I don't have very good news. I have had alot of tooth pain since fall break. I just noticed I was really sensitive to cold things like grapes when I bite into them, cold drinks, or anything really. I went to the dentist finally on Monday and they said I have tooth recession. Which means the gum around my tooth has dropped down to where my root is exposed along with the nerves, hence why I feel so uncomfortable with cold things. I was sent to a specialist and actually got an appointment today. I have to have mouth surgery to fix it because the gums won't heal back to where they were. It is caused by 4 things: 1. braces (which I had) 2. Brushing your teeth really hard (which I do) 3. Using a whitening toothpaste (which I do) and 4. Genetics (which my grandmother has thin gums). SO...I'm really pretty much doomed to have this problem. I wish I'd know about this before so I could have taken the preventative measures like I was told about today. I have it all along the bottom teeth so I need to be extra careful or they could very well get lower as well. I have to get a sonicare toothbrush and brush with special toothpaste and all this stuff. I hope it helps with preventing it from getting worse. I am going to have to have surgery though for the gums on my bottom right side. I don't know when though because they are closed next week and I start my job January 2. I have no idea what my days off will be like and how many I'll get and when and all that good stuff..so I don't know when I can schedule to have this done. It's a pretty abrasive surgery. They take gum from the roof of my mouth and place it over the tooth that is exposed at the bottom where the gum is receding downwards. I'll have stitches and all. It is apparently painful.I can imagine. It hurts when i bite into something and burn the roof of my mouth. I'm nervous about it, but I don't know when it will happen so it makes it worse.
I'm getting really nervous about my job. I am so excited about it, but just the thought of this being a "real job" and my career scares me. I don't feel ready for this. I think everything is finally hitting me and sinking in. Graduating, moving home, getting a job, growing up...its all just hitting me like bricks. At first I was on a "high" from just finishing exams, packing up all my stuff, getting all my xmas shopping done, moving home, settling in, I was just super busy with everything and didn't even have time to really think about it all. Everything happend so fast, I had exams, I graduated, I got a job offer, I had to move home, pack and unpack, and do xmas shopping, all in like 3 days. Now things have settled down and its all just hitting me. I have so many emotions, I don't even know what they are honestly. I am just in a daze all the time. I don't feel "with it" or alive. I'm just like blah. Idk what is going on with me.
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