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Postal vote ready to be witnessed and mailed right after, and my antibiotic script here to fill. I’m really not feeling tops but need to sort these things out, try and get out of these weeds.
I fumbled an earlier dental appointment and was extremely upset about it but touch wood I can be seen this week.
TW dental, pain management, pain meds
I am a bit worried about pain management post extraction though. I think I’ll be refusing the prescription painkillers and wondering if I will be able to power through with just Panadol and ibuprofen.
For what it’s worth the root canals were surprisingly bearable, couple of Panadol the first few days and fine at least until the infection returned. But this is a second molar extraction on the bottom jaw under local and the roots may be a bit oddly shaped. My jaw dislocates under pressure. And I’m fretting a bit about dry socket.
I do know not to take ibuprofen too soon after due to the risk of interfering with clotting.