Dental Appointment 2/13/2020

I had my second major dental appointment today. I mentioned the first appointment was very painful. Well, I just got home after a long day of appointments and my gums are hurting like crazy. I think it’s even more painful than when I was coughing non-stop after heart surgery. The pain is throbbing with each heartbeat and the whole left side of my face is swollen. Today’s appointment was to put in four permanent crowns and work on three more. I can’t believe I have seven new crowns on one side of my mouth. Just the dentist bill for the two appointments came to ~$5,600.

I was in the dentist chair for about 2.5 hours and had to run to an acupuncture appointment right after. As I was lying there on the acupuncture table, all I could think about was the intense pain in my mouth. I just took one Tylenol + Codeine pill; the bottle said I can take two but it also had an opioid warning label. It wasn’t even prescribed for a toothache but I need something strong to dull the pain. Right now it hurts so much that there’s no way I can fall asleep so I’m sitting here typing and hoping the pain will diminish a bit. I’m also hungry since I haven’t eaten all day but with one side of my mouth on fire and the other side with a fresh root canal, I don’t think I can eat anything without killing myself.