All I Want For Christmas

I have been blessed to have lived a life with very little physical pain, except for tooth pain. There have been at least 6-7 abscessed teeth that required a root canal, and several painful episodes. They nearly always happen on the weekend, usually Friday. Sunday is better, at least if it doesn't quit on its own, I won't have to wait 2 days to see a doctor. It is now 3:20 a.m. on Monday morning and I had to get up because the pain was just unbearable after 2 Ibuprophen a couple of hours ago. It has eased up quite a bit and I am thinking of going to bed, but you may know that such pain can be exacerbated by laying down, if it is another abscess. I am not 100% sure, but it I think it is a tooth that has already been root canaled twice(by a doctor who likes to make do Donald Duck imitations while he works on you(no kidding). That tooth had a cap, then a bridge, and who knows what else, that is hurting. I guess that is about a $3,000 tooth already. At what point does one quit patching and have them pulled and get dentures. I wish my Grandpas were still around to advise me. Papa Studdard seemed to have lots of trouble with his dentures. He was always going to a man's house that lived nearby that he called "Toothmaker" to get a tooth put back in or something. I think he did enjoy his dentures somewhat though because he liked to stick them out a little kids and scare them. I thought that was great fun. Perhaps my Grandpa Courington had the best idea. He had his teeth all pulled and never got dentures. He could eat nearly anything and must have had some of the "Toughest Gums In The South." Well, this too shall pass. Actually I am feeling a good bit better now. Maybe it is my sinuses, as that can mimic tooth pain. No longer am I having thoughts of getting a pair of plyers and trying my own hand at do-it-yourself dentistry. Nor am I thinking of going to one of those 24 hour dentist operations with the foreign doctors who use primitive methods, like that lady I saw late one Friday at Midfield Dental clinic who had a dot on her forehead. I looked up and the first thing you know she is striking matches and burning something and sticking it to my teeth. Boy, all I want for Christmas is some pain free teeth.