http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Toothache is back and blood pressure is way up en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:27:25 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6402 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:00:18 +0000 Emma 6402@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>If you want a group of us to go over to your doctor's office with a large whack-bonk stick, please let me know.</p> <p>The sight of a group of irritated, angry women carrying sticks may force your physician to reconsider his/her life choices.</p> <p>Just a thought. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6378 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:52:16 +0000 kathyanne11/13 6378@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I have never had my b/p check at the denist before why did they do that in the beginning </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6348 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:21:28 +0000 anncetera2 6348@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>For crying out loud, I wish you had a different doctor! If your BP is 121/92, yeah, the second reading is high, but the first one is just fine. I can't help but wonder how much lower your BP would be if you could just get your tooth pulled to alleviate the pain &#38; allow the infection to drain?!?</p> <p>Hang in there 'til Wednesday; things will be better soon. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6306 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:29:24 +0000 artistabobbi TX 1/17 6306@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That does sound frustrating as h***. So sorry your life is not back on track, yet. but maybe by Wed it will be doable.<br /> g'nite tigerpaw.<br /> It is almost time for me to go home, YEA!<br /> I am sending positive healing energy to everyone who needs it.<br /> Hugs and purrs </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6304 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:17:52 +0000 owlwatcher_974 6304@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I still haven't been to the dentist. I went to the doctor on Friday and she gave me a second prescription for my blood pressure and a prescription for some serious pain medicine.</p> <p>The pain medicine on it's own doesn't do much except get me wasted. I spent over two hours Friday evening screaming and crying in pain before finally asking my roommate to go get me some ibuprofen. I then took ibuprofen with tylenol along with another 1 1/2 of the pain pills and finally got some relief. </p> <p>A lady at church recommended excedrin back and body because there is no caffeine in it and no ibuprofen which interferes with one of my blood pressure medicines so now I take that and I am sort of able to go out and go to school without too much pain. I am still not able to work like this though because there is always some pain and I constantly have to rinse my mouth with listerine or cool water.</p> <p>I went back to the doctor today but she still won't sign the paper for the dentist to work on my teeth because my blood pressure is still a little high (it was only 121/92). I now have to up my dosage of blood pressure medicine and go back again on Wednesday to see if it's low enough for her to sign the stupid paper so I can finally get this tooth pulled and get back to my life again. I am so unbelievably frustrated it's unreal. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6303 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:09:48 +0000 Tigger 6303@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yeah...what AB said, above me there.Drop us an update-post,owlwatcher! Me with you in same boat,kiddo! Me scheduled for major oral-surgery Nov. 8th *whimper*<br /> I had a BAD lower-right rear molar ache last week that actually started to produce swelling that both retreated in 24hrs., but I'll be in that chair within 25min. if it comes back before my appt. G'night everyone!G'night AB! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-6302 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:55:26 +0000 artistabobbi TX 1/17 6302@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>owlwatcher<br /> Just wanted to know how you are doing. Hope you are getting well, now. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5731 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:42:07 +0000 KYKAT 12 23 5731@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher, Pain meds are a good thing! Glad they are helping. Let us know how you are doing after you visit the Dentist today. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5506 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:59:36 +0000 feral 5506@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>owlwatcher...I'm glad to hear you've been helped w/your pain. I pray they'll be able to remove the tooth soon so you can focus on your schooling. And I hope they can stablize your blood pressure. Hugs &#38; Purrs </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5485 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:49:12 +0000 anncetera2 5485@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher, those tests will be easy compared to what you've been going through! I'm so relieved that the painkillers and bp medication seem to be working. I trust you're also continuing antibiotics. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5478 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:37:16 +0000 Emma 5478@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Get some sleep. God is watching over you, and we are all praying for you. You are going to be okay. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5467 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:24:52 +0000 miu 5467@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>FOUR tests? Poor girl. I cross everything I have got for you. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5463 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:37:01 +0000 owlwatcher_974 5463@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>*crawls up to the computer.. still way out of it</p> <p>I think I actually got close to 10 hours sleep *yawns*. With this new pain medicine and blood pressure medicine the doctor gave me yesterday, I feel like I could sleep another 12 hours but I have to wake up and study. After missing school all last week, I am way behind and I have four tests coming up this week. If I weren't so wasted on the pain medicine, I would probably be a little worried about the tests. But, as it is, I am so relieved to not be in constant, intense pain, that I'm really not worried about anything at the moment. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5383 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:49:22 +0000 AnnF 5383@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>How are you doing now, hon? Did you get a good night's sleep? Sleep helps so much in and of itself. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5356 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:33:56 +0000 SylvesterMiasMomma 5356@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Healing thoughts and gentle hugs. Hope you feel better Owlwatcher. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/3#post-5336 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:31:28 +0000 Catwoman 5336@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thank God it is working! Now get some rest. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5312 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:19:03 +0000 Kitten Whisperer 5312@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>So glad to hear that you have gotten some relief at last! Sleep well. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5310 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:17:39 +0000 owlwatcher_974 5310@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Just wanted to let everybody know the pain medicine works after all. Just a few minutes after my last post, my roommate brought me back some ibuprofen and I took some of that with tylenol. Then, just a few moments after I had taken the ibuprofen, it was as if somebody had flipped a switch. There is still some pain but I am way to 'out there' to really feel it. Once the ibuprofen and tylenol hit me, I should be pain free for quite some time. :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5283 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:57:42 +0000 Kitten Whisperer 5283@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher--we are all sending you positive thoughts and healing light. You have done everything in your power to get the pain dealt with. Sometimes I don't think doctors medicate pain properly. If you are at your wits end, please consider going to an urgent care facility or emergency room. You shouldn't have to wait this long to get some relief. I know money is a problem without health insurance, but that can be sorted out later. (I know, easy for me to say...but I don't see other options.) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5196 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:16:43 +0000 owlwatcher_974 5196@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The pain medicine isn't doing anything for me. I just asked my roommate to go get me some ibuprofen because the pain is now constant and feels 10 times worse. If only that doctor had just filled out the form then maybe I could have gotten a dentist appt. this afternoon and been finished with this mess.</p> <p>As it is I have been crying like a baby all afternoon. I just hope the ibuprofen/tylenol mix does something for this pain. If it doesn't I think I'll reach in with pliers and pull the stupid tooth myself. It couldn't hurt much worse than it is hurting right now </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5166 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:57:46 +0000 MaryLynnVa 5166@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher, hope that by now you have your pain medicine and it is helping you get some rest. But if the pain starts up before it is time for your next dose,<br /> say to yourself "Yes, this hurts alot, but it is not killing me at this time." Then concentrate on your breathing: take a deep breath in and imagine EXHALING<br /> the pain. Keep repeating this, and if you can, visualize the pain leaving your<br /> body. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5121 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:21:10 +0000 Levi's Mama 5121@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>i wish i could give you some lorcet from my wisdom teeth surgery that i never used. i know it's awful to have a toothache. i had horrible pain in my tooth after i had my wisdom's pulled. funny that the tooth/gum hurt by my other tooth but two weeks it was a pain in my neck (mouth lol) i'm praying for you to feel better and get that taken care of! just make sure you follow through with your antibiotic or else it will get resistant, but i'm sure you know that! :) i just read a sec ago that you do feel a bit better, i'll still pray though!! :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5102 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:08:08 +0000 AnnF 5102@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Good thoughts to you. Fingers and toes and everything crossed that they can help you out soon! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-5059 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:25:28 +0000 JenniferSigman 5059@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Good luck, OwlWatcher. :-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4944 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:57:39 +0000 artistabobbi TX 1/17 4944@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>You were in my thoughts coming to work tonight, owlwatcher.<br /> Hopefully the pain meds will do the job and allow healing for the tooth.<br /> Will send you pos energy and healing thoughts all weekend, and I hope that by the time I get to work on Monday that you will be on your way to recovery.<br /> Hugs and purrs. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4881 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:55:18 +0000 miu 4881@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Tell him to shut up and hug you.<br /> I really hope the new pain killers are good and the dentist can do his job on Monday. Think about it - less than 3 days and the pain will be history. :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4880 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:54:53 +0000 KYKAT 12 23 4880@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hopefully you don't have plans for the weekend so you can take your pain meds and concentrate on getting the BP down. Hopefully the pain meds should accomplish more than 1/2 of that battle. One other thing to do. If you are at the grocery or pharmacy and they have one of those free BP monitors. Check and log the results. If you can document to your doc that part of the reason it is high is the fact that you are in a doctor's office, that might also help to convince him that you have "White Coat Syndrome" i.e. your BP is up just because you are stressed from going to see him, and he might sign the papers even if your BP is a little high. Tell the roommate that he can help you more my rubbing your neck and the base of your skull and doing reflexology on your feet than by flapping his gums! I'll send you lots of pain-free and low BP thoughts over the weekend. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4879 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:51:06 +0000 Bogman, Clark and Andy's mama 2/27 Florida 4879@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher, you, as always, have my best thoughts. I pray that your BP goes down and that you can get your tooth pulled. Love Terri </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4874 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:43:43 +0000 owlwatcher_974 4874@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>"Please be sure to tell the doctor just how bad the pain is (on a scale of 1 to 10, with 0 being no pain, 5 being moderate pain, and 10 being in so much pain that you're willing to pull the tooth yourself with a pair of pliers.)"</p> <p>How about willing to pull the tooth with a pair of rusty tweezers?</p> <p>I just got back from the doctors. She gave me a second prescription for my blood pressure and one for pain. I have to go back on Monday and, if my blood pressure is low enough, she will fill out the paper so the dentist can pull the tooth. I am still waiting to go pick up the new pain medicine so I am now being shown a whole new level of pain! One half hour to go until I can go get the medicine.. one half hour -- meanwhile, my roommate is badgering me about what I need to say to the dentist and how this can't continue etc... If he only realized how much worse he is making things. I think my blood pressure is going up just listening to him worry about me *sighs* </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/309/page/2#post-4789 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:28:25 +0000 anncetera2 4789@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Owlwatcher, I agree with Emma. Please be sure to tell the doctor just how bad the pain is (on a scale of 1 to 10, with 0 being no pain, 5 being moderate pain, and 10 being in so much pain that you're willing to pull the tooth yourself with a pair of pliers.)</p> <p>That will likely help persuade the doctor of the need for stronger/more antibiotics, as well as some sort of pain medication that will make a bigger dent than the OTC stuff will give you.</p> <p>I'm not surprised that some people would self-medicate themselves with alcohol, almost to the point of unconsciousness, due to something like a toothache. The pain is difficult to describe, for someone who hasn't experienced it.</p> <p>Good luck! </p>