Tooth pulled

[melchar]

I am missing a tooth now. By 'missing' replace with: 'face hurts, huge gaping hole in back of jaw, WHY O genetics do you deprive me of pain medicine relief**'.

Humorous story tho: the jaw specialist explains tiny chance of saving tooth, so I say 'pull it'; he does & the tooth comes out so very fast that it squirts away from forceps. The tooth bounces off of my chest and rebounds right back into my open mouth. Lots of 'OMG, don't swallow that!' and he fishes it back out, saying THAT never had happened to him ever before.

[** = apparently there is a Scandinavian recessive gene that deprives those with it from having opiate receptors, so there are virtually no pain killers that work for me.]

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[kaichi-satake.livejournal.com]

Carson is of Swedish descent and also has trouble finding pain relievers to help with his old back injury. But I don't think he knew (and I didn't know, either) about the gene! Of OTC meds, the only one that helps him at all is Tylenol Extra Strength. He gets the rapid release ones. Fortunately, that does help him. For severe pain, I require opiates, but the downside is that I have an addictive personality and VERY easily get addicted to them. So they're a last resort kind of thing for me. *hugs* I hope the pain leaves you, soon! I'm sending some good healing energy your way! The tooth popping out is kind of funny, though. It's like it WANTED out! "I'm free! I'm FREE!" hehe