Tina Mendonca
It was my tooth!?
Apr 09, 2011
Ok, for those of you who have been following my progress and trying to help me figure out what is the source of my headaches. Well, I think we figured it out....by accident. I had been dealing with some tooth pain for a few days and couldn't hang anymore. I figured a filling or two would be the solution. I hate the dentist and it had been atleast 8 years since I've been to one. I get some x-rays done. And the dental assistant calls the dentist in to take a look at what seems to be "something wierd" on the screen. We then proceed to take a few more x-rays from different angles. It turns out that the tooth I'm complaining about is next to an old crown that had a root canal done some years back. Well, the root canal didn't take. The roots starting growing back and started a deep infection in my jaw and tooth. So the pain I was feeling in my face every time I had a headache was because of this infection!!! OMG! I was given atibiotics to take along with some pain medication and got 2 fillings done that day. I now need to go to a specialist to see if they will re-treat the tooth or just pull it. I still can't believe it. So today after having the antibiotics for a few days I've had my 1st regular headache in over a year! My face doesn't hurt as much when it starts. And I can feel such a differnce! No wonder none of the other 3 doctors can figure out why the pain in my face was happening. So now I'm going in to get a bunch of work done that needs to be done. I may have gotten over my fear of dentists. This Doctor was so sweet and very gentle. I told him about my surgery for RNY, hypoglycemia and other medications that I have been taking and he took very careful considerations to what I can take for the infection. Once he came up with a possible medication he called my surgeon and asked if it was okay for me to have that medication. It was awesome! So yes, we FINALLY figured out the mystery to my headaches. Now it's time to get back on the road to recovery. I'm still in a bit of shock about how all this happened, but completely happy that I can put my finger on what has been wrong. I'm feeling a bit dopey because of the medication, but now I can sleep better.
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Merced, CA
Location
25.2
BMI
Surgery
06/23/2010
Surgery Date
Jun 28, 2010
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