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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Hope you're on the mend - get back there quickly if not. Does it hurt more if you have a hot drink than a cold one?
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Does it hurt more if you have a hot drink than a cold one?

    Not really - why? It hurts if I have a hot drink, a lukewarm drink, a cold drink or no drink at all!

    Codeine-based painkillers have turned me into a zombie, a zombie with toothache :(

    Bargain t-shirt arrived and, despite being lovely, has still failed to cheer me up!

    Back to the dentist tomorrow if there is no improvement.
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • BookWorm
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    Sorry to hear you are in pain - hope dentist can help the 2nd time x
  • BritishBibliophile
    BritishBibliophile Posts: 535 Forumite
    edited 7 October 2015 at 8:48PM
    If they can't see a problem when you go back tomorrow MWC then make a doctor's appointment instead. My Mum had really bad toothache a few years ago, couldn't see anything wrong, multiple visits to the dentist while they tried to work out what was wrong with her, eventually went to the Doctor who diagnosed arthritis in her jaw!! Three hours after she took the first anti-inflammatories and she was feeling better than she had in nearly a month.

    Just because it feels like your teeth, doesn't necessarily mean that it will be them :(
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    So sorry you are in so much pain. Definately would recommend doctors if it doesn't settle. Take care.
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thanks BB and Earthgirl, I'll bear that in mind. If it's an abscess, the antibiotics should kick in tomorrow...

    We've made a restaurant reservation for my birthday treat in January - The Man Behind The Curtain: A Restaurant By Michael O'Hare in Leeds :cool:

    Eggs IN 6
    Eggs OUT 0
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Not really - why? It hurts if I have a hot drink, a lukewarm drink, a cold drink or no drink at all!
    When I had an abscess it hurt more when I had a hot drink. Dentist said that was because of the gas being given off by the infection expanding in the heat but having nowhere to go :eek::(_pale_
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • muddywhitechicken
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    That'll explain why the colleague-recommended hot water bottle didn't work... :eek::(_pale_
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
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    MWC, I hope it can get sorted really soon. If the hot drink thing didn't work, then it sounds similar to Gally's problem - hope the antibiotics kick in Real Soon Now :(
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    :j I'm pain-free :j

    5 hours ago I was in agony and nearly in tears when dentist no. 2 told me that the full x-ray he'd just taken showed no holes or cracks in my teeth, no abscess and no problems with my jaw or sinuses :(

    He has removed an old filling and replaced it with a temporary filling containing oil of cloves and amazingly the pain has gone :T

    Eggs IN 6
    Eggs OUT 18 (3 boxes sold for £5.25)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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