After four entire nights without a single second’s sleep I turned
up at the doctor’s surgery this morning three nano seconds after they’d pried
the doors open. Unusually, the delightfully cheerful receptionist would have
nothing to do with me. Apparently they could offer me no assistance with
anything involving teeth and pointed a talon towards the dentist’s dungeon.
‘Alright, forget the teeth part’, I groaned. ‘It's just
pain. Surely you can do something about that.’
‘Dentist!’ she snapped.
Aforementioned dentist wouldn't see me on an NHS basis, it
being Saturday and all, but offered me a (paid) walk-in service immediately. I left thirty
minutes later considerably poorer after he'd given me an injection that I'm
pretty sure scraped my knees, from the inside. I did indeed have two abscesses
in my mouth he confirmed with a grin. Thankfully the injection stopped the pain for three hours, and prevented me
from talking for the same time, much to the joy of my wife. He also issued me some enormously powerful
antibiotics he assured me would cure an elephant - although he did not say what
of, and me of the pain once they'd got into my system. And further promised to email the X-rays he’d just taken to the dentist with whom I’ve
booked an appointment on Wednesday.
He also sold me some
painkillers guaranteed to bring back the dead. That remains to be seen.
My immunity to all anesthetic suggests that it's unlikely.
I just hope all the infection has gone by then or the
dentist who will see me won’t do anything. If that happens I have a pair of pliers in the garage and I’ll tear the sods out myself.
I feel for you. I hate teeth and everything to do with them, wish I had the courage to go without! My dear old dad had about four stumps left in his mouth when I got married so he took himself off to the dentist and ordered up a full set – top and bottom. His own teeth (what was left) had to be removed first, and then he went through weeks of pain trying to wear his new ones. He found it almost impossible to eat with them, so they tended to live in a hankie in his pocket. Looking at my wedding photos he is in obvious pain, but he kept them in all day and even gave his father of the bride speech while still wearing them. I’m pretty sure they went in the dustbin the following day. He spent the rest of his days minus any teeth at all and managed just fine.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you as far as teeth are concerned. I'd whip the lot out if if were not for the 2/3 week period as they healed. I still might tear them out yet if they aren't healed enough on Wednesday for the dentist to fix or remove the two rotten ones.
DeleteWow. Unbelievable. My dentist would have gotten me right in and relieved the pain somehow then set up appointments. I can't imagine enduring tooth pain.
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