Sticks and Stars

My toothache is still quite agonizing. I can honestly say that I’ve never had a toothache like this. Damn, it hurts like hell.

For about the first hour after I take my ibuprofen and percocet I feel decent and the pain, although still very present, is less. After that it gets really bad again and I resort to clove oil until enough time has passed that I can take more drugs. By the time I take more drugs, I am whimpering and pacing because it hurts so insanely much. And then after the drugs I am so intensely nauseous that I can’t move for fear of throwing up.

And then I throw up anyway, so really I shouldn’t bother trying to avoid it. And indeed, when I start to feel that telling nausea I’ve been immediately heading for the nearest toilet or appropriate receptacle. I’m learning that avoiding the vomit, that pretending it’s not going to happen until the very last second results in me throwing up in my hands or shirt, or leaving a long trail of vomit behind me. And let me tell you, when you already feel like shit, cleaning up vomit does not add to the party.

I hate throwing up so much. I was thinking to myself today that as much as I hate needles, if I had the choice between getting a shot and vomiting, I’d definitely choose the former.

I did manage to drag myself (and my boys) to the doctor this morning and they were kind enough to dose with with antibiotics, antinausea meds and painkillers. I didn’t even have to talk, they just took one look at my swollen face (hugely swollen on the left side from my eye to my chin), and then watched me vomit into their little yellow bin and they wrote me my prescriptions and sent me on my way.

I really wanted to have a lazy weekend this weekend but I didn’t see how I could possibly make it happen. But now I see exactly how. When you’re in so much pain that even turning your head hurts, “lazy” is pretty much a requirement.

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