Emegency Dental Appointment

Again. 2-3 monts ago I had terrible tooth ache and registered with a dentist, he gave me antibiotics as an infection had started where I hadn't had a filling replaced and it had reached the nerve. He told me I needed a crown and if that failed I would need to have it extracted. I can be the queen of procrastination and deliberation, so didn't decide whether to go for the crown or opt for the extraction, or book the follow up appointment.

Unsurprisingly, this weekend the pain came back, with a vengeance. I am back on antibiotics and my lovely dentist took one look and said it needed to come out, the decay had reached my nerve. This would account for the intense pain, which also affects down my neck and up the side of my face. Codeine and accompanying painkillers being used in fairly high doses at the moment and short stuff is bearing up well to my crankiness. On the upside no more dithering, it is coming out and the sooner the better. Lesson learnt, the hard way.