On Sat 17 May 2008 01:40:20p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> Coincidentally, a week ago I went to the dentist with a very painful
>> tooth, to learn that it was a very bad abscess. I've been taking an
>> anti- infective drug since then and Percoset as needed for pain. I
>> went this morning to have the tooth extracted. The dentist remarked,
>> from looking at the x-ray, that he had seldom seen anyone with teeth
>> that had such long roots. Just what I wanted to hear. :-( In any
>> event, he may have used that same local anesthetic on me, because it
>> remained numb far longer than anything else I'd experienced before.
>> Boy, when that finally wore off tonight I thought I'd hit the ceiling
>> with pain, so took a dose of Percoset, which has helped somewhat. I
>> *wish* I was still numb! :-)
>>
>
> You poor dear! You have my empathy. I had my mouth and neck nuked about
> a year and a half ago and I know only too well how bad oral pain can be.

Thank you so much, Janet. It sounds like you had it far worse than I did.
I trust everything is fine now.

> Feel better soon. I wish I could send you some chicken soup.

Thanks, again. It's offers like that that make me wish Star Trek's little
machine was a reality. :-)



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Wayne Boatwright
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