Well, today I wandered over to the Dental surgery in Rhayader to see the main man about my abscessed tooth.
After much "umming and ahhing" it was decided that he couldn't take the tooth out, although that is what was needed to deal with it. So, these are the facts:-
The previous dentist I saw in Llandidloes ( aka "The Butcher") had decided to crown a tooth that had been snapped off at the gum for some time now. He anchored it well in with a large post and fitted what appeared to be a satisfactory crown. However, things were not all hunky dory in the old Gob-Hole
I have had an abscess three times now on this tooth. It not only effects the crowned tooth, but has also made the adjoining wisdom tooth sore and loose. To add insult to injury, today's xray of the tooth showed that the abscess had spread through the jaw to the front gum two teeth down and to the back of the jar by the knackered wisdom tooth. The only answer would be to remove it - however, with me so close to having chemo now - only a couple of month's away - he wanted to make sure that the tooth and all it's abscessy nastiness were totally removed before I start, so he has referred me to see the hospital in Brecon to ask their dental team to get in there and deal with it properly.
Wisdom teeth are notoriously hard to extract by all accounts and then to take a crown and its anchor out from an infect jawbone too - he didnt want to take any risks and therefore decided to get it done by the experts at the dental hospital.
Then, I wandered back to the GP surgery to get a repeat done on my Liver Function Test (LTF) as the ALT level was high so decided to get a second set done a week after the last to see if the high result is a climbing result or a declining result. Hopefully declining and we can put it to bed, but if its a climbing result then we need to get it looked into with Dr Rees next week when I see him to discuss my treatment plan
Good news, my infected tear duct is just leaking the usual crud now, no blood included now, so good news that it is over, bad news is no more "Stigmata" jokes!
Until my next update - over and out
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