“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”
Mae West
Worst toothache pain I have ever felt. I had two teeth cause me pain last night. One that seems to have something going on under the filling and another right below that the filling fell out, a year ago. I know that pulling is the only solution for that one. It has caused me little trouble. Until last night hit with immense pain. The only relief was a salt water rinse that only lasted about five minutes then the pain returned. I near used up my bottled water reserve getting through the night.
Jan 2015, I got tired of the hospital after 45 days I just wanted to go home. So knowing the plan, I stopped the opioid pain reliever that they were giving me in the hospital. The next morning I made a call for a ride home and left. I never ever took a pain killer since then. I didnt want to continue the opiates given in the hospital. I was told by the doctor to buy a bottle of extra strength Tylenol, which I did.
I never opened that. Did I feel pain in the last four years you bet, from pain level 5 to 9 every day? Every moment, every swing of the axe, every wheel barrow full of wood brought in for heat. Every time I picked up anything over five pounds, Every time, I sat for a few minutes or stood up or walked for more than a few feet, I felt pain. Except a few hours of relief when I lay down.
I finally opened the bottle of pain killers last night, they didn’t really help, then I tried every other home remedy I could find, I made ginger and clove tea, I foolishly tried a huge clove of garlic diced and tried to pack that around the teeth, just burned my tongue with that one.
The only thing that worked last night, was the saltwater rinse. That told me that it was some kind of bacterial infection. It is one in the afternoon I just got out of bed, I am running low on firewood, I will have to chainsaw and chop. My head is still throbbing but in my temple somewhere along the path of pain, from the toothaches right up to my middle ear.
I am not taking the painkillers today and there is no way to get to a dentist even if it was possible. I will have to see how this day goes. Pain right now about a 2. Pain last night, a 16 on a scale of one to ten.
For certain, I need firewood, I will concentrate on that.
Well that job is done once more. So glad I had the wisdom to put on my back brace. Oh wait it’s not a wisdom day. Yup I forgot it.
Halfway through cutting my lower back gave out. What did I do? Same as always kept going. Kept chainsawing, kept stacking wood, even managed to split a few. I did choose as many skinny logs as I could.
With the wheelbarrow full. I set out to make it back to the house, face frozen, back screaming in 14 different languages. I had to rest three times on the trip home with my logs.
The last push up the ramp took all I had left. I called in Louis who had left my door wide open, closed the door and started to peel off all the extra layers of clothing.
As I type this the toothache is coming back. Add back pain and a bad earache and my day is already planned out. It is Friday night dentists have gone home. Spending two hours getting the old van started to travel down icy roads. Just to sit in an emergency for five hours in pain and letting the house get cold and the cats frozen wasn’t a viable plan.
So I will just grin and bear it. Maybe make that just bear it. Not an option the pain is unbearable, I am in screaming pain now. Saltwater rinse not working I am nor sure what to do I will try praying, but I am always better at praying for others than myself.
Had someone say a prayer for me, right now the pain is minimal. I hope it stays that way
9 PM.I can feel the pain starting again I hope it’s not as bad as it was. It was worse
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