been needing to do this since the insurance was approved so not too big a deal. I schedule the appointment for Thursday and wake up the morning of with about a third of my face swollen from the middle of my nose to the inner corner of my right eye and across that cheek. It makes me feel so much better that I was going to the doctor. I go, the doctor is nice and has personality, she asked questions and listened. She decided that it was a sinus infection, gave me a prescription for some stronger antibiotics and recommended Ibprofen for the swelling and pain. They also took a couple of x-rays of my face to make certain of the sinus infection.
So throughout the weekend things get better, the swelling goes down and I prove that the pain is manageable with ibprofen every hour or so. I'm currently finishing up the round of antibiotics and am not taking any pain meds. There is still a bit of swelling along the front of my mouth, which isn't noticeable from the outside but obvious from the inside as my lip and gum don't seam together. but have a little ledge where it's still swollen. The spot between my lip and nose is still sort of tender, and if I push enough on it, I'll get throbbing through my front tooth.
I get a call today from the doctor's office. They've looked at my x-rays and it seems my sinus look okay, but I have an impacted third molar. I only have one wisdom tooth (it seems my mouth is small enough that the others never developed) and of course it decides to impact.
So I have a fourth dentist appointment in five weeks tomorrow to see what can be done about it. I have a feeling this also will not be covered by my insurance.
The hydro-condone wasn't really doing a whole lot to keep the pain down, in addition to wanting a second opinion so I set up an appointment with an Internal Medicine doctor. I've been needing to do this since the insurance was approved so not too big a deal. I schedule the appointment for Thursday and wake up the morning of with about a third of my face swollen from the middle of my nose to the inner corner of my right eye and across that cheek. It makes me feel so much better that I was going to the doctor. I go, the doctor is nice and has personality, she asked questions and listened. She decided that it was a sinus infection, gave me a prescription for some stronger antibiotics and recommended Ibprofen for the swelling and pain. They also took a couple of x-rays of my face to make certain of the sinus infection.
So throughout the weekend things get better, the swelling goes down and I prove that the pain is manageable with ibprofen every hour or so. I'm currently finishing up the round of antibiotics and am not taking any pain meds. There is still a bit of swelling along the front of my mouth, which isn't noticeable from the outside but obvious from the inside as my lip and gum don't seam together. but have a little ledge where it's still swollen. The spot between my lip and nose is still sort of tender, and if I push enough on it, I'll get throbbing through my front tooth.
I get a call today from the doctor's office. They've looked at my x-rays and it seems my sinus look okay, but I have an impacted third molar. I only have one wisdom tooth (it seems my mouth is small enough that the others never developed) and of course it decides to impact.
So I have a fourth dentist appointment in five weeks tomorrow to see what can be done about it. I have a feeling this also will not be covered by my insurance.