labor pains...in my mouth!

at about 3 am wednesday morning i woke up with massive pains - in my mouth! i've never had a toothache before so i wasn't quite sure how they felt - but i had a feeling this was it. i desperately tried looking online for an emergency dentist that would take me in asap to see what the problem was, but to no avail. so i took some aleve and tried to go back to sleep.

when i woke up in the morning, i told brandon that i was going to have to try and see a dentist that day because i felt like i was going through labor pains again - without the benefit of a cute baby afterwards. i called up my usual dentist in temple valley and they said they'd squeeze me in - yaaay! i really needed to get in that day because: 1) the aleve just wasn't cutting it; 2) i couldn't eat comfortably unless it was just soup; and 3) i didn't want to miss more work by staying out just because of a toothache.

so i went to the dentist's office and they took me in within an hour and a half! i was very impressed. i thought i'd be waiting almost all day. when i met with the dentist he did a few tests to find out which tooth was bothering me. turns out that after some temperature sensitivity test, and a few agonizing taps on my second to the last tooth, i have a bruised ligament holding my nerve on that tooth. i think it may have been from me chewing gum the day before...i dont chew gum very often, so i must have shocked my molar with the vigorous impact of chewing. sounds strange - but i can't think of any other way my tooth ligament got bruised.

my dentist put me on some prescription tylenol with codeine for the pain, so i'm practically sleeping while doing everything now. i hope this bruise heals fast otherwise a root canal might be in the works!!