Friday, July 15, 2011

No Root Canal for Now?

So I saw the dentist Monday, for a terrific toothache the night before, in a tooth which has been going downhill for some time (probably since it got loaded with filling when I was a kid). He gave me a prescription for amoxicillin and said that if that didn't help, I'll need a root canal.

Well, I took the prescription and got it filled and thought, "Yeah, yeah, this isn't going to help at all - just a routine to go through. The nerve is deteriorating and this is just putting off the inevitable." But I've faithfully taken the pills twice a day all week.

Two nights ago, hot food did not affect that tooth as much as it has been. And in the last two days it has been slowly improving. I just now ate an ear of corn cooked in the microwave - ate it very carefully - and had very minimal pain.

Maybe the amoxicillin really is helping! I'll take it!!! (literally and figuratively)

2 comments:

Nog Blog said...

Love the new picture. Except for those whomping glasses, I'd say you haven't changed at all. Except in wisdom and experience, of course!

rk2 said...

Ha! I was going to say the same thing but couldn't get the comment to post while I was at the cottage. And since I'm the younger sister I probably wouldn't have added the wisdom and experience part.