Well, unfortunately I had an abscessed tooth on friday, and had to get it pulled on Saturday. The combination of bad genes, a lot of acid in wine constantly in my mouth, and my lack of regular check-ups lead to this. I blame myself mostly. Last Friday I was eating lunch and one of my back molars started hurting pretty bad, by Saturday morning, my gums were severely swollen, and the Dentist was called. Luckily a friend knows a dentist that is open Saturday mornings, so I took the day off work to get it looked at. He said that he could possibly save it with a root canal, but no guarantee. I went for the pull and plug method. LOL!
Thankfully I was gassed up and heavily numbed, and it was a pretty quick extraction. I have to go back to get fitted for a bridge (ugh!!) next week, then a week or so longer for my fake tooth to arrive. This has left me with a hole in my mouth (luckily it's a back tooth), and a diet of soft foods for a couple of days. Nothing spicy, highly acidic, crunchy, no seeds, or temperature hot. Also, I was told not to have any alcohol. Mainly for the antibiotics I am on, and apparently it slows the healing process down. So I am officially on the wagon for a bit. I'll still be posting wine reviews from my past notes and tastings, but I'll be doing a little more wine theory and region posts instead.
The plus side is that I am on a "healthy" diet of cream of chicken soup, banana smoothies, ice cream, yogurt, apple sauce, and jello! Fortunately this will only be for a few days, until my mouth heals up, but I still have to be careful for a while. Until then, all the Blue Bell ice cream I want!!
Please go to the dentist regularly, I promise you don't want to go through this. Well, except for the Blue Bell part!! :)