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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005may I ask for some purrs?
I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... On Friday, I got a temporary crown. It really shouldn't have been any big deal. It was the farthest-back tooth in my mouth, and I have a very small mouth. Anyway, my dentist ended up spending two hours on this, including a break that we both needed, with lots of pulling, yanking, and some scraping where he clearly missed/slid off of the tooth. Ugh. (Apparently I produce an unusual amount of saliva, at least when I'm extremely uncomfortable.) The upshot is that my gums were so torn up that I haven't eaten anything with a consistency firmer than mac n cheese since Friday. I'm in constant pain. I did see the other dentist at the practice (my dentist was out) on Monday, and he confirmed that there was no infection, just very upset tissue. He suggested taking 800mg of ibuprofin every 6 hours, and gave me a prescription for Vicodin in case my old prescription of Lortab runs out (I only take that stuff at night; I hate the feeling when I'm awake). I've taken sick days yesterday and today, but I really feel that I need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, that my gums heal up speedily.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. Toothy purrs coming your way. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. Purrs on the way. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk aw, purrs and prayers that you start feeling better soon. Dental work is never fun. Lily & her mama Jazz, RB SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. That's terrible! I've never had a dentist make my mouth sore in that manor. Purrs it feels better soon. >> I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > That's terrible! I've never had a dentist make my mouth sore in that > manor. Purrs it feels better soon. In my lifetime I have come across a few dentists who were inept. I dumped them fast. My last dentist served me well for about 30 years but now doesn't see very well. I have known a couple of dentist who didn't quit until their 80s. I am now looking for one with good vision. MLB > So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. I think quite a few of our kitties can relate to tooth and gum trouble and will be more than happy to contribute comforting and healing purrs. SignatureWayne, with special purrformances by Will and Heidi >I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. Oh, Monique, you have my sympathy. Purrs that your gums and teeth feel normal very soon. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > Oh, Monique, you have my sympathy. Purrs that your gums and teeth > feel normal very soon. > > Ginger-lyn Thank you, GL. I really hesitated to post anything, especially in light of your tooth problems, which make mine seem pretty trivial. The good news is that I feel a lot better now. Not only will I go to work tomorrow, but I think i twon't bother me too much to do so. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > case my old prescription of Lortab runs out (I only take that stuff at > night; I hate the feeling when I'm awake). Melt half or up to a full teaspoonful of salt in warm water in a tall glass and swish it around your mouth every hour when you can and spit it out. > I've taken sick days yesterday and today, but I really feel that I > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. Your gums will heal up very soon with this remedy. Tweed >> I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Your gums will heal up very soon with this remedy. Christina, thanks for the tip, but I've already been doing this. It has not been nearly as effective, though, as upping the ibuprofin dose to 800mg, which I believe made room for the healing to start by reducing the inflammation. That may all be BS, but that's how it seems, anyway. My dentist actually recommended this salt swish the day he worked on me. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. OUCH! I feel for you. When I had extensive work done on my teeth ( a bridge, 4 caps and 2 porceline inlays) the doctor recommended 1 teaspoon salt and a capful of hydrogen peroxide in 8 ounces of warm water as a mouth wash. My sore gums cleared up with no problems. Colgate Peroxyl is good, too, for a sore mouth. Purrs and Hugs, Nan and the felinity felines A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. > On Friday, I got a temporary crown. Get Better Soon purrs from us all Gordon (Dentist's Dream) Bandit (recent general & extractions) Snowball (ditto) Claudius (just teethed) Raki D-Pet (no trouble at all, doesn't know what the fuss is about) >I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. Oh, my! That dentist doesn't sound too experienced. Either that or your saliva is slick! But they should have had a tech with a suction tube in there. I hope the soreness heals quickly. What Nan said really does work. Purrs, -- CATherine > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, that my gums > heal up speedily. Purring for your gums to heal and that you will find a better dentist. MLB > Purring for your gums to heal and that you will find a better > dentist. MLB I actually chose this dentist because in a lot of ways he is the best dentist I've found. He was willing to help me out on a Friday evening when all other dentists had the day off, and my own on-call dentist told me he couldn't do anything, gee, so sorry. That's one of several reasons I switched to him. My mouth is very small, and it's not unusual for dentists to have problems working in such a tight area. He was having trouble even finding a drill that would fit in the spot. He also kept talking to the assistant about trying to suction better, so maybe that was the issue. I don't know. But I am not going to blow off this dentist because he had trouble working in the back of my mouth. If I did that, I would never be able to have dental work. That being said, a female dentist did my crown on the other side of my mouth, and I don't remember much trouble. Except that they refused to anesthetize the area before pulling off the temp crown; I took one breath and screamed as the air moved over the tooth. Morons. To be honest, I prefer these several days of pain to the several minutes of agony I had during that experience. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > That being said, a female dentist did my crown on the other side of my > mouth, and I don't remember much trouble. Except that they refused to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > To be honest, I prefer these several days of pain to the several > minutes of agony I had during that experience. Mo, I really think you should find a compassionate dentist who will put you under. >> That being said, a female dentist did my crown on the other side of >> my mouth, and I don't remember much trouble. Except that they [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Mo, I really think you should find a compassionate dentist who will > put you under. That wouldn't have helped in the current situation. And it's really expensive, and for the most part entirely unnecessary. I get a lot of dental work done, and even the root canal I got on this same tooth didn't bother me much. This was a weird thing. I did purposely seek out an oral surgeon so that I could be put under when I got my wisdom teeth removed. I was still out for over a week; my body hated that one. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > >> That being said, a female dentist did my crown on the other side of > >> my mouth, and I don't remember much trouble. Except that they [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > That wouldn't have helped in the current situation. Meaning that you would have been just as sore afterwards. eh? >And it's really > expensive, and for the most part entirely unnecessary. I get a lot of > dental work done, and even the root canal I got on this same tooth > didn't bother me much. This was a weird thing. I don't have it done as I am just not trusting enough. > I did purposely seek out an oral surgeon so that I could be put under > when I got my wisdom teeth removed. I was still out for over a week; > my body hated that one. Did you have all four done??!!! I had two at a time done and that was bad enough. BTW--I did have a crown put on my farthest-back molar on the right bottom, and it was verrrrrry uncomfortable, though there was not alot of gum injury. A big part of it is just having to hold your mouth open that long. My dentist teased about how after a while, patients would get tired and begin biting down on his finger without realizing it. It just takes so damned long. I need to go in for another crown, but dread it. >> > Mo, I really think you should find a compassionate dentist who will >> > put you under. >> >> That wouldn't have helped in the current situation. > > Meaning that you would have been just as sore afterwards. eh? That's my belief. >> And it's really expensive, and for the most part entirely >> unnecessary. I get a lot of dental work done, and even the root >> canal I got on this same tooth didn't bother me much. This was a >> weird thing. > > I don't have it done as I am just not trusting enough. Well, I called the dentist to find out what went wrong. I said, you know, I've had a crown on the other side, I've had a root canal on this same tooth, and this is the only thing that hurt so bad -- what happened? Apparently, the tooth was so ground down from the previous dental work that he had to cut away gum tissue to get a good enough impression for the crown mold. Yeah. No wonder it hurt. I just wish he'd told me this at the time of the appointment, as I would have anticipated more pain (would that have helped? I guess I think it would have, to know why and therefore worry less). >> I did purposely seek out an oral surgeon so that I could be put under >> when I got my wisdom teeth removed. I was still out for over a week; >> my body hated that one. > > Did you have all four done??!!! I had two at a time done and that was > bad enough. Yes, all four. I'm glad I did. The experience was so bad that I'm sure I never would have gone back for the other two, and that would have been bad because they were impacted, generally a disaster, and causing me headaches. It didn't help that I'd just gotten over an illness so bad I'd been out sick for a week. But I thought, hey, I'm already miserable, might as well get the misery over with all at once. Bad move. > BTW--I did have a crown put on my farthest-back molar on the right > bottom, and it was verrrrrry uncomfortable, though there was not alot [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it. It just takes so damned long. I need to go in for another crown, > but dread it. Yeah, I expected a sore jaw from holding my mouth open. When I had my wisdom teeth out, my jaw was traumatized and I actually couldn't open it wider than about half an inch for several months. I feared permanent damage, but it eventually opened up again. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Ouch! Purrs that everything will feel less sore by tomorrow. Melissa > I've taken sick days yesterday and today, but I really feel that I > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. Gum-soothing purrs on the way. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. OUCH! I have the original case of "dental pain"-ophobia. Mine or somebody else's - doesn't matter. Purrs, meatloaf meditations, and a dollop of doggie drool for you to feel better soon! Sm, closely supervised by Mistletoe Sounds awful. Many purrs, -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. > I've taken sick days yesterday and today, but I really feel that I > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. Of course! here's hoping all heal *soon* Cheers, helen s (who loathes dentists....) Purrs and sympathy on the way. SignatureJoy > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. <ow> >I've taken sick days yesterday and today, but I really feel that I >need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, >that my gums heal up speedily. They're yours. Here's hoping for some relief from the pain, and soon. SignatureMogget > Here's hoping for some relief from the pain, and soon. Thank you. I'm really feeling much better. I hope you are, too. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Here's hoping for some relief from the pain, and soon. > >Thank you. I'm really feeling much better. I hope you are, too. Yes, I am, thanks :-) The last couple of days, I haven't felt all post-pneumonia-ish, just your normal heavily pregnant & knackered. Which means I still have to take things very slowly, but at least I can breathe! So glad you're on the mend. I hope it continues. SignatureMogget I'm so sorry -- purrs for your poor mouth. Hope you're feeling better now, Monique! Christine > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > need to go in to work Wednesday, no matter what. So purrs, please, > that my gums heal up speedily. > I'm so sorry -- purrs for your poor mouth. Hope you're feeling better now, > Monique! > Christine Thank you so much, Christine and everyone who has sent purrs. They are working. I am now sleeping through 6am (previously, I would wake up at 6am because the pain meds had worn off), and I feel much better. I even ate a real sandwich yesterday evening, and while it was awkward trying to avoid the right side of my mouth, nothing disastrous or painful happened. Last night my pain med coverage ended at 9pm, and I didn't take anything till midnight, and didn't feel too awful. Today I have only taken two Aleve, a normal dose, to hopefully last the day. It's weird; from sat-tuesday it seemed there had been zero healing; everything felt just as it did after the initial anesthetic wore off. And yet starting Tuesday evening, it has been healing like wildfire. I have to believe it's the purrs. Thank you. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Lots of healing purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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