“From Despair to Triumph: The Unexpected Lessons of Confronting My Inner Demon!”
Oh, and here’s the best part. The doctor put his gloved finger into my mouth to feel around for a pocket of infection bulging from my gum. That guy is lucky he had all of his fingers left after that! My eyes started watering and that is not a moment I will ever forget in my life. It was EXCRUCIATING!!! Had he found a pocket of infection that he could get to, they could have drained it to give me some temporary relief. Unfortunately, the infection was underneath the roots.
He gave me a prescription for another two days of pain pills (Oxy without Acetaminophen), and told me to double up on the Advil and Tylenol doses. He said doing that actually works better than taking pain pills alone and, in some cases, makes taking pain pills unnecessary. I was starting to doubt that I would survive until the appointment on Wednesday but I was happy to have that advice. And, while I still wanted to claw my mouth out of my skull, it was a bit better…for a few hours.
