A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.

Wash ,'The Message'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sj - Aug 22, 2011 4:07:29 pm PDT #28273 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I suspect I have a root canal (or possibly more than one) in my future. I have a dentist appointment Friday to find out.

It's been over six months since I saw my old dentist, so I do need to make an appointment with my new health care plan dentist, but I'm pretty sure that the teeth pain is from sinus, ear issues.


-t - Aug 22, 2011 4:07:37 pm PDT #28274 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now I want a reason excuse to yell FUCK YEAH TOOTH PAIN!


brenda m - Aug 22, 2011 4:09:23 pm PDT #28275 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Tep, I've had that experience where the localized tooth pain becomes decidedly less so. (Also with the staggering level of procrastination, but let's not speak of that.)


Steph L. - Aug 22, 2011 4:10:54 pm PDT #28276 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I'm pretty sure that the teeth pain is from sinus, ear issues.

I am the sinus infection queen, so I often get sinus-related tooth pain. But the sensitivity to cold is not a normal sinus-related tooth thing for me. Plus it started after the fillings, so it seems like it's an Eeek! Denistry! thing.


Ginger - Aug 22, 2011 4:10:59 pm PDT #28277 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Steph, have you tried sensitive teeth toothpaste and/or fluoride rinses?


meara - Aug 22, 2011 4:11:22 pm PDT #28278 of 30000

Teeth ARE expensive! And I need to set up new dentist appointments, I've decided I don't like my current dentist, but that means arranging a new one. Urgh.

The good news is, my power is back on, much earlier than they first said! Some kind of transformer blew (three blasts, quite loud) just as I was leaving the house at 4:30, and I checked a local newsblog an hour later that said power would be back at 11pm. Eep! But I came home and lo and behold, electricity! t hugs laptop Never leave me again, electricity!


Steph L. - Aug 22, 2011 4:12:55 pm PDT #28279 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Steph, have you tried sensitive teeth toothpaste and/or fluoride rinses?

You know, I haven't. It didn't even occur to me, because my mind immediately jumped to ROOT CANAL OH NOES.

Hmmm. I still need the checkup on Friday, but the sensitive teeth toothpaste is something I should look into.


sj - Aug 22, 2011 4:13:37 pm PDT #28280 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I am the sinus infection queen, so I often get sinus-related tooth pain. But the sensitivity to cold is not a normal sinus-related tooth thing for me. Plus it started after the fillings, so it seems like it's an Eeek! Denistry! thing.

I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to argue with you about your tooth pain, just trying to reassure myself with my big dentist fear.


meara - Aug 22, 2011 4:15:45 pm PDT #28281 of 30000

I had fears of a root canal, because I kept having pain in one tooth when I bit down (not always, but frequently). At my last checkup the dentist said "yes, there's a crack in it, you'll need a crown, $500!" and I put it off for a while...and then the filling in that tooth fell out. And I had them fix it...and lo and behold, no more pain! Hrmph.

I do second the sensitive toothpaste thing, that has helped me in the past.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 22, 2011 4:18:29 pm PDT #28282 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

As my mother keeps saying, "It's hell to get old." When was the surgery, Nora?

Well, the original knee replacement was in May 2010, and he wasn't able to really recover, so he went back under a couple weeks ago- the 9th I think. They found pretty bad infection, cleaned it out, sewed him up and started some hardcore antibiotics. He was in the hospital for a few days, and then when it was time to move to rehab, Medicare wouldn't cover the cost of an ambulance- if he could sit up, he could get himself there. While trying to get him in the car, that's when it started bleeding. Got patched up, was at rehab for a couple days, the bleeding wouldn't stop.

Back to the hospital, back in surgery to see what's going on. Still bleeding. With added disorientation.