I had my 2nd root canal appointment today.  It was horrible as the freezing didnt' take right away and I went ouch on several occasions.  It took 1.5 hours and he said he'd left himself more work than he thought.  I think he hadn't cleaned out the 4th root the first time - that is the only explanation I can think of for being in agony again.  After first appointment I was pain free for hours, this time the freezing wore off and I was in agony again by the time I finished what I ordered at McDonalds after my appointment.  Good thing I ate before the freezing wore off as I can't eat now.  It's worse than it ever was before .  They told me they renewed my prescription but I shouldn't need it.  I ended up calling a friend to pick me up and take me to get the prescription as I couldn't get home this way.  I am now back taking both tylenol # 3 and advil which just knocks me right out. 

I am supposed to go into work tomorrow, but if this pain keeps up I may not be able to leave the house as the pain meds make me too tired/loopy to trust myself on the bus.  I thought I'd get to go out shopping and then come home and do a little laundry and pack my emergency bag, but it's not going to happen right now.  I will wear what I have available and well, as long as I have my regular emergency supplies, I guess I'll just take a cab home if something happens that I can't deal with at work.  I'm only working 4 hours, I go out longer than that when I'm not working.  We will see.  I may sleep when the pain pills knock me out and get up early to finish getting ready.  I have a list, it's a matter of putting it together.

If I thought my root canal was bad timing, this second appointment is far worse in terms of timing.  And I still have to go back to the orginal dentist in a week or two for the final restoration of the tooth.  It's already cost me over $1500, who knows what he'll charge for the remaining work.  My advice is try never to need a root canal on a tooth with 4 roots!  The original dentist thought the very back molar was actually the one I should be complaining about, and I'm told I may still need a root canal on it, just not right now.  So I'm praying whatever abcess is there goes away without a root canal being necessary.

I have had a few minor issues with my dressing and my ostomy in the last number of days.  Oh and...

THE GREEN CAME BACK, THE VERY NEXT DAY

THE GREEN CAME BACK, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GONER

THE GREEN CAME BACK, IT  JUST COULDN'T STAY AWAY

Last week my skin problems got worse again, and some areas that were nearly healed turned green again plus a new area.  I was so upset, as I had told the nurse not to cover the areas that were nearly healed, she even read it in my chart, and yet she did and look what happened.  I figured Carol, the wound care nurse, would fix me up on Friday as we'd requested she come.  However, she didn't come and I had a new nurse yet again.  I was so upset and the dressing leaked within 1 hour of her leaving.  Fortunately I managed to fix it for a while and it finally gave up the ghost completely early early this morning. 

Carol is coming this Friday, and I may be taken off wound vac.  I would hope she'd leave me on it til she gets the new supplies in next week.  Taking me off it will prove interesting, especially when I'm working, as we really aren't sure if there will be leaks of fluid and if there are, I can't fix them without coming home.  I'm determined to go back to work though, so I just pray that everything will go well from now on.

My wound vac is beeping, need to plug it in to charge.  Bye for now.