Agony Alley...Root Canals Gone Bad

[Capt Josh]

Sweet baby jesus as if this weather wasn't enough to compound the gravity of malady, i just went through a nightmare couple of days. First off my cell phone and a bunch of my stuff got stolen, then i was literally crippled and brought to the verge of biblical hopelessness for the past two days with a deep jaw infection thanks to a Mexican root canal gone bad.

I like to think that i have a rather high tolerance for pain, and like a rabid, horny, wild African elephant, it takes one hell of a barrage of canon fire to slow me down. But let me tell you, i was stripped naked and laid bare at the hands of some kind of micro-bacterial creature as though i were but an ant in the path of the aforementioned elephant. No mortar fire required.

I have never experienced the kind of pain i had to endure over the last 48 hrs as the nasty, toxic serum of infection spread through my jaw, into my inner ear, and finally burrowed deep into my brain. Debilitating, on your knees and praying for a quick and imminent death kind of pain.

Treatment began with roughly 25 Advils, no help. Next came enough antibiotics to treat a small herd of plague infected cattle. The doctors took it to the next level with two mysterious mexican pain pills designed to knock out cancer patients, still no relief. Allegedly I have a serious tolerance for pharmaceuticals.

It took a veritable chemical cocktail to knock me out and relieve the agony, finally. Thankfully, after two days of doctors, a myriad of treatments, and Michelle's gentle, loving care i'm able to smile again, thoughts of suicide all but forgotten.

So let my little journey down agony alley be a lesson to all of us. When hurricanes hit, or a patch of inactivity allows us to catch up on things like personal health and hygiene, it might be a good idea to GO TO THE DENTIST. And then keep going REGULARLY.

[chumslicker27]

Damn dude that sounds F%^KED!!!

I just went to the dentist on Friday... First time in years...

They say I got to get the wisdom teeth pulled... I was like yea yea yea.....
Now I thinks I might go and get em done.. Not trying to go down that alley.....

Hope you have a Speedy recovery man..

[gringofrijolero]

This no fishing no surfing thing is making a root canal look fun. My hangover is almost sudsided. Mandala tonite? we gotta do something, Im going dock crazy.

[Sea Draggin]

You know what they say, "Your teeth are the second thing to go."

[gman]

Dude that sucks and I feel your pain Im sitting here typing with a numb face. ... glad to hear your feeling better its kind of ironic ...

So I've been known to drink a lot of vodka on occasion or so Ive been told LOL and I have a thing for green olives.

LOL So this weekend while drinking excessive amounts of the clear potion I notice they change out to bigger olives. I Immediately ask the bartender for some of those bad ass olives.

What I didn't know was one of those bad ass olives wasn't cored out. One big bite and that olive sought retribution on my ass for all the olives Ive eaten in the past. Broke my f*** Molar in one shot. Spent all of today in a chair

No where as bad as yours bro but I feel your pain, get better soon

[treyfry]

G-MAN, FRIDAY NIGHT I TOOK MY WIFE AND KIDS TO THE MEXICAN PLACE IN MY HOMETOWN. BIT DOWN ON A BEEF SOFT TACO, AND THERE WAS A BONE OR SOMETHING IN THE GROUND BEFF. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY MOLAR IS ALSO ONLY A HALF OF A TOOTH NOW. IT BROKE THE OUSIDE HALF OF MY TOOTH OFF AND LEFT A JAGGED EDGE THAT IS CUTTING INTO MY CHEEK. DIDNT FEEL VERY GOOD, GOING TO GET IT FIXED THURSDAY. I HATE THE DENTIST!!

[Hatterized]

sounds to me that the speed demon named Salty is rattling them fillings loose.......zoom zoom zoom......

[Gmoney!]

you guys sound like a bunch of biatches, shut up and fish

JT, you give good advice, but take some of your own, and make sure its an AMERICAN dentist next time Trip up to LA, visit the boss, hit the clubs..and my cousin is an excellent dentist if you need None of this mexican dentist BS LOL.

Glenn, sorry to hear that..and I can vouch for you being a vodka freak LOL..but I love my vodka and olives as well, so now I have learned a lesson have them put the olives through a toothpick, that way i know there are no pits

[gottaflylee]

Man that sucke JT, I know what you went through and it NO fun!!! Can't even drink enough to make the pain go away, death by dentist...

[Deep C]

I feel for you bro... I was saddled with a body that did not do well with root canals at all... Real poor bone left room for some explosive shit after each round of them. "Abcess make the fart go Honda" and the pain unworldly. On par with passing a three carat kidney stone in the shape of New Jersey.

Last month thought I put it all behind with a twelve hour surgery... Removed every tooth, reconstructed jaws, bone grafts and more plastic and titanium than my lure bag could hold nailed in place. They don't make temp sets to last, thats for sure. Upper plate came out with one of its titanium screws attached on a gentle sneeze. Lowers were "pressed"on their posts and just today they sprung off while I was driving. Damn near wrecked as I had to keep them from blowing out the window...

Lets hope that your side trip to hell was a unique one and that all goes smooth from here out...