O frabjous day!

I am morbidly afraid of dentists, mostly because, every time I visit one, they do painful and invasive procedures inside my head.  And also, I was molested by a dentist when I was 9 years old.  Many times.  Why, you may ask?  I didn't have the kind of mother one could go to with a problem like this.  I thought she would blame me, since I was the one who made her mad so that she had to beat me with a hardwood yardstick across my bare behind.  And I would rather endure the indignity of an asshole dentist than beard my mother in her den of rage.  So, I always put off going until I cannot bear the pain any longer.  This process of reconstructing my much neglected teeth began last year, and I found a dentist who is gentle and not condescending or shaming and we are together saving what we can.  Surprising to note that I will die with most of my teeth after all.  Yay.  A couple of days ago, a tooth on the other side from the current excavation work began to ache.  Crap.  But, knowing that if I try to muscle through it might very well get infected like its sister before it, and not only be horrible to correct, it would be horribly expensive, too.  I quickquick made an appointment.  And SURPRISE!!! It is not the teeth that are aching at all.  I told the dentist that it ached all the way up to my eyeball, and he said that is good news.  He tapped on the two possibilities.  No pain.  So what I thought was a toothache was really sinus pain.  A trip to Safeway for some Benadryl proved his theory.  Take two, no pain.  Breathing better, too.  Nevertheless, I am committed to getting one of those crowned babies recrowned, as the margin is no longer flush, and there is a pocket between the teeth you could put your fist through, an open invitation to nastiness happening.  That is a good deal.  Only $1,300, instead of the $7,000 I spent on the bottom babies for root canals, crowns, and extraction and a bridge.  Just another rudeness about aging.  However, teeth are a wonderful thing.  Yes, I love my teeth.  Just want them to love me back and not ACHE!