Brenda86
Jedi Master
To start, I would really like some feedback on this one, maybe I'm just seeing too much here, but I will try to describe as well as I can what happened that has led me to feel this way. And this is going to be kind of long as it happened over several days.
Friday, September 18th: Been feeling a little "off" physically. Feeling like I'm fighting getting sick. Been doing EE before bed, seeing some strange images but also having a lot of interesting thoughts and connections that I plan on researching.
Saturday, September 19th: Glands swollen and pain in teeth (?) Couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from but it hurt so bad I thought I was going to cry. And that is exactly what I did. So I went to the Minor Medical Emergency center where I was charged $60. The doctor looked at me for a few minutes. Felt my jaw. And told me I have TMJ, which for those of you who don't know is some kind of inflammation of the muscle/join holding your jaw in place. He gave me nothing and told me to take 4 ibuprofen everything 6 hours or so and if I wasn't better by THURSDAY I should seek more assistance. (Strange. That's a lot of days from Saturday with as much pain as I was having) My mother and I even asked if maybe we could get an antibiotic just in case. He said absolutely not, it would do nothing for what he thought was "virus" related.
Sunday, September 20th: I'm taking the ibuprofen as directed, but my teeth are starting to throb beyond normal pain killers. EE is helping me calm my body enough to sleep (THANK YOU, LAURA!!!!) Also, at this point my boyfriend is suspicious that the doctor I saw has no idea what he's talking about. My boyfriend thinks it's an abscess.
Monday, September 21st: I'm trying to be patient, but I'm taking 6 ibuprofen every 4 hours. My mom and I decide to go to the dentist first thing in the morning since it seems to be dental related and not just an inflammation of this joint that is nowhere near the source of my pain. I cried a good bit that night. EE breathing and my boyfriend comfort stroking my hair got me through this one. My lip is swelling pretty bad at this point, too.
Tuesday, September 22nd: My lip is pretty swollen. Get to the dentist crying. Took forever for someone to come to the desk to get my information. The tooth I show them has a crown on it, which confuses them. They agree to do an xray when I explain the tooth has a crown and I cannot even accidentally bite down even the slightest bit without shooting pain.
OK, this is where things really start to bother me...
The tech does the x-ray of my tooth. I always expect a bit of a wait, I won't complain on that front. Now, I hear them talking about how bad it is. REALLY BAD. I know it's me, cause they said Brenda's x-ray. Nerve is severely inflamed. Bad infection. But when the dentist comes in to see me, she's acting like it's completely routine. (Strange.) Gives me an antibiotic and some pain meds and says we can do the root canal in about a week. Now she says, "If you feel like you need to you can always go to the doctor and get a shot of antibiotics but you don't really need to." and also, "You can call me to come in sooner for the root canal if you can't get any relief."
My pain was so bad the meditation and medication wasn't getting me to a comfortable place. I took 10 of my 20 percosets in 16-18 hours. My facial swelling seemed to be growing exponentially every few hours.
Today, Wednesday, September 23d: Early this morning I woke up severely swollen (around 6:00am). Took some meds, went back to sleep. Looked in the mirror. Decided to call the dentist. I looked like a verifiable ape-person. Guess what? My dentist cancelled all her appointments today and would not even answer our call to give me advice. So my mom drove me to a dentist I used to see (more expensive. I used to have insurance). He was surprised she had even offered to open it up. He said it would be extremely dangerous and I needed to go to the ER right away to get a shot of antibiotics straight into my body.
Fast forward: My mom is having to hold my arm into the ER. I could barely walk and my nasal passage was swelling. OK, so I'm in the ER. They won't let me my mom come with me, but I'm an adult, so OK. The nurse is looking at me like I'm crazy as I tell her what I've been through the past few days. I mean, she's looking at me like I'm certifiable. Keep in mind, I looked like this
She's telling me she doesn't see anything wrong with my teeth. I told her I'd had an x-ray and I was told it is an abscess. She's asking me what I want them to do!!!! I tell her I was sent by the dentist to get a shot of antibiotics.
Doctor comes in and asks me the exact same questions. I say they can verify with my dentist, I have the name and phone number. She says that won't be necessary. She's getting snippy with me. But seriously... my face is incredibly swollen. This is where it gets the weirdest. She asks me again what I want her to do. I tell her I would like a shot of antibiotics. She starts talking about how I'm already on an antibiotic which is what is causing my nausea and basically saying to deal with it. She doesn't see anything wrong with my tooth anyway. I tell her again I had an x-ray, it's an abscess. "But your tooth looks normal" I tell her, of course it looks normal, it's a crown over a live tooth. "Oh", she says. Then she proceeds to tell me she could give me the shot but I'm allergic to penicillin so she can't give me the shot. There isn't anything she can do. I'm crying really bad at this point. I honestly feel like I will be SERIOUSLY in the hospital in the next 24 hours if this woman doesn't listen to me because I'm very faint, nodding in and out of sleep/consciousness. I keep telling her there has to be something because my dentist sent me for the shot. And we start going in circles here. She keeps telling me there is nothing they can do without a dentist on staff and she can't give me a shot of something I'm allergic to. I say to her, "Why won't anyone help me? I've been dealing with this since Saturday." And she says the exact same things. Word for word. And keeps asking me what I want her to do. I finally come up with this question and ask, "So if you have a horrible infection and you can take penicillin you will be OK, but since I am allergic to penicillin I'm out of luck? You don't have medicine for people who are allergic to penicillin and I have to let this infection keep going into my nasal cavity and die?" In a VERY irate tone she says, "Well, I GUESS we can give you IV antibiotics." I said, "LET'S DO IT THEN!" She huffed, "OK" stomped away from my bedside and SLAMMED the curtain behind her.
I got my medicine and she gave me something for the swelling, too. She was a COMPLETELY different person after that as if she had not denied me in the first place. I was so bewildered. I'm doing so much better now. But this was very scary for me. If I had not argued with her (for literally over 30 minutes. My mom was watching the clock because the doctor did not let my mom come back until she decided she had never denied me in the first place.) I could have quite literally died if it had continued to spread as fast as it did. But I finally managed to find the right question that broke her loop.
OK, so please... any feedback on this is welcome. All I can think right now is that I need to be extra vigilant.
Friday, September 18th: Been feeling a little "off" physically. Feeling like I'm fighting getting sick. Been doing EE before bed, seeing some strange images but also having a lot of interesting thoughts and connections that I plan on researching.
Saturday, September 19th: Glands swollen and pain in teeth (?) Couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from but it hurt so bad I thought I was going to cry. And that is exactly what I did. So I went to the Minor Medical Emergency center where I was charged $60. The doctor looked at me for a few minutes. Felt my jaw. And told me I have TMJ, which for those of you who don't know is some kind of inflammation of the muscle/join holding your jaw in place. He gave me nothing and told me to take 4 ibuprofen everything 6 hours or so and if I wasn't better by THURSDAY I should seek more assistance. (Strange. That's a lot of days from Saturday with as much pain as I was having) My mother and I even asked if maybe we could get an antibiotic just in case. He said absolutely not, it would do nothing for what he thought was "virus" related.
Sunday, September 20th: I'm taking the ibuprofen as directed, but my teeth are starting to throb beyond normal pain killers. EE is helping me calm my body enough to sleep (THANK YOU, LAURA!!!!) Also, at this point my boyfriend is suspicious that the doctor I saw has no idea what he's talking about. My boyfriend thinks it's an abscess.
Monday, September 21st: I'm trying to be patient, but I'm taking 6 ibuprofen every 4 hours. My mom and I decide to go to the dentist first thing in the morning since it seems to be dental related and not just an inflammation of this joint that is nowhere near the source of my pain. I cried a good bit that night. EE breathing and my boyfriend comfort stroking my hair got me through this one. My lip is swelling pretty bad at this point, too.
Tuesday, September 22nd: My lip is pretty swollen. Get to the dentist crying. Took forever for someone to come to the desk to get my information. The tooth I show them has a crown on it, which confuses them. They agree to do an xray when I explain the tooth has a crown and I cannot even accidentally bite down even the slightest bit without shooting pain.
OK, this is where things really start to bother me...
The tech does the x-ray of my tooth. I always expect a bit of a wait, I won't complain on that front. Now, I hear them talking about how bad it is. REALLY BAD. I know it's me, cause they said Brenda's x-ray. Nerve is severely inflamed. Bad infection. But when the dentist comes in to see me, she's acting like it's completely routine. (Strange.) Gives me an antibiotic and some pain meds and says we can do the root canal in about a week. Now she says, "If you feel like you need to you can always go to the doctor and get a shot of antibiotics but you don't really need to." and also, "You can call me to come in sooner for the root canal if you can't get any relief."
My pain was so bad the meditation and medication wasn't getting me to a comfortable place. I took 10 of my 20 percosets in 16-18 hours. My facial swelling seemed to be growing exponentially every few hours.
Today, Wednesday, September 23d: Early this morning I woke up severely swollen (around 6:00am). Took some meds, went back to sleep. Looked in the mirror. Decided to call the dentist. I looked like a verifiable ape-person. Guess what? My dentist cancelled all her appointments today and would not even answer our call to give me advice. So my mom drove me to a dentist I used to see (more expensive. I used to have insurance). He was surprised she had even offered to open it up. He said it would be extremely dangerous and I needed to go to the ER right away to get a shot of antibiotics straight into my body.
Fast forward: My mom is having to hold my arm into the ER. I could barely walk and my nasal passage was swelling. OK, so I'm in the ER. They won't let me my mom come with me, but I'm an adult, so OK. The nurse is looking at me like I'm crazy as I tell her what I've been through the past few days. I mean, she's looking at me like I'm certifiable. Keep in mind, I looked like this
Doctor comes in and asks me the exact same questions. I say they can verify with my dentist, I have the name and phone number. She says that won't be necessary. She's getting snippy with me. But seriously... my face is incredibly swollen. This is where it gets the weirdest. She asks me again what I want her to do. I tell her I would like a shot of antibiotics. She starts talking about how I'm already on an antibiotic which is what is causing my nausea and basically saying to deal with it. She doesn't see anything wrong with my tooth anyway. I tell her again I had an x-ray, it's an abscess. "But your tooth looks normal" I tell her, of course it looks normal, it's a crown over a live tooth. "Oh", she says. Then she proceeds to tell me she could give me the shot but I'm allergic to penicillin so she can't give me the shot. There isn't anything she can do. I'm crying really bad at this point. I honestly feel like I will be SERIOUSLY in the hospital in the next 24 hours if this woman doesn't listen to me because I'm very faint, nodding in and out of sleep/consciousness. I keep telling her there has to be something because my dentist sent me for the shot. And we start going in circles here. She keeps telling me there is nothing they can do without a dentist on staff and she can't give me a shot of something I'm allergic to. I say to her, "Why won't anyone help me? I've been dealing with this since Saturday." And she says the exact same things. Word for word. And keeps asking me what I want her to do. I finally come up with this question and ask, "So if you have a horrible infection and you can take penicillin you will be OK, but since I am allergic to penicillin I'm out of luck? You don't have medicine for people who are allergic to penicillin and I have to let this infection keep going into my nasal cavity and die?" In a VERY irate tone she says, "Well, I GUESS we can give you IV antibiotics." I said, "LET'S DO IT THEN!" She huffed, "OK" stomped away from my bedside and SLAMMED the curtain behind her.
I got my medicine and she gave me something for the swelling, too. She was a COMPLETELY different person after that as if she had not denied me in the first place. I was so bewildered. I'm doing so much better now. But this was very scary for me. If I had not argued with her (for literally over 30 minutes. My mom was watching the clock because the doctor did not let my mom come back until she decided she had never denied me in the first place.) I could have quite literally died if it had continued to spread as fast as it did. But I finally managed to find the right question that broke her loop.
OK, so please... any feedback on this is welcome. All I can think right now is that I need to be extra vigilant.
