Holy crap, that was difficult. After getting clearance from my cardiologist, I went into the dentist at 4:00 pm. My last extraction (yeah, more than one) was pretty quick so I thought this would be the same. Ha! I was there until after 5:30 pm.
I think this is the third tooth in from the back on the bottom right. Both the dentist and endodontist looked at the tooth and decided it was beyone saving, i.e., root canal and crown. First he hit me with a lot of anesthesia but since there was tooth decay and infection, the anesthesia is not as effective. He had to inject me over and over for me to withstand the pain (I could always feel pain). The tooth did come out in one piece, which was good. He showed me and there was a huge hole at the back of the tooth. Pretty ugly.
Afterwards, he put in some bone crystals in the socket for a bone graft in case I want an implant at the tooth site later. This was new to me since the other molar extraction just left an empty socket. He then put a mesh to cover then several sutures to close off the hole. I need to go back next week to remove the sutures. I think I would have needed to do this before any transplant surgery since the tooth was infected. Not good if they’re giving me lots of immunosuppressants.
I took two Tylenol (I sound like a broken record) pills already since the post-extraction pain is building as the anesthesia wears off. I don’t have any more Codeine but found some leftover Percocet from the chest surgery. I’m reserving that in case the pain becomes unbearable again.
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At first I thought I wanted to keep the tooth, but I have too much junk already. It could be a reminder for better oral hygiene but if all these painful dentist appointments can’t motivate me, one tooth won’t matter. And it was ugly.
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OMG! The pain is like a 9 on the pain scale. So my entire lower jaw is in pain but I can also feel the stabbing pain from the empty socket coming through. Then the lower tooth next to the socket is hurting, probably because the dentist leaned on it with the extraction tool. The molar on top is hurting as well, similar to before. Finally some random front tooth is hurting. There are like five intense areas of pain in my mouth, and the Tylenol didn’t seem to do anything. I tried to take a nap to sleep off the pain, but there is no way I can fall asleep. The pain is 10x worse than when the tooth was in. Of course, that was from a badly infected tooth that had to come out, but this pain now is worse than anything I experienced during heart surgery recovery. The Percocet has acetaminophen in it so I don’t want to overdose having just taken the Tylenol, but I may not have a choice soon.
I also didn’t eat much after dialysis and before the tooth extraction. I really haven’t eaten anything substantial since Tuesday lunch due to all the dental appointments yesterday, the sudden toothache, and the extraction today. I just weighed myself and I’m now at 84.3 kg or 186 pounds. I used to think that to weigh 180 was impossible since I was at 240 but here we are.
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I can’t stand this anymore. I’m going to take one of the Percocet pills. Hopefully the expiration date doesn’t affect the potency. As long as I lay off the Tylenol for 12 hours, I should be fine.
The label says Oxycodone-Acetaminophen 5-325. I guess it’s 5 mg of Oxycodone and 325 mg of Acetaminophen. Label also says generic for Percocet. Warnings include “Caution: Opioid. Risk of overdose and addiction.”
It’s been 5 minutes and there’s no reduction in pain. <sad face>
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Update: 9/11/2020 8:18 am
Still alive. I only ended up taking two of the Percocet pills last night and no more regular Tylenol. I did get woken up at 3:30 am for a bit but managed to sleep until about 8:00 am. That painkiller works great as a sleep aid. Good thing they’re hard to get from the pharmacy.
The pain is subsided somewhat. It’s just a dull throb now so I’m going to try and stick with the OTC Tylenol. Can’t be all drugged up any trying to work today.
Life with chronic diseases 