Where is My Iceskate?
Do you remember that scene in Castaway where the Tom Hanks character is desperate enough from a nasty toothache to use an iceskate to knock it out of his head?
I feel his pain.
I have had a bully of a toothache for the past two days, and I am already fantasizing about taking a pair of plier and RIPPING the offending member of my mouth straight out of my head. Too bad Greg took the tools with him to CDM.
The English speaking dentists in the area are of course also the more expensive options. There are much cheaper places, but not likely to be able to understand me as I try to explain what is wrong and the odd condition of this tooth that has already seen some dental work. Work that has clearly been compromised.
Then we have heard a couple of disturbing stories of dentist offices that seem recluctant to use novocaine. Why? Why would you NOT want to give a shot of novocaine to a dental patient? An important question if you ask me.
My Thai teacher has offered to take me to the dentist she just saw, and help me make myself understood. I had been hoping to hold off on the dentist until the last day of the month, when we recieve our vouchers, but I do not think I will make it.
Unless some of you have a tip on how to stave off tooth pain for a couple of days? Do you? Please? Pretty Please?
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
I just stumbled onto this from another WFMW site, so I have no idea about your living situation, so I have no idea if what I say will help. When I cracked my tooth a few years back and couldn’t get in to see someone for weeks, I took Aleve - it is an over the counter pain killer that lasts 8-12 hours and the stuff actually worked. Tylenol only lasted about 3 hours, which meant I didn’t get any sleep. You can also try some oragel or some other type of topical treatment, but I found that my whole mouth was numb but my tooth pain still existed.
I wish you well.
Kristin