My whine is that my one tooth that has a crown has been giving me problems lately. The crown was over 20 years old, and it came off about a year ago. Dentist put it back on, it came back off. He did a root canal. Fast forward to just before Thanksgiving and it came off, the gum around that tooth had been hurting so I knew something was going on. He put the crown back on. It popped back off last Thursday. So frustrating. I went yesterday, not knowing what he was going to suggest. I didn't think it made much sense to just put the old one back on, so I thought maybe he would suggest a new crown. I was prepared for that. I wasn't prepared for his suggestion, to pull the tooth.
It's a back tooth, so not really a problem, but still. And with our Christmas family gathering at our house this coming Sunday I just wasn't prepared, but didn't want to put it off and have it to "look forward to" next week so I said to go ahead. Thankfully my dentist uses nitrous oxide, I love that stuff!!
Hated having to keep changing the gauze every half-hour or so, and the Norco he prescribed makes me so sleepy. I did take it yesterday, before the numbing wore off, and took another just before I went to sleep. Woke up about 12:30 and took another, but haven't taken any more today yet. It really hasn't been painful this morning. May have to take one to go to sleep tonight, but otherwise I'll try to just stick with Motrin.
I have a lot yet to get done for Sunday, but will take it a little easy today. I'm looking forward to our family being here for Christmas on Sunday, but looking forward to next week too, to just be able to RELAX and ENJOY the rest of the season.