For me, I've been having pretty bad days since Tuesday morning.
So it was about 7 am, and I was brushing my teeth like I always do. But shortly after I had started, a small part of a very fragile tooth (not sure how it became fragile but I've needed dental work on it before for a filling) broke off and fell into the sink, exposing the gumline, and my mouth began bleeding and hurting. I tried having someone put some benzocaine topical on it to help relieve the pain, but it was so sensitive that even touching it was excruciatingly painful. So I went to the dentist a few hours later so they could figure out what was wrong, and after taking some X-rays they referred me to an endodontist for root canal therapy. But that's only the beginning.
They had referred me to an endodontist that was very close by, and they took me in pretty quick at their office. They began numbing me with Novacaine (which was probably the most painful part of it, getting poked in the roof of the mouth and gums 4+ times :cry:) and did the first part on Tuesday, cleaning out the gunk in the root canal. They told me to come back 2 days later, which was this past Thursday, for them to finish it. Since I was in pain and sore from all of that, they told me to take aspirin as needed and prescribed amoxicillin antibiotic capsules for me to take for the next 13 days every 8 hours to prevent infection.
After all of that, and being in pain for 2 days, I came back to the endodontist on Thursday, and they numbed me again (painfully), finished cleaning out the root canal, filled it to seal it off, and covered it with a temporary putty sealant. I have to go back to my regular dentist for a permanent crown over the tooth in 10 days or so. The tooth looks hideous now, and until I get that crown it's going to bug me with the awkward feeling and soreness in my mouth. So for the past week or so I've been FML'ing. I really want this to be over :(