I can attest to that. I crashed my motorcycle when I was 18 which landed on my face and broke my jaw in 5 places including the pallet and after 2 years all the teeth on the left started needing root canals…and then the ones on the bottom left did too. One day I’m fine tho next I’m in excruciating pain. Sadly after all but 6 teeth had a r…
I can attest to that. I crashed my motorcycle when I was 18 which landed on my face and broke my jaw in 5 places including the pallet and after 2 years all the teeth on the left started needing root canals…and then the ones on the bottom left did too. One day I’m fine tho next I’m in excruciating pain. Sadly after all but 6 teeth had a root canal my teeth started breaking off at the gum line and so the top were removed and to make a long story short I eventually lost every tooth after years of pain and spending close to $25 thousand.
I’ve had 7 surgeries on my jaw and have nerve damage on the bottom so I can’t wear dentures… obviously my diet is poor, but I know there are ways to make it better.
After reading this essay I wonder how I’d be if I still had all those root canaled teeth? The biggest joy I get from everything I went to is that I never have to visit a dentist again. But I have always believed that I was lucky to be here to go through all the pain because the kickstand fractured my skull. I could have been much worse off.
Sorry but reading this brought back the nightmare years…decades.
I am so sorry for the remembered nightmare and traumatic pain. Emergency considerations in dentistry of course take precedence over any relaxed discussion of dental alternatives.
Horrible. Absolutely horrible! The pain you have endured must have been excruciating. Most of us can't even begin to imagine the horror of what you've experienced. I'd be taking every pain killer in the books and then some. There truly are many things that are much, much worse than death, and endless pain ranks at the #1 spot. As you said, at least you'll never have to visit another dentist. Thanks for sharing your horrendous ordeal.
Do your best to feel well and force your doctor to give you the best pain killers out there.
It was and I left out one part of my story. The doctor who repaired my jaw didn’t fix it right and he left one condyle still broken which put pressure on the other side so after 8 years of TMJ like pain it war rebroken which was much worse than the original injury because of the nerves being cut.. Gah! If I had any idea of how painful that was I don’t know if I would have done it.
I didn’t understand the aftermath of head injuries and so when I forgot so many things like having meetings with my staff and then the next day having no recollection of it. Well you can imagine how self conscious I was. Finally my new doctor explained it to me. Now I just don’t care because like I said I’m still here.
I’m in a pain clinic for my back and neuropathy. My back is manageable, but so far nothing helps the neuropathy. Ghastly pain!
You are an inspiration to us all! When I complain about toothaches in the future, I'll think back to all that you've had to endure and appreciate my blessings.
I can attest to that. I crashed my motorcycle when I was 18 which landed on my face and broke my jaw in 5 places including the pallet and after 2 years all the teeth on the left started needing root canals…and then the ones on the bottom left did too. One day I’m fine tho next I’m in excruciating pain. Sadly after all but 6 teeth had a root canal my teeth started breaking off at the gum line and so the top were removed and to make a long story short I eventually lost every tooth after years of pain and spending close to $25 thousand.
I’ve had 7 surgeries on my jaw and have nerve damage on the bottom so I can’t wear dentures… obviously my diet is poor, but I know there are ways to make it better.
After reading this essay I wonder how I’d be if I still had all those root canaled teeth? The biggest joy I get from everything I went to is that I never have to visit a dentist again. But I have always believed that I was lucky to be here to go through all the pain because the kickstand fractured my skull. I could have been much worse off.
Sorry but reading this brought back the nightmare years…decades.
I am so sorry for the remembered nightmare and traumatic pain. Emergency considerations in dentistry of course take precedence over any relaxed discussion of dental alternatives.
Please don’t worry about it. It’s an old nightmare and the silver lining is no more dental work. I have always known how lucky I was not to die.
Also do you have any recommendations for treating neuropathy? So far nothing recommended has done anything to lessen the pain.
Horrible. Absolutely horrible! The pain you have endured must have been excruciating. Most of us can't even begin to imagine the horror of what you've experienced. I'd be taking every pain killer in the books and then some. There truly are many things that are much, much worse than death, and endless pain ranks at the #1 spot. As you said, at least you'll never have to visit another dentist. Thanks for sharing your horrendous ordeal.
Do your best to feel well and force your doctor to give you the best pain killers out there.
It was and I left out one part of my story. The doctor who repaired my jaw didn’t fix it right and he left one condyle still broken which put pressure on the other side so after 8 years of TMJ like pain it war rebroken which was much worse than the original injury because of the nerves being cut.. Gah! If I had any idea of how painful that was I don’t know if I would have done it.
I didn’t understand the aftermath of head injuries and so when I forgot so many things like having meetings with my staff and then the next day having no recollection of it. Well you can imagine how self conscious I was. Finally my new doctor explained it to me. Now I just don’t care because like I said I’m still here.
I’m in a pain clinic for my back and neuropathy. My back is manageable, but so far nothing helps the neuropathy. Ghastly pain!
Thank you.
You are an inspiration to us all! When I complain about toothaches in the future, I'll think back to all that you've had to endure and appreciate my blessings.
You are so sweet. Thank you. But pain is pain and I think that everyone should get to b*tch about it when it hits.
I wish you a happy new year!
I put a heart on your story but I did not Like it. Poor fellow, what a terrible story. xxx