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I've got a toothache this big.....
It's an abcess. I was supposed to get it pulled about 6 months ago.
I never made it around.
It's gotten worse.
I tried to pull it myself tonight, with plyers, but it started to crack and I thought, "that can't be good".
The pain is excruciating and hardly bearable.
Orajel does little, tylenol does nothing.
Dude, it's fucking bad.
Once I had a similar problem; I had a toothache that didn't let me sleep, no matter what drug I took. So I had to go the dentist. Let me me say, that I have never been afraid of the dentist or anything, not even their needles and tools. So when this beautiful young woman came in, I thought "this is gonna be nice." She was blond, blue-eyed and incredibly beautiful. She said, "this looks pretty bad, I'm afraid I'll have to pull it out." I went, "OK, no problem."
But man! the pain I felt that day was something I won't forget. Ever. In my mind, I hated her soooo much. She was so beautiful, and yet she was putting me through this horrible pain. I'll never trust pretty dentists again (though technically, it was my fault, since I should have had my tooth fixed months before)
I totally understand you, my sympathy cannot be any bigger. I agree with Jane and Giggan, don't try doing it at home!!!
Saludos, espero que te mejores pronto.
the dentist won't let you have your abscessed tooth pulled out unless the infection cleared up. if the procedure is still done even with pus, there's a possibility the infection could spread to your cranial/sinus cavities, which would make your problem even worse. it should be that you need to take antibiotics first to stop the infection before you do anything. you need to see a dentist as soon as possible.
Oh man, I know what youre going through. I HATE the dentist and have learned to deal with my tooth pain. I have a pain kit which includes extra strength orajel, anbesol, tylenol, whiskey, and marajuana. Ive had toothaches so bad that Ive vomitted from the pain. And I still refuse to go to the dentist.
Don't worry, the pain will be over soon, when the infection spreads to your brain or causes a blood clot leading to a stroke or pulmonary embolism. What would be cool is if your cheek is all puffed out and you have a bandage tied around your head just like they do in old movies. I'm not sure if this is a false memory or not, but I swear when I was about 4 I had a lose tooth that wasn't coming out and my dad took a pair of red handled needle nose pliers and grabbed the thing and pulled it out, it made a special crunching sound when he did it, but it didn't hurt because it wasn't infected and was going to fall out anyway.
I'm just gonna accept my loneliness, and I'm gonna go to an even darker place of nothingness, from an even farther more extreme nothingness on my own!
I'm not sure if this is a false memory or not, but I swear when I was about 4 I had a lose tooth that wasn't coming out and my dad took a pair of red handled needle nose pliers and grabbed the thing and pulled it out, it made a special crunching sound when he did it, but it didn't hurt because it wasn't infected and was going to fall out anyway.
They're called milk teeth and they're supposed to come out. I remember when I was going through that phase and I had one tooth was really wobbly and kinda half coming out but still hanging on by a thread and bleeding...my dad was like 'let me have a look at it' and I was probably crying and saying 'no, you're gonna pull it out and it'll hurt' and he assured me he was only going to take a look. You can see the punchline already but yes, he pulled that bad boy out. Dads are cunning like that.
dads ARE cunning like that! my dad always used to joke about the old tying one end of a string to my loose tooth, and the other to a door knob and slamming it...he never did it...bc i could always outrun him, however he has just ripped em' out with is big bear hand.
one time, i let my brother do the string tie to the tooth...except, he tied the other end to his car... he swears to this day he was kidding, only trying to frighten me (WHICH HE DID!) but between his joking and my squirming...he touched the gas, barely, but it was enough and i heaved myself backwards... and you get the point. I have never had braces or anything and I like my teeth, so I guess the car tooth pull works.
You guys SUCK at telling comforting teeth stories.
I had braces for a few months in 6th grade. My teeth were never that fucked up because my sister had the same teeth issues and they didn't do anything on her until she was older which led to her not getting braces until she was 16 and still having them now about three years later. For me, they yanked a bunch out before middle school gave me braces for a few months and that was it. The whole experimentation with the oldest child and getting it right with the younger ones worked to my advantage. Just like there isn't as much embarrassing footage of me as a kid because my parents figured they'd remember all that garbage.
The point is.... don't die. And maybe you shouldn't yank your own teeth out of your skull, at least not without the drugs.
You're going to need an ice skate, a rock and a count-to-three. I just had my wisdom teeth taken out last year. My insurance did not cover the anesthetic to "put me under". There's something about being all drugged out on nitrous-oxide that calms you enough whilst the surgeon rips and crunches your teeth. I can remember looking up and saying STOP but I couldn't feel anything. The surgery that wisdom teeth require is interesting. I mean essentially that is all that a surgeon does but a bit more eloquently. You actually get sutures and pain medicine afterward but the experience is sort of barbaric. The main thing that stuck out while I was watching the surgery full of nitrous-oxide was the sweat beads on the surgeons/student's forehead...
Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States. --Ishmael Reed
They gave me nitrous when I smashed three front teeth. After a few minutes, I told them it wasn't working and they said it may take a sec. I think he up'd it after that, because all of the sudden the room flipped and became pixelated and I heard Pink Floyd in my head. Everyone echoed from far away, but it was like a dream, rather than a consciousness. Anyways, I didn't seem to mind. I blacked out at some point and woke up five minutes later, having puked in my sleep. They were just about done anyways.
About a week or two later they took the traintrack off my teeth they put on during the nitrous episode. They offered me nitrous again but I rejected it then remembering having puked, but I wouldn't mind getting it again for the experience. They just yanked the metal off without painkillers, it wasn't all that bad. My wisd's are coming out in june, but I think they're giving me an IV to knock me out, everyone I know who's had it said to do that.
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
i would recommend being put under for the surgery. i can relate to that pixelated feeling that nitrous has on people. i just heard everything in sort of coherent echoes? the only thing i can compare this feeling to would be walking through Mammoth Cave and trying to have a conversation. don't forget to flush out your holes! i think i lived mostly on carnation instant breakfast and vicodin. i was sore for a week or two. the smell is the worst part when you're awake. the enamel burning in layers sifting into the air like wafts of road tar...
Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States. --Ishmael Reed
dads ARE cunning like that! my dad always used to joke about the old tying one end of a string to my loose tooth, and the other to a door knob and slamming it...he never did it...bc i could always outrun him, however he has just ripped em' out with is big bear hand.
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