Party & Pain

Well, it’s just after 6am as I start to write this blog entry and boy am I dragging my ass this morning despite my Timmy's tea. This past weekend was super busy and I don’t think I’ll catch up on all the sleep I missed out on if I tried.

Friday was my best friend’s birthday. A bunch of us met at the local hangout for some fun and to prove how old we are, we didn’t make it to ten before yawning and blinking back sleep. While we had a good time, everyone bailed out pretty early. When Corey and I grabbed a cab home the guy asked us which bar we were hopping to. No, sir, please take me home. I need to get my PJs on. It’s 11:30 and time for bed. Needless to say, we aren’t huge party animals. Unfortunately, someone had one too many beverages so I ended up staying up till the wee hours to make sure he was alright. 

Mother's Day was yesterday and I spent much of Saturday making chocolate covered strawberries for all the moms and grandmas in my family and Corey's. They looked stellar in the end and everyone seemed thrilled to get them so that was really nice. I loved spending time with family for most of the day. Good times all around. 

Warning: Bitching Ahead

27 days. It’s been 27 days since I received fillings on the right side of my mouth. Since then I have been dealing with ridiculous amounts of pain throughout my teeth but mostly in my jaw. During the first couple days I chalked it up to just regular dental pain as I had never had fillings before and had no idea what to expect. When the pain lasted 5 days and Tylenol wasn’t helping much I called the Dentist back and they said that I had my mouth open too long and my jaw must be sore. Their remedy was Advil instead of Tylenol. Fine.

Since then I have been back to the dentist twice and the clinic once because the pain has been brutal and often keeps me up for hours at a time at night. Each time they told me my mouth had been open too long and that I was experiencing general soreness. General soreness my ass! The pain makes me tear up daily and nothing but popping ridiculous amounts extra strength Advil liquid gels. I have to say that I am usually reluctant to take any medication or painkillers unless I feel like crawling into a corner and dying in the fetal position. I have gone through more Advil in the past 27 days than I have ever consumed in my. That must be saying something right? I even went to the clinic to make sure I wasn’t going to OD on how much I was taking because the Advil box said I only should be taking a maximum of three a day but I could be popping 4-5 depending on how much pain I was in. Last week X-rays of my mouth were taken and nothing out of the ordinary could be spotted.

UGH! I really want answers! I feel like a druggie desperate for prescription pain killers each time I call or go in to complain about the pain but I would much rather fix the problem than have to take any more drugs. I just want to be pain free! I’m tired of using ice packs and heating pads on my face to combat the pain in between rounds of Advil. Before the fillings I never had an issue with my teeth. No sensitivity to hot or cold, no tooth pain, nothing! Since then I have had nothing but a brutal ache in my jaw that extends up to my temples and behind my eyes if I don’t take an Advil soon enough. I also have killer sensitivity in one tooth with cold drinks now. Ugh. I managed to get an appt today at a different dentist to see what they say.

Alright, enough bitching. For now at least, anyway. Today I hope to set up my desktop and make my own background for this blog to really make it mine. The internet will probably distract me as per usual so I’m making no promises. Look at the time! I'm about ready for another Advil....