I completely missed out on a lot of things, including the deaths of James Brown and Gerald R. Ford. RIP guys. :(

Now, back to my oblivion...

For the past two weeks i have been in excruciating oral pain. My 'regular' dentist was away for the holidays, and last week i ended up in the ER begging for something to take away the pain until i saw my dentist on Tuesday January 2. At the ER, i was told that i would need a Root Canal, and they gave me some Vicodin to tide me over, as well as an antibiotic for the infection.

Well, i saw my dentist yesterday, and was told that the tooth which is causing the most problem is actually the #32 Wisdom tooth, and that it is completely cracked in half and needs to be removed a.s.a.p. So, tomorrow i will be off to call an Oral Surgeon, whom i hope can get this damn thing out of my mouth in the next week if not sooner.

I also have a few teeth that need to be filled, but that will have to wait until after the Oral Surgery. Once the Wisdom tooth is gone, and the teeth are filled, i should be off the Vicodin and back to my usual, less drugged out self.

As you can imagine, i am not looking forward to the surgery. Anyone who knows me well knows that i HATE doctors and dentists, but i HATE surgery even more, and i avoid these things as much as possible.

I celebrated New Year's Eve with my pain meds, a Twilight Zone marathon and a shot of Jack Daniels at midnight. It doesn't get much better than that, right?!

-X-