A day in the mouth

A predicted problem has come home to roost. For at least a couple of years now my dentist, Dr. B, has been keeping an eye on a tooth whose time was numbered. The right top-back molar. It has an old silver filling which has been holding out since the ice age. Hot and cold sensitive, hurts for days if I chomp on something hard, has several small cracks and is susceptible to the roots dieing. Well, that time came last Friday. I've had a couple of "emergency" root canals in my day and what I felt coming on had all the makings of the misery to come. I called the dentist's office - Dr. B wouldn't be in until Tuesday so I get scheduled for 11:15am. Now this is where the fun begins. Friday the pain would come and go, a throbbing in the gums and a feeling that a rod was being pushed through my sinus' on the way to my brain giving me a side to side headache and sucking the energy right out of me. Saturday was some of the same, I was able to get the yard mowed, go for a walk with Carol and watch our weekend Netflix with several interludes of pain which seldom lasted more that 15 minutes. Sleeping was an off and on thing as well. So far, so good on the countdown to Tuesday. Sunday was another story entirely, I awoke on Father's Day with steady mild pain which shortly after breakfast jumped to the top of the charts. I spent the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon lying in bed as standing or sitting was more than I wanted to handle. If people with migraines have more pain than this then I'm amazed they can function as well as they do. Well Monday was so-so but more pain than not and sleeping was horrible. Now today, I get to my appointment and get checked out by Dr. B, he brings in Dr. M who has done all my previous root canals and gets me right in. These guys are good. So now I have a little aching but some ibuprofen seems to have it under control. In a couple of weeks I'll have it checked and then Dr. B will put a new crown on it. The bad news - the x-ray showed another tooth which will need a root canal soon. Will the fun ever end?