Toothache

So I have notoriously bad teeth (and I think Kaida has gotten my gene on that one, sorry Kaida). Anyhow my teeth have bothered me forever and even though I had numerous trips to my one up North nothing seemed to be resolved. We thought it was due to him changing out some of my old silver fillings for the ones that are more of your teeth's color. He even got me a mouth guard specially made because he thought that my nighttime grinding was making it so the nerve was sensitive. This was all almost a year ago and lasted for a few months. I have just dealt with the pain. Forward to now....about 4 nights ago my tooth started aching like a mo'fo'. So bad it kept me from sleeping. Being pregnant doesn't help cause you are limited to taking Tylenol. Well I finally said forget this mess and on Wednesday morn called the dentist. They gave me a same day appt for that afternoon. I waited around for authorization to do an X-Ray from my OB doctor. They were smart enough to say let's just do an oral exam and go from there. Well the Dentist got in there and tapped around on a few teeth and on the #2 tooth I nearly came flying out of the seat it hurt so bad. He said he was pretty sure I needed to have a root canal done. They sent me on my way telling me they would get a referral for an Endodontist and would follow up with the OB regarding the X-Ray permission. Well first thing in the morning as promised I got a call saying they had approval for the X-Ray and the referral and to come by to have the X-Ray taken. I immediately called the Endodontist and scheduled and appt for Tuesday. I went by the general dentist in the afternoon and had the X-Ray taken. They had all the paperwork ready for me to take to the Endodontist along with prescription for antibiotics and Tylenol with Codeine!! I took them to Target to fill them and began taking them right when I got home. Finally some relief!!!! I didn't sleep well and felt even worse throughout the morning. My kids come at 7:30 so I was already a grouch by the time they got there because the meds weren't helping that much!! I called the Endodontist right at they opened to see if they could get me in before Tuesday. I didn't think I would last that long. I couldn't even swallow without pain as my tongue would bump up against my tooth. So I haven't eatne for a while. Bless their hearts or the doctor who said he would take me!!! They were able to get me in today. I would have ended up in the ER over the weekend I just know it. So he did the procedure and noted that not only was the root a problem but the infection had spread to the tooth AND had abcessed. He said he couldnt believe I lasted this long. Anyhow by the time I left the office about an hour later the numbing meds were wearing off and by the time I got home I was almost in tears. I tried to lay down and that made it worse so there I was crying in pain. I got up and drank some cup of soup so I could take my pain meds and not have it upset my stomach. Once that finally kicked it I felt like a new person. It is tender but not excrutiating anymore. I am going to keep myself doped up, every 4 hours Tylenol with Codeine baby!! Good thing Jason is a night owl, he can wake me up and keep me on schedule! I just can't take the chance of putting myself over the edge and having everyone else suffer cuz of it. I also don't want to ruin our weekend. I am hoping to pull out the Christmas decorations as well as go get a tree. I would hate to put that off or jip the kids. Most of all I would hate to miss church. I love my ward down here. If we get things all set up this weekend I will try and post pix in the near future!!