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The body’s demands are sometimes overwhelming and undeniable. The times when it says “PAIN” unrelentingly, for example. We’ve done some reading up on root canals, their ways of going awry, and the remedies that can be executed lately and it isn’t entertaining reading. I am afflicted with what dentists refer to as “exquisite pain.” It is the result of two failed root canals performed on he same tooth. It is the kind of pain that one recoils from when it is experienced momentarily. I’ve had it for weeks. When pain such as this becomes habitual in a certain region of the jaw, it is sometimes untreatable. I’ve taken more painkillers than Rush Limbaugh on a bad day and the pain stays put.
Today I went an endodontist for an evaluation – having been referred here by the dentist whose root canals failed. The endodontist referred me to an oral surgeon but I can’t get evaluated until Monday – 5 more days of this pain till then. And after that, I’ll wait until the actually surgery for relief – if the surgery is successful, that is.
Meanwhile my body is bloated from the painkillers that don’t work very well and which mess up my ability to sleep and my ability to think. It’s all gotten to the point where it’s threatening to defeat my state of mind. Predictably, I suppose. That’s the nature of unrelenting pain, isn’t it?
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