Root Canal?

[amber]

My best advice is be SURE to send me your vicodin. If you do that, the whole thing will go very smoothly.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by amber

My best advice is be SURE to send me your vicodin. If you do that, the whole thing will go very smoothly.

I had two bottles of Vicodins from my wisdom teeth. But Steve Earle's guitar tech bought them(I mean stole them ) from me a couple months ago.

[sparky]

I have had a few of these done. They are no big whoop, but this is the secret - don't let the medication wear off for the two days afterwards. Take the aspirin, painkiller, WHATEVER, before you leave the office, and keep taking them. If they wear off, the pain of that brutal things sets in and you'll be a sad puppy.

BTW, I think my last one, with a porcelain crown, was 800 bucks. I had to pay 10% of that.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by sparky

I have had a few of these done. They are no big whoop, but this is the secret - don't let the medication wear off for the two days afterwards. Take the aspirin, painkiller, WHATEVER, before you leave the office, and keep taking them. If they wear off, the pain of that brutal things sets in and you'll be a sad puppy.

BTW, I think my last one, with a porcelain crown, was 800 bucks. I had to pay 10% of that.

$800? Oh ****! Take drugs regularly. Got it. Dammit, I bet that means I can't drink! Oh well, whatever price MUST be paid. I look like a chipmunk right now!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Take drugs regularly. Got it. Dammit, I bet that means I can't drink!

PFFFFFT!!!! Who says?

JUST DON'T DRIVE!!!!

[wondergirl9847]

Sorry you have to have this done. I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out in 1998 and I was in bed for 3 days. I had to take 3 meds, one for my throwing up (with stitches in my mouth....ARRRGGGG...worst....pain....evah.), codeine and some other pink stuff to ward off infection, I think.

I've never had a root canal though, pray I never have to.

Anyways, hope it goes easy for ya!! Take lots of drugs! LOL

[Violet]

I've had, I think, 3 root canals. I'm a major chicken when it comes to dentists. For my first one, I had nitrous. Just regular novocaine for the second 2, and i was fine. My husband only had one, about 15 years ago, and all of a sudden one day last month it started hurting him. Turns out he had a major abscess. They drilled down through the crown and the original root canal, drained it some and filled it, gave him some Vicodin and anti-biotics and sent him on his way. That happened the day we left for Disney World. A week and a half later it still hurt and looked like he had a golf ball in his mouth. More antibiotics and lots more drainage, and more painkillers. He seems to be okay now, but he has to go back tomorrow to make sure. The weird thing is the exact same thing just happened to TWO of my neighbors! Old root canals, abscessed, terrible pain, etc. Weird.

But I'm sure you'll be fine! Good luck!!!!!

Carol

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Sorry you have to have this done. I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out in 1998 and I was in bed for 3 days. I had to take 3 meds, one for my throwing up (with stitches in my mouth....ARRRGGGG...worst....pain....evah.), codeine and some other pink stuff to ward off infection, I think.

I've never had a root canal though, pray I never have to.

Anyways, hope it goes easy for ya!! Take lots of drugs! LOL

Thanks.
My wisdom teeth were a NIGHTMARE! The bottom two, that is. They WOULDN'T come out. The roots were intertwined (sp). He had to cancel his next three appts, twisted back and forth on me forever, and eventually sawed them in half, to get them out in pieces. I had those yellowy black and blue streaks down to my CHEST! How's THAT for a dentist horror story?
For a year, I'd occasionally have little lost slivers of them work their way through my gums. I now wish I hadn't remembered that story.....

[amber]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I had two bottles of Vicodins from my wisdom teeth. But Steve Earle's guitar tech bought them(I mean stole them ) from me a couple months ago.

And that affects me...how?
Look, just send them, ok???

JK - I'm sure everything will be fine, I wish you no pain. I've never had any major dentist stuff, but from what I've heard, Sparky is very, very right.