Had a tooth dug out ,,,,,,

  Well,,I can truthfully say I had a tooth dug out this morning,,,,,and was very painful even tho the dentist used the shots to numb bout half my face,,,,,,

 Ya see,,bout a week ago,,I cracked a corner of a bottom tooth when eating a pork chop and it was loose but still hanging on and very painful,,,! I musta hit the bone just right. Anyway it kept gettin worst so finally got an appointment with a dentist and it was a good thing he was young and strong,,,cause the battle was fixin to start,,,,,,

 He gave me bout 6 shots around it , waited 12 minutes and started to push the gums away from the tooth,,tellin me what all he was doing,,,til I finally asked him to not tell me nuttin and just go to work,,!! After several attempts at pullin it,,he got a tool with a water spray and started cuttin it in half,,,he cut and cut for some times til he had to cut it all the way down to get it to come out. Then he did something I had never had done and I've had prolly 6 extractions, he took and put in 3 stiches to close it up so he musta left a big hole,,,!!! The whole procedure was kinda touchy due to my hi blood pressure and me taking Plavix . After he put stitches in he told me I was still bleeding and that had to stop before they could turn me loose. I was not hurtin too bad as still had the numbing drug going on but my face was pretty swelled up. He told me another NEW thing,,,to get some "Black Tea" bags, put 2-3 of them in some warm water and put in the hole as the Black Tea would help stop the bleeding pretty quick.  I stopped by walmart, got some Black Tea bags and put 3 of the wet bags in the hole and I'lll tell ya'll for sure,,,bout 5 minutes later,,,the bleeding stopped,,!! He had also told me to NOT fall asleep while I had the tea bags in mouth,,and I was sure wantin to take a nap!!! Took a Acetaminophen/Hydrocodon and felt pretty dang good til a few minutes ago when it finally wore off,,,so in goes another of them miracle pills,,,,, It pretty easy to get to liking them hydrocodones, but I've only taken 2 and don't think I'll need any more.

 I didn't get amything done today,,,darn it,,!!!

I had another one yanked out a couple of months ago. Never does hurt much. I just wad up a paper towel and stuff it in there.

Told the doc I had to get something in there cuz I'm starting to look like the locals. Only thing missing is the chaw running down my chin.

Got some of the fillers a week ago.

Not to bad after a day or so getting used to them.

Had some pizza for the first time in a long time without cutting it up in little pieces.

Tired of eating gruel all the time.

dr p wrote: You know, after reading all the nightmare stories about dentists on this site, it is nice to hear someone had a good experience. Surgical extraction of a tooth on an anti coagulated patient is not an easy thing to do. He is a keeper. New York State pressures us not to give narcotics for extractions but a surgical extraction really needs a couple of vicodin for the first day or so. Glass you you are doing well.

 

 Well,Thank You Dr P ,,,,Let's just say,,,I don;t want to do this again any time soon,,,but I wasn't altogether troothful,,,the dentist assistant was a young and Good looker,,,and she kept me occupied from thinkin bout all the grinding and cuttin and suction of the bleedin by keepin herself firmly up against my left shoulder and arm,,,chit,,I couldn't concentrate on the hurtin,,,SO,,that was good,,,,

 I agree, tho, the Dentist was good at his job,,,

you made my teeth hurt just reading this!

 Well,,,The Dentist is susspossed to be back in town today and I'm gonna have to go back for him to have a Look See as some of the swelling has gone down but still have a bulge and tooth area still tends to let me know it hurts!! I screwed up big time as I told him I had some Hydros at home and I only been taking one a day but my supply is bout run out now and the pain still pulses every so often,,,,,I even had to stop shaving as that area still very tender,,,I almost didn't recognize that dude in the mirror this morning,,,,,

 Hey Dr P,, Many Thank You's for your concerns. I was able to get in to see him first thing and he agreed with your assessment. He used an apparratus that had very very salty water and flushed the cavityout real good then packed it with some gauze and brownish medicine in it that had a pequlier smell to it and had me bite down on it,,,,bout 15 minites later, it had almost stopped pulsating so bad and they turned me loose,,,,stopped by Walmart and reloaded my supply of "Hydros" and went home and took bout a 3 hour nap,,,CHit,,I ain't done that in a long time,,,I feel lots better now,,,,

 Again, Dr P,,,THANK YOU,,,,,!!!!

Sure glad you got it under control Joe!!!  Ain't NUTHIN worster than a bad toot and a toot ache.  Ya can't do nuthin fer it........

Sure glad ya didn't puts your address on here,,,,,,,,,,,might be some undesirables would see this and try an hi-jack ya fer them "Hydros".....  They say that if you gots any left over,,,,,, ya sposed to NOT throw em down the terlit.......so I went an threw em in the fish tank.  Ya should seen them fish just before they all croaked.......SHEESH they sure can swim fast fer just a little bit.

 Hey Ted,,,,OH NO,,,I ain't gonna throw them Hydros away,,,Chit I'ma savin them for whem I really need em,,,

 I'ma gonna check with ole Wayne to see what Mg them pills was his dentist gave him,,,,!

 I'd rather use OTC if possible to save them Hydros for ,,,,,,,, real needs,,,,

  HEY WAYNE180d,, WELL,,i'M GLAD YOU ON THE MEND with your teeth,,,!!  It's been exactly ONE week with mine and never had one keep hurting this long but the pain level has come done pretty good,,,,

  I took a 600Mg Gabapentin at noon and went right to sleep for bout a "3 hour nap",,,I'm startin to like them afternoon "naps" pretty good now,,,,

 Hey Dr P,,,I have some 600 Mg Gabapentin left over from some other ailment,,,how do these compare with the  Hydrocod/IBU 7.5-200 the dentist RX'ed for me??  I really don't want to use the Hydros unless I'm really hurtin and really don't want to take em,,,just yet. I know the Gabapentins ain't as strong but would a couple of the Gabapentin 600 s be like one Hydro,??