Posted 10-09-2009 at 06:48 AM by Hychap2009

For the second day i'm in agony. Just looking forward to 20th and then bam. Yesterday morning I felt an ache in my tooth/gum, throughout the day it gradually got worse. I'd just got over the worse of my cold, not completely but the worse had passed, so I thought the gum ache could be related to that. But oh no, that was to easy. I couldn't sleep during the night because of the pain so this morning first thing phoned the dentist. Got an emergency appointment for 10.20am. Yep, an infection. The were going to prescribe parcetamol but I told them - that has not worked for me. I have taken Ibufen for about 10 years as I've got Diverticulitus and suffer from constipation from time to time. Anyway, I said you know what, I don't care - give me the Ibufen for the pain. As for the antibiotics - I got them but I thought I'd best speak to the hospital first before taking them because I certainly don't want to compromise my surgery in any way. So i've spoken to the "

'COMPETENT' women at the hospital and asked her to contact one of the surgeons and ask whether its ok to take the antibiotics from today. Its a 7 day course. She said she'd call me back. Should I hold my breath? Right now, although I can not eat on one side of my mouth, which is a bummer, the pain is finally subsiding for the first time in 2 days.

Will keep you posted.