My Teeth Really Can't Be That Bad.

It all started back in December just after Christmas. We were at Best Buy in California when my tooth started to hurt. I went out to the car and tried to deal with the pain. We drove back to my parents house so that I could take some Advil. I did and then we were off on other errands. It still hurt really bad. It was waves of pain, to the point that I was unable to hide the pain, the tears come rolling down. I called my dad to see if there would be any way to visit with his dentist. He called him and the dentist called me. At this time my tooth felt better, so I thanked him and said that if the pain came back I would call him. So we went to lunch at my favorite place called La Bou. They have the best Spicy Tia Soup in the world. I was so excited to have some but as soon as the soup touched my tooth it was off and running with pain. So I of course waited to see if it would pass but to no avail I had to see the dentist. He was willing to come to his office and he took an x ray, the good news was that it wasn't broken. But he could see some infection. The only thing he could do was to give me some pain meds and antibiotics. So I went to my dentist when we got home. And let me tell you, this root canal is how they get their bad names. You would have thought that I was being tortured, however when it was all over it felt better. But then I got an abscess in my gums. Here we go again. They redid the root canal, this time it was a breeze. But it didn't fix the problem. So I had to see an endodontic specialist. I was told that I had to have an Apicoectomy. This is where they have to lift up the gums and then drill into the bone and clean out the infection. So I had this done on Monday the 5th. I was a little nervous until I had to read the waiver about all that could happen. I was ready to run out the door and never come back. But what a great dentist he was. I was calm and ready for the new adventure. Once I was numbed up it really wasn't that bad. I really don't want to have another one, but now I know that I can do it. I think part of the nerves was just never having it done before. I am healing well and after loosing a few pounds because of the fear of eating and the pain that it might cause I am great. Thanks to all those that prayed for me and kept good thoughts in their minds.