It's been awhile since I've posted, but I still come to the discussion boards everyday. Monday was my dental appointment. It had been a quiet 3 days prior to this appointment and I had so been hoping that the paidfree hours were going to continue. My new dentist understood with great empathy what I was experiencing and told me he had only one other patient with TN pain.
Even thought I knew I was going to have a full set of xrays, somehow, I was hoping, almost pleading that something, anything related to a tooth, i.e. abcess, crack, decay, something......that would change what seems to be the truth of TN. He was very, very thorough and said that nothing out of the ordinary showed up and actually I didn't need a single restorative thing. During the exam, the jolts began and twice we had to pause so I could grab my face and just cry. I don't like to cry in front of people I don't know and this was no exception.
Then came the cleaning and we about 6 minutes into the cleaning, there we are again....only several jolts, but non the less, severe pain. I asked her to continue to cleaning, since it had been a year since my last cleaning. We had to take 3 or 4 breaks, but managed to complete the cleaning.
I will now see my new Dr since I became Medicare eligible. Unfortunately, the doc I had hoped to treat with has left her practice. I'm praying that my new PCP an internal med doc will have the heart to search this out with me and then refer me on to a neurologist for treatment.
Your kind thoughts and prayers are appreciated. Thank you in advance and know that I pray for you in return.
Nannie
Sorry the X-rays did not show why to your Tn. On the bright side they did show you are in good dental health. A month ago I had a dental procedure and it has made my Tn worse. It took for what seemed forever but the pain doctor finally changed some up medications and has up the dosage, which brought the pain down a tiny bit. So I can total feel ya on dental work of any kind making the pain worse. In most cases it only last a few weeks to maybe a couple months and the tn will calm down. Hope your new doctor will be great to work with and be able to give you the relief you deserve from the pain.
My eyes are a bit teary as I read your understanding comments. My beloved husband of 43 years said he would take it from me and own it himself it he could and I know that's true. I love him so much and feel badly that he's trying to carry this with me....he has Parkinson's and battles his own issues. Upon awakening this morning, I am not it pain and am so grateful as I have a 6 hour sampling event today at a local food store. It's rather hard to promote sales for a product with tears running down your face. So Monday is just around the corner and I'll bring a report back to y'all asap.