Dental Work
Feb 26, 2010 ~ Blogging, Doctors ~ 7 Comments
Oh my goodness, one of the possible side effects of my Topamax is tooth decay. Well, when my Doctor prescribed it to me he told me that the decay was a rare side effect. Well, guess who has the rare side effect? 
Yep, me! I have been putting the Dentist off for about six months now, but finally my lower right canine & the one immediately to the left of it was hurting to bad. So I went. Bad bad bad, Hev. We did the complete set of x-rays & discovered that not only are my teeth decaying but they have already decayed to the point that the holes in them are deep & big enough that they need to come out. The pain I have is an infection that is running like crazy through my teeth & gums. So at the moment I am needing a full set of upper dentures & a partial set on the bottom. Though by the time I actually can get all the teeth extracted, I will probably loss all my teeth. I am going to be a toothless wonder, lol. *I am laughing through the tears* I can not believe that I am going to be 30 years old & have dentures. I could kill this medication, but I can’t stop taking it cause then my seizures would be worse. I am damned if I do & damned if I don’t. My dentist told me that even if I stopped taking it today the teeth are already gone. They were probably gone a year ago, but just weren’t hurting yet. So every month or so I will be extracting a tooth (that is all the pain I can stand at a time). This time I just about put my fist through the car window after it was over & the numbness wore off. Luckily, my dentist gave me a prescription for some pain killers & they started kicking in. But that has been my excitement for today. I will never extract two teeth at the same time again. Too painful for me. If you have a very tender mouth *ME* it will be very painful afterwards. My supper consisted of noodles & butter & even those my jaw was hurting from eating them. The gross part is I have a hole in the front of my mouth that looks about the size of the nail on my pinkie finger (though I am sure it isn’t). But the entire highlight of replacing me teeth is that the first time in my entire life I will have straight even teeth. That will be an experience I have never had. For that alone I can’t wait, but it will probably be a year or more in the making due to my pain endurance & money issues. but I am patient.
P.S. I am actually thinking of re-doing the layout again. I am crazy I know.
I had a complete set of x-rays only to find out that I have two options. Extractions or crowns. Guess what? We can’t afford fancy dental work so it is extraction of my teeth. I am going to get to be a toothless wonder. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 
I am a 29yr old sassy woman that enjoys making friends. I do have a seizure disorder so that makes it hard for me to be online & I do tend to forget things, so you may have to remind me sometimes. I am a little quiky & a little crazy, but very friendly. In my spare time I enjoy reading & counted cross stitch when my disorder allows me to stitch which is usually only about 15 minutes at a time.
