Bah humbug!

[kerravonsen]

There is pain. Not quite like a spike being driven through my ear; more like an occasional jab with a blunt knife, plus someone applying a vice to my teeth (referred pain, how I wish you hadn't been invented). Two strong pain pills: nada. Third pain pill now taken. I think it's time for the hot chocolate. (goes off to make hot chocolate).

Comments

[miamadwyn.livejournal.com]

Ouch! You're killing me! Have you been to a doc?

~whimpers on your behalf~

[kerravonsen]

Yes, yes, I am taking antibiotics and ear drops for it. I do expect it to get better, it has been slowly improving.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is a real long shot as I don't know much about the causes of your pain...

When I had bad pain in my wisdom teeth it turned out to be TMJ trouble.

Here's a set of easy exercises - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8ArvMOzqQ
If your trouble is not TMJ, they will do no harm. If there is a TMJ factor (and when people are under stress, there often is), then they may well help.

[kerravonsen]

No, it's referred pain from my ear-ache, for which I am taking antibiotics and ear drops. It's just that the pain seems to be worst at night when I am trying to sleep; during the day it has been mild twinges (plus it is easier to ignore when one is occupied).

[watervole.livejournal.com]

TMJ can also cause ear ache. It occasionally did in my case.

Then again, if you're on antibiotics there's probably visible inflammation.

[kerravonsen]

Yes, there was visible inflammation.

[kaffy_r]

I have but one question; do you have access to codeine, and if so, has it treated you well for similar levels of pain in the past? Some folks react really badly to codeine, and some also react badly to its artificial analog, I know.

[kerravonsen]

The pain-pill was a paracetamol-codine mix. And I did sleep eventually. And, as I have noticed before, the pain is much reduced in the morning.

[kaffy_r]

I'm glad to hear that.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I am sorry, you suffer so much, oh damned teeth!
Hot chocolate is good and becareful with to many pills...
*Hugs*

[kerravonsen]

Yes, the hot chocolate helped, strangely enough. And the pills, eventually.