Spring feeling in February

Recently I've been spending a lot of time inside. No, I didn't become lazy..

Two weeks ago, I had my regular professional teeth cleaning appointment. I do it every six to eight months to prevent any issues as I had some painful procedures in the past.

I usually have some bleeding here and there for a couple of days after the procedure however this time I had a lot of pain. First, I had strong pain in my jaw on the right side, then my head and throat started to hurt. I thought I was becoming sick and left it for a couple of days. I couldn't open my mouth properly and eating was close to impossible. Sleeping wasn't easy either as the pain in my jaw wouldn't stop even though I took some painkillers.

I went to the pharmacy and I was told that such a strong reaction is not normal and that I should call my dentist. This is honestly what I wanted to avoid but what must be done must be done. So I made another appointment.

I went there on Wednesday this week. I had a scan and after he checked it and looked in my mouth, he said that he didn't have good news for me. Oh no!

He told me that I had a wisdom tooth infection and the only thing he could do was removing it. He injected antibiotics in the place that is infected which caused me even more pain, but I was told that it should disappear after a few hours.

He was planning to remove all three wisdom teeth that I have. Yes, I only have three of them and this explain why I sometimes do stupid things as part of my wisdom was always missing 😊

But after he checked the scan, he saw that my nerves are in a position that is not ideal and that they could be easily damaged during the surgery, so he suggested not to touch two wisdom teeth because of that. Lucky me, the only one that he can remove is the one that is infected.

My surgery is in ten days and I have to somehow survive by then. I have strong painkillers, but they don't seem to be working very well so I stopped taking them at all. I'm so scared as I don't know what to expect but I will do anything to stop this pain as I can't bear it any longer.

And this is the reason why I spend most of my time inside. I do nothing productive because the only thing I can think of is the pain. It all hurts and it impact my mood a lot so I try to avoid any social contact right now 😊 My husband just needs to be patient with me 😊

But today was such a nice day and I had to get some vitamin D as well, so I decided to go for a walk. And I must admit that it helped me to relax a bit and I feel better now.

This is probably the most negative post from my side and I hope you will forgive me for that..