The Anonymous Widower

Good Riddance To That Tooth

I broke the tooth many years ago and a couple of dentists had tried to fill it, but it always caused me a certain amount of pain. I don’t remember how I broke it, but I think it might have been on a bread roll in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy. The only person, who could know is C, and she has been gone for over four years now.

After the stroke it got painful and no matter what I did, it was giving me pain.  Since the stroke it seemed to have got worse and I often thought it smelt of something like rotten fish. It will be three weeks tomorrow, since I had the tooth finally removed in the Royal London.

Since then, I’ve been to dentists twice to have a look at it and one gave me some antibiotics. A few days or so a small piece of tooth came through the gum.

Yeserday though, another piece came out and it was about the size of a child’s front tooth.  The gum bled a bit, but by the time I got to bed and after a whisky, it was OK.

I also slept very well and long and woke without any tooth pain. And that means also none in the left hand side of my face for the first time in a year.

Strangely, my left hand seems to be working better in the typing.

It’ll be interesting to see what my dentist says, when he reviews it all on Wednesday.

My only regret is that I’d had it out a year ago.  Or even earlier.

January 1, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Dentists, Pain, Stroke