47confirmed, 14 probable new cases = 61 , total 708
Last night I managed to get three “two hour shifts” of sleep last night with the toothache. It has now started hurting earlier in the evening [7pm] and feels like it is in my ear sometimes, and my arm[/?]. The pain-killers aren’t making a difference but applying the clove oil to the gums numbs the pain almost totally within minutes and buys me two hours of sleep before it wears off. I was happy to see “4:00 am” on the alarm clock when I woke this morning because it meant I got some reasonable sleep. Hopefully the emergency dental clinic can see me today and just pull the tooth - lockdown isn’t a good time to be doing root canal and crowns.
Not much else happened today, the toothache totally went away during the day but when I sat down for a while or lay down it got bad which apparently means it’s an abscess. The emergency dental clinic gave me an appointment at 8:30pm. Things were busy, I got in around 9pm and was out about 45 minutes later with a numb face and one less tooth. I’m not normally one for selfies but this was a special occasion.
I slept better than I have in days even though my face started itching as the anaesthetic was wearing off and I couldn’t feel myself scratching it! 3 pain-killers over the night at various intervals got me through and no clove oil was needed, suggesting an improvement on the situation. Someone told me to be careful of “dry socket” and I looked that up - the blood clot mustn’t be allowed to come out or …. more pain! So I will have to be careful for 24 hours.
