The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

3 cheers for Dave7 .
I have felt stronger the last few days and with better balance.
So.......at 1200 I took the plunge and tried a short walk.
I managed approx 1 1/2 miles which included a pub stop for a half of bitter.
Balance still not brilliant but I was very happy.

 

[numbnuts]

Afternoon - sorry it's a long post
Over three weeks ago one of my premolar teeth broke and to my surprise I found a lump of filling stuck to a fine piece of wire and the length of it suggested it went in to the jaw (remember this as it is part of the main story).
Phoned dentist for an appointment, three weeks time What Oh well, as it was not hurting it was OK.
On the appointment day she asked my “do you want it removed or just a filling”, I chose the filling which she did without any problem, so far so good, then she wanted to do a scale and polish with hurt like merry hell and by the time she had finished I was in a lot of pain.
When I got home it was too early to have a cup of tea as she said “wait at least one hour before eating of drinking, which I did.
Later made a cup of tea took one mouthful and Jesus Wept......and so did I God I was in so much pain I took two paracetamols, sometime later I tried another cup of tea still not good it hurt too much, in the end I had a lay down in the lounge hoping it would settle down, it didn't and dinner was put off.
Six lots of paracetamols plus with caffeine were taken during the night, still not good, so phoned the dentist, no appointments available, but if there is a cancellation we will call you, two days later still in a lot of pain and still no appointment, and have no eaten a proper meal and lost 3Kg in weight.
I also noticed a small lump on the side of my chin adjacent to the said tooth and I felt very unwell so took my temperature 99.9f.
For the next few days it was paracetamols plus with caffeine around the clock, yes I know I'm only suppose to take eight tablets in 24 hours, but I was in a lot of pain and the thought of dying was a better option.
Some six days later the pain in the tooth has subsided a little, but not completely gone and eating a bit better now, but remember the piece of wire that came out when the tooth broke, here's my thinking, the said wire was glued into the jaw bone to give the tooth some support, the dentist just filled the tooth leaving and unknown to her a hole at the base and most lightly filled with crud from eating and her drilling, so it has just been plugged, I now think I have an infection in the jaw bone hence the small lump on my chin, now the dilemma is, will my immune system take care of that of do I have to go back and have said tooth removed, barring in mind there are no appointments.

 

[welsh dragon]

Afternoon - sorry it's a long post
Over three weeks ago one of my premolar teeth broke and to my surprise I found a lump of filling stuck to a fine piece of wire and the length of it suggested it went in to the jaw (remember this as it is part of the main story).
Phoned dentist for an appointment, three weeks time What Oh well, as it was not hurting it was OK.
On the appointment day she asked my “do you want it removed or just a filling”, I chose the filling which she did without any problem, so far so good, then she wanted to do a scale and polish with hurt like merry hell and by the time she had finished I was in a lot of pain.
When I got home it was too early to have a cup of tea as she said “wait at least one hour before eating of drinking, which I did.
Later made a cup of tea took one mouthful and Jesus Wept......and so did I God I was in so much pain I took two paracetamols, sometime later I tried another cup of tea still not good it hurt too much, in the end I had a lay down in the lounge hoping it would settle down, it didn't and dinner was put off.
Six lots of paracetamols plus with caffeine were taken during the night, still not good, so phoned the dentist, no appointments available, but if there is a cancellation we will call you, two days later still in a lot of pain and still no appointment, and have no eaten a proper meal and lost 3Kg in weight.
I also noticed a small lump on the side of my chin adjacent to the said tooth and I felt very unwell so took my temperature 99.9f.
For the next few days it was paracetamols plus with caffeine around the clock, yes I know I'm only suppose to take eight tablets in 24 hours, but I was in a lot of pain and the thought of dying was a better option.
Some six days later the pain in the tooth has subsided a little, but not completely gone and eating a bit better now, but remember the piece of wire that came out when the tooth broke, here's my thinking, the said wire was glued into the jaw bone to give the tooth some support, the dentist just filled the tooth leaving and unknown to her a hole at the base and most lightly filled with crud from eating and her drilling, so it has just been plugged, I now think I have an infection in the jaw bone hence the small lump on my chin, now the dilemma is, will my immune system take care of that of do I have to go back and have said tooth removed, barring in mind there are no appointments.

Personally I would have it taken out. Then antibiotics.

 

[Dave7]

Afternoon - sorry it's a long post
Over three weeks ago one of my premolar teeth broke and to my surprise I found a lump of filling stuck to a fine piece of wire and the length of it suggested it went in to the jaw (remember this as it is part of the main story).
Phoned dentist for an appointment, three weeks time What Oh well, as it was not hurting it was OK.
On the appointment day she asked my “do you want it removed or just a filling”, I chose the filling which she did without any problem, so far so good, then she wanted to do a scale and polish with hurt like merry hell and by the time she had finished I was in a lot of pain.
When I got home it was too early to have a cup of tea as she said “wait at least one hour before eating of drinking, which I did.
Later made a cup of tea took one mouthful and Jesus Wept......and so did I God I was in so much pain I took two paracetamols, sometime later I tried another cup of tea still not good it hurt too much, in the end I had a lay down in the lounge hoping it would settle down, it didn't and dinner was put off.
Six lots of paracetamols plus with caffeine were taken during the night, still not good, so phoned the dentist, no appointments available, but if there is a cancellation we will call you, two days later still in a lot of pain and still no appointment, and have no eaten a proper meal and lost 3Kg in weight.
I also noticed a small lump on the side of my chin adjacent to the said tooth and I felt very unwell so took my temperature 99.9f.
For the next few days it was paracetamols plus with caffeine around the clock, yes I know I'm only suppose to take eight tablets in 24 hours, but I was in a lot of pain and the thought of dying was a better option.
Some six days later the pain in the tooth has subsided a little, but not completely gone and eating a bit better now, but remember the piece of wire that came out when the tooth broke, here's my thinking, the said wire was glued into the jaw bone to give the tooth some support, the dentist just filled the tooth leaving and unknown to her a hole at the base and most lightly filled with crud from eating and her drilling, so it has just been plugged, I now think I have an infection in the jaw bone hence the small lump on my chin, now the dilemma is, will my immune system take care of that of do I have to go back and have said tooth removed, barring in mind there are no appointments.

I am reading that in disbelief.
Surely if, after treatment you are in so much pain then the dentist would have to get you back in.

 

[12boy]

Good for you Dave 7.
Mo....ouch!
Breezy here with snow and rain showers thru Wed. Aged pooch doesn' t love it. She has a big wicker basket with 6 inch sides that is hard to clamber in and out of so I am making a flat bed for her which she may prefer. When it warms up I will apply shellac or polyurethane so the odd incontinence won't soak into the wood. Not a thing of beauty fer sure.
Couple of pics of my Surly and Holdsworth with twined moustache bars and a Sturmey 3 speed. I like to pop in a single speed wheel on the Surly for a change of pace sometimes and right now the Holdsworth is a 1x8 with a derailleur. TBH honest I still prefer my Brompton but the others are nice too. 23 days until I can resume riding these bikes in the Merry Month of May as I should get off of the load of blood thinners then.

 

[12boy]

Wow NN, what a horror story. Hope you are better soon.

 

[numbnuts]

Personally I would have it taken out. Then antibiotics.

WD I'm with you on this

I am reading that in disbelief.
Surely if, after treatment you are in so much pain then the dentist would have to get you back in.

I don't think the receptionist passes on any information to the the said dentist, but I do know we are in terrible times with the covid, but “My Dentist” (trade name) does not care a sh1t, I suppose you get what you pay for and I'm NHS

 

[SpokeyDokey]

WD I'm with you on this


I don't think the receptionist passes on any information to the the said dentist, but I do know we are in terrible times with the covid, but “My Dentist” (trade name) does not care a sh1t, I suppose you get what you pay for and I'm NHS

Our NHS dentist is linked to the local hospital dentistry department for emergency treatment.

Maybe check on the position re your dentist.

Good luck with it - toothache is such a debilitating pain.

 

[classic33]

It's was too freaking cold

You'd have warmed up once you got going.

 

[Mo1959]

@numbnuts I wouldn’t be taking any chances if there was any chance of infection setting in to the bone. Even in the current climate, surely prolonged pain is classed as an emergency?

 

[classic33]

Afternoon - sorry it's a long post
Over three weeks ago one of my premolar teeth broke and to my surprise I found a lump of filling stuck to a fine piece of wire and the length of it suggested it went in to the jaw (remember this as it is part of the main story).
Phoned dentist for an appointment, three weeks time What Oh well, as it was not hurting it was OK.
On the appointment day she asked my “do you want it removed or just a filling”, I chose the filling which she did without any problem, so far so good, then she wanted to do a scale and polish with hurt like merry hell and by the time she had finished I was in a lot of pain.
When I got home it was too early to have a cup of tea as she said “wait at least one hour before eating of drinking, which I did.
Later made a cup of tea took one mouthful and Jesus Wept......and so did I God I was in so much pain I took two paracetamols, sometime later I tried another cup of tea still not good it hurt too much, in the end I had a lay down in the lounge hoping it would settle down, it didn't and dinner was put off.
Six lots of paracetamols plus with caffeine were taken during the night, still not good, so phoned the dentist, no appointments available, but if there is a cancellation we will call you, two days later still in a lot of pain and still no appointment, and have no eaten a proper meal and lost 3Kg in weight.
I also noticed a small lump on the side of my chin adjacent to the said tooth and I felt very unwell so took my temperature 99.9f.
For the next few days it was paracetamols plus with caffeine around the clock, yes I know I'm only suppose to take eight tablets in 24 hours, but I was in a lot of pain and the thought of dying was a better option.
Some six days later the pain in the tooth has subsided a little, but not completely gone and eating a bit better now, but remember the piece of wire that came out when the tooth broke, here's my thinking, the said wire was glued into the jaw bone to give the tooth some support, the dentist just filled the tooth leaving and unknown to her a hole at the base and most lightly filled with crud from eating and her drilling, so it has just been plugged, I now think I have an infection in the jaw bone hence the small lump on my chin, now the dilemma is, will my immune system take care of that of do I have to go back and have said tooth removed, barring in mind there are no appointments.

Phone 111, explain and try and get an emergency appointment. Even if all they are able to do is get you started on antibiotics for any infection.

 

[ColinJ]

I was going to buy Cinelli cork bar tape for £12 but found some Deda cork tape for £7.99 which got very good reviews*** so I ordered that instead.

And by the wonders of Amazon ('minimal tax payers') Prime, the new bar tape was delivered 18 hours later - on a Sunday!

The tape looks and feels good. I will have to wait a week for the bars and stem to arrive though before I use it. I got free delivery on those but they are ebay purchases rather than from Amazon so I have to wait.

 

[ColinJ]

@numbnuts - that sounds awful! I would definitely try to get emergency treatment.

As for an OD on paracetamol... It isn't just a case of dropping dead if you overdo it - you can severely damage your organs but live!

 

[numbnuts]

@numbnuts - that sounds awful! I would definitely try to get emergency treatment.

As for an OD on paracetamol... It isn't just a case of dropping dead if you overdo it - you can severely damage your organs but live!

Hi Colin I did read that somewhere, last night I had a stabbing pain in my stomach when I moved in bed, but glad to say it's not there any more. I'll try to get some treatment tomorrow without losing my temper

 

[Mo1959]

@numbnuts - that sounds awful! I would definitely try to get emergency treatment.

As for an OD on paracetamol... It isn't just a case of dropping dead if you overdo it - you can severely damage your organs but live!

One of the most dangerous, and irreversible overdoses.