Having A Bad Day

[Pooh]

I was reading through all this and I just can't get past grubs.......

[luise.volta]

[Keys Girl]

LC, sorry to hear about the loss of your dog.  It's a big loss, you can always rely on them for unconditional love.

I have been dealing with an infection (or something) in my jaw.  I've been in pain for 3 weeks, and my dentist and his lame-brain (wife) of an assistant have really dropped the ball.   Instead of scheduling another appointment after 10 days when the antibiotics didn't lick the infection the assistant took it upon herself to give me her advice (take probiotics and fill your mouth up with olive oil for 20 minutes at least once a day to draw the toxins into the olive oil)....thereby bypassing my request for an appointment.  The dentist and his staff had been away from their office for 3 days on some training program (I used to do those on the weekend) and she was unwilling to schedule another appointment for me.  I only called back because the dentist to me to call him immediately if the antibiotics didn't work. I don't know much about medical issues, but I do know that infection left untreated can be a big problem.  The x-rays that they took didn't clearly show the infection and they couldn't identify which tooth it was, but frankly, they went to dental school......they should be able to figure this out.

I've dealt with husband and wife teams before and I won't ever again, unless the husband is the assistant.  I'm still going for blood tests for the kidney issues, and have moved the appointment to Canada at the end of July, so another issue that is being addressed with all the insight of the village idiot is trying my patience severely.  (That dentist lives in a village)

I've got an appointment with another dentist next week, and hopefully he might be able to sort this out.  I'm worn out, I've been in pain for a long time and I'm starting to worry that I might have another serious issue to deal with in addition to the kidney stuff.

Yesterday, for the first time in 40 years I thought that I might find a way to buy and smoke some weed, and maybe get some kind of relief from the jaw pain.  I'm not taking any painkillers because they might have a negative effects on my kidneys.

I'm going for a massage today, but right now I'm longing for the days when I had a GP who I could rely on and who I respected and had confidence in, and my former dentist (now retired) who saw me through 27 years of teeth and jaw problems and who never would have left me to twist in the wind for weeks in pain.

I go to get the orthotics fitted in a couple of days........I see a lot of bills for specialized shoes in my future.

They say that patience is a virtue, but I'm pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel today.

KG

[luise.volta]

KG - Fu Manchu! What a bummer! I am so glad you are proactive and so sorry you have to be! Sending love...

[Stilllearning]

I once had what I thought was a bad tooth on the upper jaw that turned out to be a sinus infection.  My dentist decided it was because I kept telling him which tooth was hurting when he thumped it but the tooth kept changing (even though I did not know he was thumping a different tooth).  Maybe you have a sinus infection and could get an appointment earlier with a general doctor than you can get with a dentist?  I would definitely avoid any doctor who told me to hold olive oil in my mouth to draw out the toxins.......

[Keys Girl]

Hi JoAnna16, the problems was the dentists assistant who happens to be his wife.  She refused to give me a second appointment and gave me hippy, dippy, unsolicited advice when the dentist told me to call and get another appointment if the antibiotics he prescribed didn't clear everything up.

I have an appointment today with a new dentist but I'm considering filing a formal complaint with the regulatory bodies, she has no business hijacking the treatment plan and keeping me in pain, and perhaps making the infection worse for another week.

It wouldn't surprise me if there is an infection or worse.  I've been sick constantly for the last 7 months, have an appointment with a kidney specialist in 2 months so I'm pretty certain my immune system is pretty well shot so I'm being hyper vigilant about any type of illness or infection.

Thanks for the suggestion.

KG

[Keys Girl]

Beter day today, the new dentist is very nice, explains everything from a to z and has determined I need a root canal.  That's not much fun, but at least I know what I'm dealing with.

Nice to have a thread to vent in, Luise.

KG

[Lillycache]

Beter day today, the new dentist is very nice, explains everything from a to z and has determined I need a root canal.  That's not much fun, but at least I know what I'm dealing with.

Nice to have a thread to vent in, Luise.

KG

Don't sweat the root canal..  I have had tons of them.. they numb you up deader than a post.  The worst part of it is holding your mouth open so wide for so long.    I can sympathize with you about stupid dentists.  I went to the Marquis de Sade...for my tooth extractions.. I will not go back..  UNTIL I absolutely have to.

I DID have a dermatolgist appointment last week for a complete skin check...  Let me tell you.. I was not prepared for the "completeness" of it!  I'll leave that up to your imagination.  Anyway.. she did biopsy 3 freckles and burned off some funky looking thing.. She said she doesn't expect any bad news... but that I should come back every year to have my moles and freckles checked for changes.. I am very fair skinned and spent my misguided youth sun worshipping.... like many our age.  SOOO... you all may want to consider this check up.. just to be safe.   Next I need to get into the opthamologist for a good look-see in my eyeballs.. and pressures measured.

[luise.volta]

What a relief to know what's wrong. Now, just drop your former dentist's wife/assistant a note and tell her to go soak her head in olive oil! 

[Keys Girl]

Thanks LC and Luise, I'm actually thinking of writing a type of column in the local newspaper about the "olive oil" miracle cure in lieu of root canals or write to Dr. Oz and have him put this on his list of bogus "cures".

It is a relief to know what's wrong, and I'm going to schedule the root canal once I get through the move into my new apartment.

I'm also hoping that this new dentist will be able to refer me to a new GP who will allow me to ditch the breakfast eating GP that I'm currently stuck with.

Plan B........is hopefully coming down the line and B stands for Better.

KG

[Pooh]

So sorry for all of your issues KG.   One thing I have learned is I am starting to take my "medical" into my own hands.  Don't like a Doctor?  "POOF!  Bye Bye"  Don't like a Dentist? "POOF "Audios don't let the door hit you...."

I've had a rough week and a half myself and I am ready to go literally choke someone over my latest....so I am pretty much firing all my current medical and dental people   With-in the next week, when my copies of all my medical records come in from my MD, you may see the maddest person you have seen in a long time.

[luise.volta]

Good for you and I'm so sorry you have to put up with such dangerous incompetence! Fu Manchu! Please let us know how it all shakes out. Sending love...

[Keys Girl]

I agree with you Pooh, I have to hang on until the end of July when I see the kidney specialist, but at some point in time (in the very near future) I look forward to borrowing the phrase from Donald Trump "You're Fired" and saying it to the GP who thinks it's fine to bring her coffee and muffin into the examination room.  Yup, if they aren't doing a decent job, fire 'em all.  Life is too short and if they aren't helping to make it longer, there is no need to keep them around.

I'm going to leave a comment on the "RateMD" website about my former dentist's assistant, who thinks she's Dr. Oz. (Even Dr. Oz knows he didn't attend Dental School)

Take it easy, Pooh and I'm asking for copies of all my medical tests to be sent to me so I can look them over.

KG

[Pen]

Don't get me started! Lol..

I understand that we have to be our own advocates and do our own research so we can make the best decisions we can, but sometimes I think, "Isn't that what I'm paying you for???" If I need to become my own doctor/car mechanic/contractor/banker/lawyer/social worker/hairstylist I might as well go to medical/mechanic/building/finance/social work/beautician school to earn a degree so I can get compensated financially for my new-found knowledge.

Keep fighting the good fight for your health, ladies. You're worth it!

[Lillycache]

Don't get ME started either.  I work in a hospital and review MD documentation...  I don't think you would believe the lazy, slipshod way they behave... and the tricks they pull.   They are not above that... WE MUST keep an eye on them for our own protection..  but the problem is that most people don't  know when they are being mishandled.  That is truely frightening.