Hi all - The evening after I typed in the last message here I had a
Tylenol 3 and went to bed. Several hours later around 01:30 I'm in
horrendous pain and my face looked like I'd gone several rounds with a
freight train. Feeling really weird on top of it all I typed in 'blood
poisoning symptoms' and read through a dozen entries and realised 'oh
hell...I'm in trouble' and phoned my husband who was staying overnight
at our son's place due to the blizzard we were having... and he was 2
hours south.

Called him and told him I was going to phone 911 and told him what was
up. Called 911, the paramedics came, checked me out and brought me to
the hospital... not a fun ride in a blizzard. The secondary highway
here has no lights... and the storm is something else!

Doctor checks me out and tells confirms advanced blood poisoning, puts
me on some antibiotics and pain killers (oxycodone) which, incidently
do zero for me. Oh yippee...

Anyway- my face swelled up to unrecognizable proportions, one eye
swelled up shut and spiked a high fever. Joints hurt like hell and now
I'm having to deal with some cardiovascular issues.

Moral of the story? Don't be a chicken like me and put off pulling a
broken tooth. I'm still far from healthy, face looks like hell and all
the rest of it.

PS: Oxycodone barely touch pain even now, and other than it making me
feel nauseated I don't know why I blew $20 on it. I'm not using them.

Anyway - thanks all for your patience and the replies

Karen