Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

MIR seems to be doing such a good job that I don't think that will be necessary.  I also changed my mind, decided on simply having the tooth removed tomorrow morning, which will cost me a little more than $120 instead of thethousands of dollars for the other set of procedures (root canal and crown).  It turns out that I can get it pulled, let it heal and then get an implant, which is a better solution long term.  Or a bridge.

But I am impressed with how well MIR is handling this situation.  Of course since there is a hole in the tooth, there will always be some infection until the tooth is removed.  But the sickly sensation of infection is gone, the pain is gradually reducing and the feeling of the infection spreading into my jawbone is also gone.  Color me impressed.  And MIRv4 will be even better!

Tomorrow morning at 9 am, they'll shoot me full of Novocain and then rip that sucker out.  Then I get the joy of holding a cotton swab on the spot for a few days while I wait for it to stop bleeding.  I'll still be drinking my means for a week, but I won't be waiting a week for them to do something about it.

 Sweet !! No Troll at the Toll Booth, you get to drive right on thru. Ace!! Thats square on getting a solution that clearly you can live with. congrats and I know I Know I Know that MIRv4 will ready knock it outta da Park,Mister.
 All the best for a smooth tooth removal/recovery,Shannon. rest better. night. Keith.

I am concluding that the infection is slowly making its way into my right cheek, despite the MIR influence, and that made it hard to fall asleep last night without Nyquil.  But I have an appointment at 9 am and I can't afford to oversleep.  The infection was making itself known in two ways that had me concerned before I started using MIR.  There was a big step back from that, and in general the pain is a lot less (and when it does hurt, it does not hurt for as long).  But my cheek is getting worse.  Good thing I am getting the tooth out, because otherwise my option would be to ask another doctor for antibiotics, and that would have been a 7 day course for a 9 day wait.

Hopefully I can still work after this tooth comes out, because jeebus, there have been enough delays this month!