Trying to hold it together...
Ok, I admit that this may be just a tad bit overly dramatic, but who knows, as I feel like this could possibly be my last posting on Flickr. If I should have the good fortune to be able to sleep tonight, surely the excruciating, blinding pain that I have already experienced twice today will return and if it does... I pray that it just finishes me off this time. And if I hear just ONE MORE TIME that I should have had the root canal done a month ago when I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, experiencing no pain whatsoever even though the dentist told me that I should be screaming in pain because the nerve was completely exposed, I will finish myself off. Yeah, should’ve, could’ve, etc... but DIDN’T.
So, since I got absolutely no sleep last night, I decided to take a nap when I got home from work and that is when I discovered that it is laying down that seems to initiate the pain. That means I get to try sleeping sitting up tonight. I already know that I can’t do that, so it’s going to be a long night. So when the pain woke me up from my nap, I took more Advil and held a hot washcloth on my face,trying to keep my head from exploding... and ending up looking pretty much like this photo. If I sit up long enough, the pain becomes manageable. Saved once again by an amusing text message from a friend from work that started out “ I love going to the dump. Totally the greatest place. I want to work there.” with a photo of an amazing 1910 camera that he rescued there today. (Do you get an idea that all of my friends are like this?!! The best!!) Followed by a phone call from him with the magic words.... “ROAD TRIP” (YEY! Road trip to the dump!!), which enabled me to remove the washcloth that had been holding my face together and actually have a conversation with him. After that I felt well enough to decide to keep up my streak of running every day. Best run yet. I actually was able to forget the tooth pain while I was running, and actually enjoyed it, even though it was almost dark and I had decided to run in the direction where my daughter saw a bear last night, thinking that even being mauled to death by a bear would be preferable to this pain in my head. No bear tonight, a few times I felt like I might need to dive off the road and out of the path of traffic in the darkness, but the best two mile run I have had yet, with no walking and I’m pretty sure I broke my 15 minute mile, easily!! Yeah.. haha.... don’t say it... don’t even THINK IT... I’m old.... I’m out there. Good for me!! So, anyway... a strong finish (YEY ME!!). I came in and told Dayna that I totally rocked my run... she rolled her eyes... thanks for the encouragement kid.... and then the pain started again. So who knows what the rest of the night will be like... or tomorrow.... or if the dentist will have time for me tomorrow....or if this will be goodbye. We do know, that for tonight at least, I am a drama queen. But this is the absolute worst pain I have experienced since childbirth. So be it.
Trying to hold it together...
Ok, I admit that this may be just a tad bit overly dramatic, but who knows, as I feel like this could possibly be my last posting on Flickr. If I should have the good fortune to be able to sleep tonight, surely the excruciating, blinding pain that I have already experienced twice today will return and if it does... I pray that it just finishes me off this time. And if I hear just ONE MORE TIME that I should have had the root canal done a month ago when I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, experiencing no pain whatsoever even though the dentist told me that I should be screaming in pain because the nerve was completely exposed, I will finish myself off. Yeah, should’ve, could’ve, etc... but DIDN’T.
So, since I got absolutely no sleep last night, I decided to take a nap when I got home from work and that is when I discovered that it is laying down that seems to initiate the pain. That means I get to try sleeping sitting up tonight. I already know that I can’t do that, so it’s going to be a long night. So when the pain woke me up from my nap, I took more Advil and held a hot washcloth on my face,trying to keep my head from exploding... and ending up looking pretty much like this photo. If I sit up long enough, the pain becomes manageable. Saved once again by an amusing text message from a friend from work that started out “ I love going to the dump. Totally the greatest place. I want to work there.” with a photo of an amazing 1910 camera that he rescued there today. (Do you get an idea that all of my friends are like this?!! The best!!) Followed by a phone call from him with the magic words.... “ROAD TRIP” (YEY! Road trip to the dump!!), which enabled me to remove the washcloth that had been holding my face together and actually have a conversation with him. After that I felt well enough to decide to keep up my streak of running every day. Best run yet. I actually was able to forget the tooth pain while I was running, and actually enjoyed it, even though it was almost dark and I had decided to run in the direction where my daughter saw a bear last night, thinking that even being mauled to death by a bear would be preferable to this pain in my head. No bear tonight, a few times I felt like I might need to dive off the road and out of the path of traffic in the darkness, but the best two mile run I have had yet, with no walking and I’m pretty sure I broke my 15 minute mile, easily!! Yeah.. haha.... don’t say it... don’t even THINK IT... I’m old.... I’m out there. Good for me!! So, anyway... a strong finish (YEY ME!!). I came in and told Dayna that I totally rocked my run... she rolled her eyes... thanks for the encouragement kid.... and then the pain started again. So who knows what the rest of the night will be like... or tomorrow.... or if the dentist will have time for me tomorrow....or if this will be goodbye. We do know, that for tonight at least, I am a drama queen. But this is the absolute worst pain I have experienced since childbirth. So be it.