APICOECTOMY

I had an apicoectomy yesterday afternoon. For those of you who don't know what it is...

An Apicoectomy, or Root-End Resection, is the removal of the root tip and the surrounding infected tissue of an abscessed tooth. This procedure may be necessary when inflammation and infection persists in the area around the root tip after root canal therapy or root canal retreatment.

Dr. Etherton is a great dentist...so hat's off to both doctor and his assistants. He has like the most awesome bedside manner ever. BUT, I am swollen like Anna Anna Anna Anna Nicole and am sore too. Of course I was presribed some pain killers, but if you know me, I don't fair so well with those things. I did take 1/2 one last night and slept like a baby. This morning though, I was nauseous as ever. I dry heaved, gagged, then felt better about 5 minutes later.

So, bottom line: no pain, no gain. And, I did not hurt during the actual procedure, only felt nauseous and crazy a little from the gas. That stuff is crazy man!

I plan on taking some pics of my swollen face and 1/2 moon cut and stitches (5 in all) to post later hopefully. For the time being, I just want to sleep...maybe in about 6 hours, I will be able to.