Weird - OT

Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke off
(when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow
gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been neglecting my
teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get them
done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue kept
rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist took an
x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a doctor
or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken
tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he couldn't even work
on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with a
prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take
Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for
a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the
broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he couldn't
even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me
home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going
to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Wow! It's a good thing you decided to go to the dentist!

Joy

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for
a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the
broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he couldn't
even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me
home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going
to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped


you may find that some of the body pain you are experiencing is related to
the stuff going on in your mouth.
wouldn't that be something?

sara

"Sara" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look
for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected,
and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he
couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so
he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah,
like I'm going to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I
would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show
;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance
to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the
neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he
can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure
(arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery
to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be
specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so
hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I
have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting
forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have
to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped


you may find that some of the body pain you are experiencing is related to
the stuff going on in your mouth.
wouldn't that be something?

sara

I wish it were, but it's not - however I'm probably feeling tired and
out-of-sorts because of that, and it will help me feel better just not to
have the infection to fight off.

Chin Skritches,

CatNipped

"Joy" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look
for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected,
and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he
couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so
he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah,
like I'm going to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I
would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show
;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance
to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the
neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he
can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure
(arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery
to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be
specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so
hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I
have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting
forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have
to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Wow! It's a good thing you decided to go to the dentist!

Joy

Yeah, that's all I'd need right now is a systemic infection to fight off.
If nothing else, they wouldn't do the surgery if I were sick, and, gads, how
I want that surgery (sick, huh? ;).

Ear Rubs,

CatNipped

On Aug 2, 1:17�pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke off
(when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow
gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. �I know I've been neglecting my
teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get them
done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue kept
rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. �When the dentist took an
x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a doctor
or dentist ;). �That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken
tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. �He said he couldn't even work
on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with a
prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take
Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. �The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. �I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. �I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). �For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! �YAY (riiiiiight ;)! �I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). �I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? �;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

"Sherry"
On Aug 2, 1:17?pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off
(when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow
gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. ?I know I've been neglecting my
teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get
them
done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept
rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. ?When the dentist took
an
x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a
doctor
or dentist ;). ?That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken
tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. ?He said he couldn't even
work
on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with
a
prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take
Vicodin!).

Nasty stuff Vicodin, but it does help with 'can't stand' it pain.

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. ?The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. ?I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. ?I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). ?For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! ?YAY (riiiiiight ;)! ?I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). ?I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Purrs for you to feel better CN, I've had that same surgery a long time ago.

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ?;

Yeah, I'm happier and feeling bettter G

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

Purrs for you both to get better.
I hope they can put you 'under' when you have your dental work done.
When I had dental trouble, I made them do that as I was a total dental
weenie too.
I can't even wear my upper dentures because my mouth has shrunk.
And my lowers have gone missing for years now :/
Hugs
Kyla
--the toothless one

CatNipped wrote:
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth
broke off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that
had somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've
been neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up
the co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my
tongue kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When
the dentist took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast
(never a good look for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of
my mouth is infected, and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve
in the root. He said he couldn't even work on my teeth today since
the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with a prescription for
antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from
the tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the
pain in my mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never
thought I would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything -
just goes to show ;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the
antibiotics have a chance to reduce the infection, for a root canal
and a crown.]
Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the
neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes
he can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure
(arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive
surgery to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3
and C4 to be specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient
basis, so hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY
(riiiiiight ;)! I have an appointment with him on the 18th of this
month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm
just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of testing before he
can do the surgery!
Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Purrs for your tooth and your neck. It sounds like you're leaving Ben a
piece at a time. ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Sherry wrote:

Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

Purrs for you too, Sherry. I must remember to make an appointment for a
check-up.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"Sherry" wrote in message
...
On Aug 2, 1:17?pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off
(when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had somehow
gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. ?I know I've been neglecting my
teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the co-payment to get
them
done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept
rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. ?When the dentist took
an
x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look for a
doctor
or dentist ;). ?That whole side of my mouth is infected, and the broken
tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. ?He said he couldn't even
work
on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so he sent me home with
a
prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah, like I'm going to take
Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. ?The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. ?I never thought I would
have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show ;.
[BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance to
reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the neurosurgeon
about the pinched nerves in my neck. ?I have high hopes he can fix that
since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure (arthroscopic
foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery to remove bone
over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be specific). ?For
most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so hopefully I won't even
have to miss much work! ?YAY (riiiiiight ;)! ?I have an appointment with
him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting forEVER it seems - he's a
popular doctor!). ?I'm just hoping I don't have to go through weeks of
testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ?;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

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We may all be sensitive about being labeled a "drama queen" for a while, and
that's a real shame. This *was* a place to come when you need a little
support and kindness. Mea culpa for my part in bringing this about!

Actually, your wisdom teeth easily one-up my broken tooth - wisdom teeth are
wicked hard to extract and since they're closer to the jaw they hurt more.
Deep rumbling purrs that your extractions go smoothly.

[Also, while we're on the subject... I tried to post a reply to Cheryl S.
about her oral surgery, but my newsreader is weird - when I get too far
"down" into a thread my newsreader will fail to post a reply with an error
"headers to long". So, sorry Cheryl, I should have gone to google groups to
reply, but... OUCHIES! Quartering oral surgery is *horrendous* - my mom
went through that (they do it by "quarters" so you can eat at all, but it's
still painful as hell).]

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped