Root Canal

Shortly after my son was born in 2008 I started getting recurring ear infections. Thank goodness he wasn't a big cryer. I had my teeth checked and learned that a filling had broken and I needed a root canal. This could also explain the recurring ear infections. Anyhow, to be safe I was sent to an ENT who prescribed a year's worth of Nasonex and this seemed to clear everything up. Root canals are crazy expensive and I didn't have coverage so since I was no longer in pain I put it off. One thing I have learned is don't put off dental work. Just do it if you can find the means. At 8 months pregnant with my daughter my tooth began to bother me again. I had an infection and finally had to go ahead and have the root canal done. Luckily, by this time we had coverage under my husband's benefits. So I had it done at 8 1/2 months pregnant. I got through it. The pain however never fully went away. People kept telling me that there's took a while to heal as well but it seemed like my ear infections were coming back and I was having to go back on antibiotics again. I had it checked by a specialist and discovered I needed a retreatment. I had a hidden canal. I was tempted at this point to have it pulled. But at 33 I'm not ready to give up on my teeth. I had the retreatment done about 2 weeks ago. I'm hoping this is it. I'm still sore and on antibiotics. I'm annoyed that I'm still sore but I'm hoping this is it. That after this next round of antibiotics I will finally be pain free. Its exhausting. The next step would be surgery and I can't afford to pay for that even with coverage so we'll see if I will have to say goodbye to my tooth or not.

If you ever have any doubts about your teeth, have them checked. I won't make the same mistake twice. My son is two and I've already brought him for a short check-up. Its New Year's eve and I'm talking about teeth...I need a life, ha! ha!