I hoping for somewhere in between at best. It sure don't feel like a laughing matter, but I also don't want get all worried and stressed.
You see yesterday as I was probing around in my mouth to check the healing process I felt something sharp. Very weird?? Could it just be the remains of the dissolving stitches? Sure felt more significant that that. It felt like a piece of bone sticking out the side of my gum!!
I decided this morning that I was just gonna ignore it, but my resolve lasted til 9:00. I called and they told me to come in right away.
Guess what?
A piece of bone has broken off, and just by the way he talked I'm pretty sure he already knew that, but was just hoping I wouldn't notice. He believes that it will heal back, or at worst the gum will heal over it, and it will just happily float around in there. When I asked why not just remove it, his answer was that it was a fairly big piece. Hmmm. That confirmed for me that he already knew.
Regardless, I have chosen to take his advice and leave it for a week or two, to see what happens. It doesn't really cause me any pain, at least at this point, so I'm gonna try real hard not to stress over it. It's hard however, cause I'm super sensitive about anything related to my mouth/throat/teeth, specifically as to how things will heal.
I'm still going to get away from this guy asap, but I also have to try to manage the costs. If I go to another dentist right now they're gonna start soaking me right away.
Meanwhile I have made a commitment to relegate it to the same place as I've put world politics, by taking kind of an out of sight/out of mind attitude. I will not probe the area with my fingers (thank god my tongue won't reach), and I have also committed to NOT do any internet research!!
C'est la vie!
"There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them."---Niels Bohr
...and I positively drooled over this quote....
"Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned."---W.C. Fields
...while Fields presumably intended it exclusively as humour. I chose to once again be reminded that something you think may be a bad thing, may not be such at all...
Love
Peter
You see yesterday as I was probing around in my mouth to check the healing process I felt something sharp. Very weird?? Could it just be the remains of the dissolving stitches? Sure felt more significant that that. It felt like a piece of bone sticking out the side of my gum!!
I decided this morning that I was just gonna ignore it, but my resolve lasted til 9:00. I called and they told me to come in right away.
Guess what?
A piece of bone has broken off, and just by the way he talked I'm pretty sure he already knew that, but was just hoping I wouldn't notice. He believes that it will heal back, or at worst the gum will heal over it, and it will just happily float around in there. When I asked why not just remove it, his answer was that it was a fairly big piece. Hmmm. That confirmed for me that he already knew.
Regardless, I have chosen to take his advice and leave it for a week or two, to see what happens. It doesn't really cause me any pain, at least at this point, so I'm gonna try real hard not to stress over it. It's hard however, cause I'm super sensitive about anything related to my mouth/throat/teeth, specifically as to how things will heal.
I'm still going to get away from this guy asap, but I also have to try to manage the costs. If I go to another dentist right now they're gonna start soaking me right away.
Meanwhile I have made a commitment to relegate it to the same place as I've put world politics, by taking kind of an out of sight/out of mind attitude. I will not probe the area with my fingers (thank god my tongue won't reach), and I have also committed to NOT do any internet research!!
C'est la vie!
"There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them."---Niels Bohr
...and I positively drooled over this quote....
"Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned."---W.C. Fields
...while Fields presumably intended it exclusively as humour. I chose to once again be reminded that something you think may be a bad thing, may not be such at all...
Love
Peter
Positive attitude and lack of probing sound like a good pair of strategies for now! Remember, "Be not afraid!"
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gail