Health Problems

parathyroid removal was a success, so far. have a 6 month re-test to be officially cleared. one of my remaining parathyroids was slightly enlarged, but doesn't seem to be acting up.


my endo doc is going somewhere until oct, and scheduled the higher end bone density test then. the health fair test i took in july put me at -1.2


unrelated, after a month of waiting, called the radiology dept to see what the hold up was with my spine report, lady said something caused them to get behind and push me up. cobb angle of 7%. my other report said "mild scoliosis" , but the spine was not the main focus of it. my pcp's nurse asked if i wanted to see a specialist about it, but going to put it off for now.

So from what I understand, the tooth under its crown is either cracked or its turned toxic. I had started feeling a bit of a numb pain a couple weeks ago, but my dentist and other dentists are a month to a month and a half out. My dentist set my appoint me the 1st of next month. Going to remove the tooth entirely and install a post for an implant. But on Wednesday this week, the tooth went into apocalypse mode and I have had some of the worst pain Ive ever been through. Not only will the pain radiate to the neighboring teeth, but will radiate to teeth in the top of my mouth as well. Its some of the most excruciating shit Ive dealt with. As I feel like I want to slam my head through the wall and that pain would be a relief from the teeth.

I talked to my Dentist on Wednesday and he prescribed me Clindamycin, and I have to take 3 pills a day for that. He also prescribed Tramadol-Acetaminophen for the pain. I woke up almost in tears this morning and called his office. Theyre closed on Friday's but at that point, I was ready to go to the back alley and let a homeless person cut it out if my Dentist wouldnt. Im playing, but not really. Luckily, he has an emergency line and it somehow still routed me to my dentist. Good ol' small town shit I guess. He prescribed me Oxycodone-Acetaminophen this time for the pain and pleaded with me to let the antibiotics have more time. I also bought Ibuprofen 200 and a bottle of Tylenol as well. He said to alternate 800mg of them between each generic Percocet.

Even after taking these drugs, and even overlapping the Tramadol with the perc's.. I still have some pain in the joint of the jaw and the problem tooth itself. A lot of the pain has went away for now, but its still awful. I've learned that just sitting liquids in my mouth will take away the pain. At times, it will start to ache with just water in my mouth so Ill use a diet soda in its place, which works better usually. Finally, if those two arent working - I use warm water with salt. Which stings at first, but eventually takes away the pain.

I have to deal with this until Monday, from what I understand - where I "think" he's moving me up to that point? But I'm literally dying at this point and looking for some advice on what I can do to lessen the pain further. I was literally grabbing my face, kneeled down, at the register at CVS while some mongoloid took 5 minutes to find the Percocets. This shit is awful.

Kajiimagi said:

Be me 21-22, go out with friends - have beer (1) beer . Get home hours later everything hurts , take a oxy. Hungry so I start the stove. Later smoke detector wakes me up. Put out fire and pass back out . Do NOT mix them. They are alcohol multipliers.

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All jokes aside... that doesnt sound like a bad outcome. You had me thinking it was going to make the pain worse, not make me pass tf out.

Reminds me of when I had a golf ball sized boil on my taint. It was the worst pain I've ever felt in my entire life.

Daidraco said:

All jokes aside... that doesnt sound like a bad outcome. You had me thinking it was going to make the pain worse, not make me pass tf out.

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Do it slightly wrong and you'll pass tf out so hard you won't wake up ever.

I dont really drink, but thank you guys for caring. <3

Always fun and giggles in the ER when we get those who survive.

after about 3 weeks of off/on sinus pressure, went to the doctor. shot of rocephin and a steroid plus 875mg of amoxicillin twice a day for 10 days. this seems like an lot of amoxicillin. from 2018-2020, every year around this time, had the same sinus issues, really thought was over it. at least rocephin shot didn't make me feel sick like the last times.

next week, go see my urologist. guess good news, had a ct scan done and according to them, only have a 5mm stone. the ultrasound showed a 5mm and 8mm, so don't know what is up with that. i know they are not as clear, but that seems odd.
5mm supposedly has a 60% chance of passing normally, not quickly or painlessly though. the nurse said, i have scarring in my tubes consistent with having multi-stones blasted already. don't know if the changes stuff or not. when i talked to the urologist, without saying it directly, he hinted that he would push for stone removal if i wanted it. this was after i brought up insurance issues.
i would really like to try the sound blaster if it is in a good position. at 5mm, is a good chance it would work. if it does not, have the option of having laser snake, which really don't want that again.

My grandmother unfortunately is going to need to be on an oxygen machine for the rest of her life

She’s supposed to be on 1L setting on the machine


I’ve adjusted it to this level, this indicates 1L right?

The nurse at the hospital talked about a liquid but there doesn’t seem to be any in the indicator so I’m going off the position of the ball