Comments | editrx: The post I dread to make

editrx

The post I dread to make

Sep 11, 2012 20:22

(ETA: I have added jewelry to be "bartered" for donations at this post. I will be amending that post as I get more jewelry made. Keep an eye on it, please, or just check my LJ every now and then, if you could be so kind.)No, nobody died ( Read more... )

emergency, medical stuff

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ginmar September 12 2012, 01:28:46 UTC

And you didn't call me why?

I'm linking to this post. You have no choice in the matter.

editrx September 12 2012, 01:51:34 UTC

Mostly because I talk like my tongue is the size of a shovel, right now.

Thank you for the link!!!

ginmar September 12 2012, 01:55:09 UTC

Is your paypal the same email as the one in the post?

editrx September 12 2012, 03:41:16 UTC

no, paypal is via that Donate button on my sidebar. Otherwise I get dinged by Paypal for their fee. Also, the email for my paypal is nhanger AT windhaven DOT com.

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editrx September 12 2012, 03:45:01 UTC

Will check. THANK YOU!

buddykat September 12 2012, 02:30:15 UTC

Signal boosted, here on LJ and over on Facebook. I wish I could afford to help more.

editrx September 12 2012, 03:41:38 UTC

Signal boost is MUCH appreciated!! That help in and of itself.

amberfocus September 12 2012, 02:49:23 UTC

I am so sorry for your pain. I wish I had the money right now to help, but everything extra is going to DS's medical bills. (((HUGS))) I passed it along, though.

editrx September 12 2012, 03:41:58 UTC

Signal boosting is help in and of itself!! hugs!!!

anderyn September 12 2012, 03:12:35 UTC

I donated something just now (it'll be from top@---.ams.com). It's not a lot, but I know dental woes -- as I said in the note to the donation, I've had a good ten root canals with attendant abcesses, and I just got a crown put in today. I'll be linking over here in my journal.

PM me about any barter you might be up for.

Oh! Refered here from ginmar.

editrx September 12 2012, 03:44:37 UTC

Will PM you. I'm up for just about any barter to get these teeth fixed, and the attendant help from y'all.

And thank you.

And do abscesses really swell up and hurt this much? Is this normal? I mean, when do I know I'm at the "OMG I must go to the ER now" stage? Any ideas?

Abcesses R us anderyn September 12 2012, 03:59:44 UTC

Well, some swelling is expectable, particularly if you haven't been on antibiotics very long (the white blood cells have to go somewhere, after all!) but I'm a bit suspicious about the going down the neck -- mine always stayed reasonably face/tooth centered. The pain? Well, that is normal, alas. I've had some be totally agonizing, and some be less so. I think it depends on how infected it is and how much drainage you don't have, as well as the way your nerves grow in that particular tooth. For example, I had an abcess in my front tooth, which hurt like a mf and I was so glad to get to the dentist and get the first shot, which helped with the pain. Then he started drilling and I jumped out of the chair in pain. He tried more shots, including one directly into the pulp, and it still didn't touch the frickin' pain. Apparently that tooth had nerve endings all over that would not be numbed. He said that could happen. And the only thing I could do was sit there and let him do the work, or else it would just continue hurting ( ... )

Re: Abcesses R us editrx September 12 2012, 04:59:37 UTC

That's all good to know -- and I REALLY appreciate hearing it from someone with experience (I'm so sorry you did have all that experience, but I'm glad you were willing to share it with me). (May I ask, since you have had so many root canals, do you also have Sjogren's Syndrome, like me?)

So far tonight's pretty rocky, but I'm only on my second dose of the antibiotics. I'll see how it is come morning. I don't think I'll sleep much, though.

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