For the first time in nearly a month, I woke up with no pain whatsoever in my teeth! Since the Fourth of July, I had problems with my teeth that were constant. No matter what I did, brushed, flossed, rinsed with Listerine, rinsed with a cloves and alcohol solution, caked my teeth and gums in EMLA or Orajel, the pain was always there. I even resorted to asking my doctor for narcotics, and that did no good. He has this thing about not giving me pain medication, since I’m an addict and all. But today? There was no pain. I could chomp down, and there was no tenderness. I can touch my teeth, and there’s no pain. I even ate some waffles with butter and maple syrup, and chewed a little on the worked on side (not a lot, because I have temporary caps), and there was no pain at all! Trust me, just getting rid of pain this severe makes all the difference in the world.

I’ve been saving this little neat tidbit, but here goes: I have/had an octo-rooted tooth. Normally, teeth have two main roots. I had a tooth that had five main roots and three minor roots that branched off of the main roots. It really made my dentist’s day. Yep, look at me. The medical freak. When I go back next week, I’ll try to get a copy of my x-rays and post it here. You know you wanna see that!

Oh, I’m in a good mood today. I don’t know why. I have to go back to work tomorrow, and it’s the last week of freedom that I have for a few days. Maybe it’s all the narcotics I swallowed while I was waiting on my waffles to toast?