Speaking of chocolate... I got a tooth out too. All I can say is OUCH. I regret living my childhood like a kid in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory hahaha.
I went to the dentist on 11th September so my lovely dentist could have a look at my teefs. I handed her the form EK gave me and she studied it very hard, then we got down to business! I had a scale and polish, a filling (upper right 5) and a few x-rays. I have no wisdom teeth! (upper/lower 8 on both sides) I was very surprised. I thought everyone had wisdom teeth and I thought I was a bit of a freak for not having any yet but she said I don't even have any ready to come through my jaw. So anyway EK stressed on the form that I couldn't have any termporary fillings in my mouth. And of course I had a temp' filling in one of my molars (UR 6) so the dentist said she would take the filling out and replace it with a new one. As she was removing it she was talking about Emirates and how she liked the flights when she goes to India etc. Of course I couldn't reply so I was like "Ahh!" "Oooh" "Awww". If I had spoken I probably would have ended up with a drill going through my cheek.
"Uh oh" I heard her say.
WHAT?!
"There's not... anything, under the filling. Your nerve is exposed - if I put a permanent filling on top of it you'd be in a lot of pain and the filling wouldn't stick to the tooth so it'd fall out instantly. I think it needs to come out."
NO! Naw naw naw naw naw naw naw! I already had one out ages ago, I don't want another one out :( the dentist got the practice manager in to the room who reviewed the document from EK and then had a peek inside my mouth. She said they wouldn't declare me dentally fit unless it was removed.
THE THINGS I DO FOR THIS JOB!
So out it came. She was pulling and pulling and I thought my jaw was going to come away from my skull. After a few minutes of tugging I heard a crack. And we both looked at each other like "shit" - the root had snapped, so the dentist had to dig in with a pair of forceps to get it out. Of course this was all under local anaesthetic so I was like "well this doesn't hurt at all!" and I was laughing throughout the whole procedure.
I then had to pay the not so bad sum of £49 for all of the above which really isn't bad at all (although I still begrudge having to pay for a service which the NHS should provide free of charge to everyone. I pay my bloody taxes!) and then they signed and stamped my form to upload to EK.
Oh how I regretted laughing when I got home. I had to change the gauze twice as it soaked in blood and then I took two paracetamol and thought "I'm gonna go to sleep - I can't deal with this pain!" honestly it hurt SO bad. I woke up and was spitting blood, and then my health anxiety kicked in and I researched articles about dying from getting teeth taken out etc and needless to say I found lots of stories about people bleeding to death and what not. Joys! It stopped bleeding after about six hours though.
Yesterday (12th Sept) it didn't hurt tooooo badly. Today it did. In fact, right now it itches. ITCHES. You know when something like a scratch is healing and it itches? It's like that. But I can't really itch my gum can I?
I've said the word 'itch' far to much in this post. I will stop...
I got wrong at work today, apparently I was searching passengers incorrectly. I blamed it on the toothache and being hungry but I think really it was down to having two hours sleep the night before. I got home and had a nap with my little ginger dog, who is currently lying on my head.
Still waiting on my blood results. Obsessive thoughts are in oooooooverdrive. But I'm sure everything will be fine. It's only been 8 working days. Working days. So it could be Tuesday by the time I find out if I'm a healthy human being.
Speak soon xx
