Night Wanderer

Gary is doing well. For the first time since December Gary is back in our bedroom! We have slept in our own bed for 3 nights now! We had to resort to sleeping downstairs and making that the "new master bedroom" because Gary could not get in and out of our bed. We have a really high sleigh bed. It was so difficult with the amount of pain Gary was in to even attempt the climb in and out! So, I guess that means he is feeling a little better as of late! That is a good sign.

No chemo until next week. He has had a nice long break. I think mentally it has been great for him.

We finally had a chance to watch The Last Lecture yesterday and that was so amazingly powerful! Prof. Pausch is a man we should all model ourselves after. Gary and I both had tears in our eyes as he described his life now that he is dying. Powerful.

Well, I have been through dental hell the last week. Until I hit 30 I had never even had a cavity! My teeth are straight (never had braces) and I have always prided myself on having great teeth! Until now. I brush and floss and brush and floss! What more can I do to prevent future AWFUL things like what I am going through now?

As you might notice, the hour of the morning is 3:38 AM. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT I wake up around this time in excruciating pain. Throbbing. Awful. Nasty pain.

Turns out my dentist (I have Blue Cross HMO - first mistake) has made a costly mistake and has caused this mess I am in now. My dentist put a new crown on my back molar (#18) about 8 months ago. After 5 attempts of making a crown, they told me they finally got a good one from the company. That process of ordering and trying to fit it in my mouth took over a month. 5X they ordered a new one. I should have known. Whatever. It never fit quite right but after enduring the month long process of sitting back and letting them screw with my mouth I called it a day and took this crown and walked away.

Fast forward to now. I was flossing last week and brought the floss up and a part of my tooth broke off. Yikes! It hurt because it was down to the gumline.

I go to the dentist. This time, I go to another dentist because there is NO WAY I am going back to the other one for this kind of dental work. Unfortunatley, the same tooth that my dentist crowned 8 months ago, has serious decay in the crown because the crown was doen totally inproperly. Imagine that! Dr. Staph said the crown resembled a marshmallow and it was unacceptable. He is kind enough to write a letter to my dentist telling them that they did a crappy job and that I should get a refund. Who knows. The letter might help and actually help to recoup some of the cost.

So, the decay was under that tooth and the tooth next to it. Do we all know where I am going with this?
DOUBLE ROOT CANAL and 2 crowns! Does anyone have any idea how much that costs? If I told you and you have never had dental work done you would completely cringe!!!!!!

So, tomorrow at 3:30, I have to go to Newport and to meet with the Endodontist and Anesthesologist and be put under because after a 2 hour attempt today to do the root canal Dr. Cavalleri could not get my "hot teeth" numb! 3 hour procedure tomorrow. I hate the dentist!

Now,like I mentioned previously, I am in constant pain. 24 hours a day. I have been medicated over the past week with vicodin and ibuprofen. I am tired of waking up every night with severe pain.

Rant. Vent. Rant. Vent. Sometimes I need to rant and vent! Oh well. Just another one of life's speedbumps!

Now that the meds are kicking in I will try and go back to bed. Friday is going to be a long day! I can't eat or drink ALL DAY! Poor me!
Have a wonderful Friday and enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!
Pray that I do not get nervous going under today. I always tell Gary it is no biggie and now I find myself being a total chicken!
Lots of Love,
L