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Terrifiedintoronto
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I just need a place to vent I guess.
I’m really struggling after my wisdom tooth removal. I posted about it in “success stories” but it has turned out to be anything but. I have never been so depressed or scared in my life.
I got both lower wisdom teeth removed due to a really bad infection. It caused unbearable, excruciating pain and I had it for 2.5 months before the teeth were finally removed.
I was a wreck the day of the surgery, from fear and anxiety and the trauma of the previous 2.5 months of agony.
But when I woke up after I thought it was the end. That I would get through the recovery and be pain free for the first time since May. Everything I read said 7-10 days for all pain to be gone, and some people have even less than that. I was proud of myself for going through it despite my dentist phobia, and looking forward to the end of this terrible time.
Now, 20 days later, I see no end to the pain. It is a different pain for sure, and not as severe as the pain from the infection. But there is still so much pain.
My lower jaw, while much better, is still stiff and sore, with limited opening. It still hurts when I talk or smile or laugh a lot. After a 4 hour shift at work I am physically exhausted just from talking to people.
I get a stabbing pain inside my ears that comes and goes . Sometimes it also feels like strong pressure. My ears pop all the time now too, I’m sure it is not my jaw clicking because i can feel it deep in my ears, nose and throat. It’s exactly like what happens when you are on a plane. I don’t know what that means, or why my ears are so affected.
The sockets burn and ache all the time, sometimes it’s less and other times (like today) it flares up massively. But there is always some kind of pain coming from them. It radiates up into my ears and along my jaw and sometimes down my throat. And they just throb and burn, both sides, sending pain out in all directions and only getting slightly better with the pain meds that I am still taking every six hours.
Even the roof of my mouth hurts, and some of my other teeth, and the upper gums for some reason. And my tongue just feels uncomfortable.
I went back to the oral surgeon who did my surgery for a follow up appointment. They don’t usually do them, but I called 3 times worried about the level of pain I still had so they told me to come in. I was really afraid I had a bad infection.
He said it everything looked fine, and the pain could just be delayed healing; that since my tooth roots were bigger and longer they had to cut through more bone and muscle to get them out and so it will take longer.
He also said based on my symptoms it could be dry socket. Even though I have a lot of pain, I didn’t think it would be because I thought dry socket pain was significantly worse than my pain.
Maybe he is right, but again, it says dry socket should heal within 7-10 days. My pain got much worse on day 4 so that’s likely when I got it, in which case it has been more than 10 days and my pain is still so bad. It did start to improve on day 12, so maybe it is just taking a really long time. But I don’t know anymore. I haven’t heard of anyone else in pain for this long. It feels like it will never stop, and I just have to get used to being in pain forever. It’s been nearly 4 months of non stop pain and I am not used to it yet. I just want my old life back. My pain free life.
Maybe because I had the infection for so long it was too late once they finally came out. Or maybe there is some other issue I’m not aware of. Maybe my infection spread, became osteomyelitis.
Maybe I am overreacting and the pain will magically be totally gone in another week. That would be nice.
Maybe the pain is chronic and I’m stuck with it forever. All because of some little infection, that turned out to be a huge problem.
Maybe I am just unlucky.
I’m really struggling after my wisdom tooth removal. I posted about it in “success stories” but it has turned out to be anything but. I have never been so depressed or scared in my life.
I got both lower wisdom teeth removed due to a really bad infection. It caused unbearable, excruciating pain and I had it for 2.5 months before the teeth were finally removed.
I was a wreck the day of the surgery, from fear and anxiety and the trauma of the previous 2.5 months of agony.
But when I woke up after I thought it was the end. That I would get through the recovery and be pain free for the first time since May. Everything I read said 7-10 days for all pain to be gone, and some people have even less than that. I was proud of myself for going through it despite my dentist phobia, and looking forward to the end of this terrible time.
Now, 20 days later, I see no end to the pain. It is a different pain for sure, and not as severe as the pain from the infection. But there is still so much pain.
My lower jaw, while much better, is still stiff and sore, with limited opening. It still hurts when I talk or smile or laugh a lot. After a 4 hour shift at work I am physically exhausted just from talking to people.
I get a stabbing pain inside my ears that comes and goes . Sometimes it also feels like strong pressure. My ears pop all the time now too, I’m sure it is not my jaw clicking because i can feel it deep in my ears, nose and throat. It’s exactly like what happens when you are on a plane. I don’t know what that means, or why my ears are so affected.
The sockets burn and ache all the time, sometimes it’s less and other times (like today) it flares up massively. But there is always some kind of pain coming from them. It radiates up into my ears and along my jaw and sometimes down my throat. And they just throb and burn, both sides, sending pain out in all directions and only getting slightly better with the pain meds that I am still taking every six hours.
Even the roof of my mouth hurts, and some of my other teeth, and the upper gums for some reason. And my tongue just feels uncomfortable.
I went back to the oral surgeon who did my surgery for a follow up appointment. They don’t usually do them, but I called 3 times worried about the level of pain I still had so they told me to come in. I was really afraid I had a bad infection.
He said it everything looked fine, and the pain could just be delayed healing; that since my tooth roots were bigger and longer they had to cut through more bone and muscle to get them out and so it will take longer.
He also said based on my symptoms it could be dry socket. Even though I have a lot of pain, I didn’t think it would be because I thought dry socket pain was significantly worse than my pain.
Maybe he is right, but again, it says dry socket should heal within 7-10 days. My pain got much worse on day 4 so that’s likely when I got it, in which case it has been more than 10 days and my pain is still so bad. It did start to improve on day 12, so maybe it is just taking a really long time. But I don’t know anymore. I haven’t heard of anyone else in pain for this long. It feels like it will never stop, and I just have to get used to being in pain forever. It’s been nearly 4 months of non stop pain and I am not used to it yet. I just want my old life back. My pain free life.
Maybe because I had the infection for so long it was too late once they finally came out. Or maybe there is some other issue I’m not aware of. Maybe my infection spread, became osteomyelitis.
Maybe I am overreacting and the pain will magically be totally gone in another week. That would be nice.
Maybe the pain is chronic and I’m stuck with it forever. All because of some little infection, that turned out to be a huge problem.
Maybe I am just unlucky.
