A Little Bit of Recovery, A Little Bit of Not..

It's only been two days since Dave had his surgical extraction. He has once again healed beautifully, without a hint of pain or complication. I continue to envy his healing properties. He's obviously Superman, in disguise; Man of Steel. I'm grateful though. As much as I hate being in pain, I much prefer the hurt over the pain of seeing the ones I love doing the hurting.

I've not been near so fortunate. It's been three days since my root canal, and it seems my dental work is just beginning. Now that the initial pain has begun to ease up from the heavy duty procedure itself, I'm upset to find that I'm still having issues. I still have pretty terrible cold sensitivity. Dr.S said my other filled tooth looked awfully close to being "too deep" as well, and it appears he might have been right. He feared another root canal was in my immediate future, and I'm afraid there won't be any way around it. The one comfort is knowing that I really believe him when he tells me something, instead of just doubting his credibility. He's very kind, and I wish I had found him from the start. Maybe I would have spared myself all this agony.

I AM feeling better, which is a relief. Unfortunately I still feel bad, which is a major disappointment. I keep thinking my root canaled tooth should be feeling even better than it is. When I bite down, it just feels so sore. When I tap on it lightly, it still hurts almost as bad as it did before. My jaw constantly aches. With there being no nerve in there anymore, I can't really understand why it's hurting, but it's definitely hurting. The tooth right beside it must be the culprit for the cold sensitivity. I'm so tired of drinking room temperature drinks, or worse, having a half hour ache from a single sip of something cold. I explained to Dr.S that I couldn't tell which one, if not both were hurting prior to my root canal because they were side by side and all I could tell was that it hurt terribly, all over. Now that one has been "fixed" ..it's somewhat easier to feel that the other one must be a bother as well.

I've been making myself sick from being upset about possibly needing another root canal. The procedure is so intense, and the costs, (now possibly doubled, root canal AND crown), just has me depressed about the entire thing. I ran out of pain medicine a couple days ago, and mom's been bullying me to call the dentist all weekend, but I refuse. Just because he gave me his cell phone number in case I needed him, doesn't mean I have to bother the man at home. I can wait until Monday to call. I've been struggling through the worst of the pain as best as I can in the meantime, and at least Dave has been sharing all the medicine that he turned out to not even need. Unfortunately it's strong enough that the bottle encourages me not to drive, so needless to say we haven't been leaving home much lately. It turns out to be okay though, since I've been feeling much too dreadful to want to go anywhere anyway.

I should have asked more questions afterward.. about what I should expect to feel after my root canal. I'm sure I shouldn't still be hurting this much though, so I know I'm not done in the dental work department like I had hoped. I don't know if root canals can not work? Or if they should still hurt three days later? Or if I most definitely need a second root canal? Or if even my jaw and neck and the roof of my mouth should also be hurting along with it? But either way, I'm certain I'll be spending more time with Dr.S in the coming weeks. I was approved for a CareCredit Card, to which I am most grateful for, but even having it.. it apparently needs to be paid in full within thirty days, which isn't much better than needing payment in full up front.

We haven't heard anything from Charlie for a couple days. Every little thing takes so much time, even when I think we're finally getting somewhere, there's still a fair amount of waiting to be endured. I know we'll not be able to move too quickly, we still have so many things to finish on our "to do" list before our future will truly be ours, but we are getting closer. After everything that Dave and I have been through the last year and a half.. that's more than we ever could have hoped for. Please keep us in your thoughts though. I know this journey has long ago been off the front page news, but it's still current to us, lol. Thank You for joining us this evening, and until next time, Much Love, Many Hugs and Good Night to You All.