Pic of the week 18/3/18
This week’s entry should have all been about my new role as AHOY – Assistant Head of Year – which after much delay, and a couple of interviews, I secured this week.
But no, its been overshadowed by tootache. Bloomin’ painful toothache.
I know that my teeth have been in a shocking state for some time – I had meant to put going to the dentist as one of my goals, aims and targets for the year – but I’ve been lucky: despite being cracked and coloured, they’ve not caused me too many problems. Until now.
First hint came on Tuesday night. I’d been for a swim and I suspect that this was enough to trigger a little cold that’s been going ’round. I have noticed that when I get a cold now it does also hurt in my back left lower tooth – the one that is cracked is barely half a tooth.
By Wednesday evening, it was hurting on and off, enough to dig out the dentist forms and send Becky off to register me a the local practice. However, I was pretty confident that once I shook of the cold, all would be well again.
Woke at circa 2 am Friday to Saturday night and it was killing. Eventually popped a few pills and fell to sleep. Saturday day was not too bad. Refereed on Saturday afternoon – absolutely freezing: temp around zero, with strong wind chill thrown in. Couldn’t feel my face for most of the afternoon. After the game, thawing out, look in the mirror and I had a huge lump under my left jaw. Not good. Once I warmed up, may tooth/jaw really began to hurt.
Undoubtedly an infection, but my general tiredness didn’t help. Again, 2 am last night I awoke with a deep throbbing pain. Popped the pills and back to sleep. Still hurt this morning, have now got myself quite a collection of oral health products. Had a little snooze which helped.
And then I remembered my ice pack Becky got me for Christmas, and this has made a real difference. Soothing, the swelling is receding the pain changing from a deep throbbing to a much more manageable sharper “wobbly tooth” pain. Have a dentist appointment a week tomorrow – hopefully I can now make it until then …