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The root canalled tooth is still problematic. Gum feels swollen, and throbs very gently.
I'm getting 'aches' in the bone, up by the eye socket, along the back of the scalp, at the temple, in the upper jaw, and in the lower jaw. It's in inverted commas because it's twinges that become more noticeable and less noticeable by throbs. Right hand and right foot are still slightly swollen, to the point where the last two fingers on my right hand and the first two toes on my right foot are regularly throbbing, and frankly, I'm not entirely sure that it isn't getting worse. Plus, my spine still grinds at the neck, and turning the head too fast can give me a headache low and in the back of my skull.
Chiro doesn't improve anything. The massages make me fall asleep but not much else. And I'm not sleeping solidly for more than 5 hour a night.
Frankly, at this point, the only solid thing I have to go on is the tooth - the one with the root canal where some of the filling has 'leaked', creating a 'puff' which the dentist assures me isn't dangerous and frequently settles down.
The problem is that nobody can guarantee me that the tooth is causing any of this (apart from the ache in the jaw, and that might possibly be the implant). Which makes everyone reluctant to do anything. And, most of the time unless it's screaming pain, they don't want to do anything in case they make it worse. At this point, the 'worse' that could happen is that they could break the sinus cavity, which would present me with an entirely new set of health challenges. Wonderful.
I know that so many of you live with much worse issues daily; I've gotten off really well for the last forty years. But, damn, I miss not having to count spoons, or calculate what I can and can't manage.
And there's a part of me that's quietly terrified of slowly sliding into incapability - a long an unlikely possibility, I know, but unnerving nevertheless as I feel like I'm losing the things I used to do without effort.
I think, out of all of it, I miss the sleep the most, though.
I'm getting 'aches' in the bone, up by the eye socket, along the back of the scalp, at the temple, in the upper jaw, and in the lower jaw. It's in inverted commas because it's twinges that become more noticeable and less noticeable by throbs. Right hand and right foot are still slightly swollen, to the point where the last two fingers on my right hand and the first two toes on my right foot are regularly throbbing, and frankly, I'm not entirely sure that it isn't getting worse. Plus, my spine still grinds at the neck, and turning the head too fast can give me a headache low and in the back of my skull.
Chiro doesn't improve anything. The massages make me fall asleep but not much else. And I'm not sleeping solidly for more than 5 hour a night.
Frankly, at this point, the only solid thing I have to go on is the tooth - the one with the root canal where some of the filling has 'leaked', creating a 'puff' which the dentist assures me isn't dangerous and frequently settles down.
The problem is that nobody can guarantee me that the tooth is causing any of this (apart from the ache in the jaw, and that might possibly be the implant). Which makes everyone reluctant to do anything. And, most of the time unless it's screaming pain, they don't want to do anything in case they make it worse. At this point, the 'worse' that could happen is that they could break the sinus cavity, which would present me with an entirely new set of health challenges. Wonderful.
I know that so many of you live with much worse issues daily; I've gotten off really well for the last forty years. But, damn, I miss not having to count spoons, or calculate what I can and can't manage.
And there's a part of me that's quietly terrified of slowly sliding into incapability - a long an unlikely possibility, I know, but unnerving nevertheless as I feel like I'm losing the things I used to do without effort.
I think, out of all of it, I miss the sleep the most, though.
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Sleep would be really nice. I think I have sleep apnea, too - my mother does, and I'm pretty sure my sister does. So...yeah. All the joy...
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You're having a difficult time of it, too, last I heard! How's things - both the health and the immigration issues?
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