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Paranoidpatient
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The first step to overcoming a problem is admitting you have a problem. (that is how I think it goes anyway) Now how long does step one take? I know I have problems with my teeth...and the only solution is a few trips to the dentist/endo and get everything sorted. For me it is WAY easier said than done. I obsess over my teeth...I realize that in the time I have worried all these years the treatment could be in my rear view mirror. Alas here I am venting about my latest dental scare. I have had a molar in bad condition for years...lately it has gone from bad to terrible. In November it broke due to the decay present...December a bigger chunk...January infection sets in and cannot even eat on that side of my mouth. February comes around and I believe the infection has found a way out...not through the root tip but through the tooth itself! Talk about goosebumps.
Here I sit with a giant hole in my tooth, exposed pulp (nerve) and can't stop playing with it and looking at it. Another day for this dental phobic. Now the tooth is pain free unless something aggravates the nerve inside the cavity. I can sleep, concentrate and do my everyday tasks/chores with no pain. Family and friends insist I call the dentist, a simple root canal or extraction they say! Simple and dentist don't belong in the same sentence (sorry dentists).
If...the infection is draining like I think it is, this brings me some comfort knowing that the pressure is being eased and the infection is finding a way out of my body.
Who knows when I will get that courage to call, it will come one day. Either by my choice or my body's hopefully it is the former. As for now writing this has helped me get those nerves out (a bad root canal pun perhaps ) If you have read this it is greatly appreciated! Knowing that I am not alone out there helps immensely.
Here I sit with a giant hole in my tooth, exposed pulp (nerve) and can't stop playing with it and looking at it. Another day for this dental phobic. Now the tooth is pain free unless something aggravates the nerve inside the cavity. I can sleep, concentrate and do my everyday tasks/chores with no pain. Family and friends insist I call the dentist, a simple root canal or extraction they say! Simple and dentist don't belong in the same sentence (sorry dentists).
If...the infection is draining like I think it is, this brings me some comfort knowing that the pressure is being eased and the infection is finding a way out of my body.
Who knows when I will get that courage to call, it will come one day. Either by my choice or my body's hopefully it is the former. As for now writing this has helped me get those nerves out (a bad root canal pun perhaps ) If you have read this it is greatly appreciated! Knowing that I am not alone out there helps immensely.