Well…On the left side of my jaw, the tooth on top is full out; on bottom is the one that has often barely pushed through, just to cover back up again. One or both of those teeth are moving right now. It’s something I’m used to, but this time it’s happened in a way that essentially, I have a huge canker sore over the bottom gum that my tooth on top is sitting in if I close my mouth. Of course, that’s not exactly it, but that’s the best way I know to explain it so that you can mayber understand the kind of pain it’s causing.
I’m doing what I can to not agitate it, but keeping my jaw slightly parted is causing serious muscle ache in that area, ya know? I ended up having to leave work because chatting with customers and such was just making it impossible to avoid pain and I just couldn’t take it!
I’m not sure what the best path to take is. I took some ibuprofen, which is helping the muscle aching, but I mean you can’t really avoid pain when you’re basically clawing at an open wound, ya know?
I numbed it before work with some Orajel, but you know that only lasts for so long, and I’m seriously wary about overusing stuff like that. Using too much of something like that on a sore like this is what puts people in a more painful situation–it’s usually what causes them to get an overly swollen jaw. I’m trying to avoid that!
I need to eat, but I’m not sure what I can handle. It’s painfully obvious that I can’t chew anything right now–I guess I’ll have to track down some mashed potatoes or something!
Anyone have any tips on how to handle this??
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