As it turns out, Jenny was right all along.
Yesterday I returned to the dentist’s office because I couldn’t take the pain any longer. As he prepared to do a root canal, I mentioned one last time that my gum was sore and that I had felt something sharp. He stopped what he was doing, did some poking around, and what do you know…
He pulled a piece of my bone right out.
Evidently a little bone chip had been floating around in my mouth since I’d had my wisdom teeth extracted circa 1999. It had just taken 13 years for it to make its way to the surface.
So, with that out, we decided to wait on the root canal (or, as the dentist now suspects will eventually be necessary, extraction) because the root of my tooth is for sure dead, but it may not have been the source of my pain.
Based on the last 12 hours? I think issue is solved.
I should have just let Jenny pull it out 10 days ago!
Oh em gee! I make that face mask look GOOOOOOD!! And also? I am right about everything, ALWAYS!! YOU’RE WELCOME!
Oh my gracious! I am VERY concerned about Jenny’s giant man hands. Jenny, are there any human charities in the Toyota giveaway that can do corrective surgery on your hands?!?! 🙂
I’ll have to look into that. Maybe someone would do surgery on them in exchange for a blog review?? They are very embarrassing. I can’t believe I’ve been able to hide them from our readers for this long!
… and what about that hair…charity please!
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Emily, there is always something strange going on in “Mommin’It UP Land”. Hopefully, you are now out of pain! Your Uncle Charllie is the nerd patriarch and he has a pic on his phone of his tooth implant x-ray. Sounds like that is in your future. It is expensive but no pain, no swelling…no “nothin”. Love you.
…Jack of all trades, master of none…
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I have been meaning to ask what happened with your tooth – geez!
Jenny does look good as a dentist, though
I had one of those last year… it was small compared to the pain I felt.