Sympathy please.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:02pm

I fractured a tooth last week and thursday thay had to extract the whole damn molar . I am now in WHOLE bunches of pain and suffering and am forbidden to use alcohol to alleviate said pain. I am also forced to work which is NOT making a jolly eperience for all. So I'm gripeing here. Any violins or pity applause gratfully appreciated.
(I have a hole in my upper jaw now the size of a medium olive)

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:04pm

They didn't give you any pain meds?

[StockardFan]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:11pm

Eegads.....that sounds awful!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:15pm

You have my empathy. I'm not a big drinker, but when I am told I can't drink (like now, as I am in the middle of a two-week antibiotic course for a sinus infection), all I can think about is a foamy head of beer cascading down the sides of a frosty mug.

Can you still get those codeine-containing pills over the counter in Canada?

[StockardFan]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:19pm

Wait, Sabrelady is in Canada? Why did I think she was in Buffalo?

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:34pm

Stockard, her profile says Toronto based.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:34pm

Yes Toronto resident all the way. They did give me lidocaine ( with G D epi) to freeze during the procedure but only want me to use ibuprofen which is doing sweet FA . Yes you can still get tylenol # 1's (8mg codeine) OTC, but I'm gonna whimper here @ my doc's until somebody breaks down and writes me ascript for Tyl 3'S (or stronger). The hole is a really weird sensation - I tried eating some cooked peas yesterday but had to stop cause they kept getting "stuck" in the hole.
*sigh* my warrenty must definately have expired, everything is breaking down!
Updated On: 5/17/09 at 01:34 PM

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:40pm

Oh, wow. When I had some gum surgery last year I went to three places to get the scrip filled, and no one carried whatever this stuff was, so by the time I got a hold of the dentist and he called in a new med, I was well on the way to hell. I can definitely sympathize with you. Feel better soon!

Updated On: 5/17/09 at 01:40 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:46pm

Oh gurl I hear you. For the past five years, at each of my annual physicals after I have brought up one concern or another, my doctor begins his answers with, "As we age...".

[StockardFan]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 2:23pm

I guess I was getting her mixed up with someone on the AI boards with sabre in their name who's from Buffalo.

Feel better Sabrelady!

[danmag]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 2:26pm

Sending much sympathy your way, Sabrelady.

And I also usually ignore any doctor warnings about alcohol.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 3:17pm

Thanks guys!
Just having an opportunity to vent/whine helps. Oh and I was able to whinge a small script from one of my MD's who owes me favours so I'll get 16 Tyl # 3's to tide me over then next 2-3 days.
OHH Namo that description of the beer is making me twinge it sounds SO good!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 6:33pm

Sincere sympathy!

[sally1112]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 6:49pm

If I go to a dentist, even for a cleaning, they need to write me a script for Vicodin.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 10:48pm

...plug for my dentist, Dr. Marvin Mansky, imho, the greatest, nicest, most talented dentist in NYC! Been going to him for 30 yrs, and would not change for anything...if you're terrified of the dental experience like I have always been, this is the guy for you...extra care, extra meds, dirty jokes while you're under the laughing gas, etc.