Woke up at 2:00 A.M. with a raging toothache.
Finally went online and looked up home remedies.
Tried salt water, ice, Listerine.
Salt water seemed to work a little, Listerine at least maybe numbed things a big.
Vanilla extract is what worked best, but I had only the bottom of a tiny little bottle. Salt water -- which has worked in the past -- had minimal effect. Ice or any combination of cold, didn't hurt but didn't help.
So I did as much Vanilla as I could, followed it up with a bunch of massage around the gums, and that worked best. And then put a big glob of peanut butter nestled next the the tooth.
Finally fell asleep, to wake up the blinding pain three times. More massage, a glob of peanut butter, and back to sleep.
I've polished off the Vanilla Extract (we didn't have any Clove oil -- does any non-cook type have Clove oil?), but wangled an appointment with my dentist this morning. Lucky that.
Darn.
This is going to cost me.
Finally went online and looked up home remedies.
Tried salt water, ice, Listerine.
Salt water seemed to work a little, Listerine at least maybe numbed things a big.
Vanilla extract is what worked best, but I had only the bottom of a tiny little bottle. Salt water -- which has worked in the past -- had minimal effect. Ice or any combination of cold, didn't hurt but didn't help.
So I did as much Vanilla as I could, followed it up with a bunch of massage around the gums, and that worked best. And then put a big glob of peanut butter nestled next the the tooth.
Finally fell asleep, to wake up the blinding pain three times. More massage, a glob of peanut butter, and back to sleep.
I've polished off the Vanilla Extract (we didn't have any Clove oil -- does any non-cook type have Clove oil?), but wangled an appointment with my dentist this morning. Lucky that.
Darn.
This is going to cost me.