Spitting Venom

So... I've had a bit of dental drama going on in my life. Last week I developed a tooth abscess, thanks to going nearly two years without seeing a dentist. Over the week when my brother got married I noticed I had a dull toothache but didn't do anything about it. Well, last week the tooth started poisoning itself.

I woke up one morning last week with swollen gums. At first I didn't think too much of it, as my gums have always been sensitive to brushing/flossing too hard or when I switch toothpastes (and I did just switch to using Baking Soda to brush my teeth). In addition, there was really no pain with the swelling.

Well, as the week went on the swelling got worse and became more painful. Come Monday it hurt to talk/eat and the left side of my face looked like John McCain's. I gave in and called my dentist and he diagnosed me with an abscess. There are two options: get a root canal or get the tooth pulled. I'd much rather save the tooth and get a root canal, but I don't have dental insurance and it's expensive as hell. Oh well, in any case I have time to think about it because they can't do anything to my tooth until the infection is gone (I'm on antibiotics for ten days).

Luckily, Tuesday night the abscess ruptured and I woke up at 3 am and for two hours I was spitting out the most disgusting smelling pus you could ever imagine. I couldn't go back to sleep because the pus is poison and could make me very sick if I swallowed it. But I didn't mind! Once the abscess ruptured it was like heaven because all the discomfort/pain I was in the past several days instantly and completely went away.

The antibiotics started to kick in yesterday so I'm on round two of pus spitting out, although this time it's a lot less prolific and smelly. I feel like a rattlesnake with all this poison coming out of me. No making out for me until this stops! But that's completely different drama all together.