The past month has been a test on my being. Let me explain.
Three years ago, I had a root canal done on one of my back teeth. The dentist I went to said he was the best in his class at root canals, so I thought I was in good hands. The root canal happened and it didn't hurt too bad and I thought that was that. HOWEVER, it was still hurting; I had this dull achey pain in my tooth and it only felt better when I stuck my nail inbetween the teeth to alleviate the pressure. I went into his office a lot... And every time it was considered an "emergency visit" which essentially eats up your insurance. He also gave me a filling in a tooth that didn't need a filling saying that was the cause of it. We took x-rays, we did hot/cold tests, he made me bite hard on things... It was a huge ordeal. And then I just stopped going because I was starting to feel like I was C-RAZY!
With my new job, I finally got health and dental insurance. So I went to a new dentist. The first day I went in there he took awesome 3-D x-ray's of my mouth and when I told him I had been having a problem with this one tooth for three years, he looked at the tooth on the x-ray and IMMEDIATELY said it was because there was a missed canal. SEE! I WASN'T CRAZY AFTER ALL! So, I went and saw a specialist, who I adore and trust. We scheduled to have the retreatment done. Caution, it's about to get gross. When my appointment finally came around, he opened the tooth and it was entirely black with bacteria and infection. BLACK! AS MIDNIGHT! are his exact words. I was MORTIFIED. Cause, ew... that is gross! and, who knows how my body has been compensating for trying to fight it off for three years. He cleaned it all up, removed the shitty filling material the old doctor used, got the missed canal all sparkley.
I had to be on one antibiotic before the procedure. Once I was done with the procedure, he gave me ANOTHER antibiotic because the infection was so bad. I felt fine Friday and Saturday, but Sunday it started to hurt really bad. By Monday, I thought my tooth was going to EXPLODE from my GUMS. The pressure was intense. I went into the doctor and started crying cause it HURT SO DAMN BAD. He put me on ANOTHER antibiotic. He warned me that retreatments sucked, and with the extent of infection and bacteria in my tooth, he knew it was going to be bad. I left work early that Monday and went home. I took the antibiotics, a pain killer, and a pill to help with the nauseau. I fell asleep for a few hours, but as soon as I woke up, I puked for five hours straight.
My and the toilet were BFFs just then. I couldn't even keep down my saliva. I could taste the pills on my mouth, which just made me even more sick. Chris came into the bathroom after me being in there for 20 minutes and I was laying on the floor, crying, exhausted, and still in a ridiculous amount of pain. I almost made him take me to the emergency room cause it felt just so horrible. I was freaking out cause I couldn't hydrate myself... it's a scary feeling. Turns out I am allergic to hydrocodone... awesome way of finding out! I took Tuesday and Wednesday off to recooperate and try and build back my strength. i was going to sleep at 7-7.30 and waking up around 7-7.30 in the morning. My whole body was weak and achey. My brain hurt. I worked all of Thursday and Friday, but everyone left me alone because as my boss said, "you look like death!"
That next week, I felt 100% better. I rode my bike, which was probably a little too ambitious, but I rode it the entire week and the only time it really sucked was that first day. I went back this week and everything was clean and perfect! He finished the rest of the root canal by filling the canals and giving me a temporary. Now I just need a crown, which is scheduled at the beginning of August. Whew!
Now, I am getting ready to take my first ever road trip. And a first road trip with the beloved! We are leaving tomorrow afternoon and heading up to the North Rim for a night. We will stay there, catch the sunset, maybe do some hiking around and go to sleep. Saturday morning we'll wake up and head to Bryce Canyon for a night or two, and then head to Zion NP for another night or two. It's gonna be hot... I know this. We are doing this in the MIDDLE of summer, but I think it will be fun. We'll be stinky, and sweaty, and Alice (my car) doesn't have air conditioning, so it will be a full on hot sweaty party! Once we are done with Zion, depending on how we feel, we might drive straight to Carson City/Lake Tahoe to spend a few nights with my family. If we don't feel like driving 9 hours straight, we'll head to Yosemite for a night and then mozy up to Carson City the next morning. Yosemite is only about 2 hours away from Carson, so it might be a nice break.
We plan on stopping a lot, stretching out legs, hiking, swimming (hopefully in Zion, or at least getting our feet wet), reading, and enjoying the outdoors. I want to take a lot of pictures of this trip. I have never seen any of these places before (minus Carson/Tahoe) so I want to document everything! Scenery, the two of us, us seperately... We are bringing my mini professional camera, and the beloveds major professional camera. I am really looking forward to it.
Tonight we are going grocery shopping and prepping food. We'll work a half day tomorrow, but hopefully be out of here by 11 or 12! And then our epic road trip begins!
I went to a sporting store yesterday to buy a full protection hat, and I also bought those athletic skirts that have shorts underneath them and are quick dry. I tried on two sizes, a 10 and a 12. I fit into BOTH! The 10 fit great, however, I picked the bigger size just for comfort and sitting in a car. But maybe after this trip I can go and get that 10. I don't really see the weight loss anymore (have the fat girl mentality), but it's awesome to know that I can wear a medium in a shirt and can buy size 10 pants, which has never happened... or at least, not in the past 10 years. This is the smallest I have been since middle school. It feels great! And when I tell people I have lost 40 pounds, I always get high-fives, like I did yesterday at the sporting goods store.
Will share our adventures when we return on the 9th. :)
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