I'm throwing a pity party.... I'm scheduled for a root canal in a

[annabanana]

"wisdom" tooth tomorrow am. I have already had as much oxycodone as I think I can take and the damn thing is still throbbing and keeping me awake WAY past my bedtime..

poor me poor me

[annabanana]

1. should I try to do some more

25 or 6 to 4? (or earlier)

[EFerrari]

2. I'm so sorry, annabanana.

:hug:

[annabanana]

4. hi sfexpat.. I'm a little woosy, but whenever I lie

down the thumping starts again... I am SO tempted to slip myself a mickey..But
a) I don't know how to do it safely and
2) I'm not sure I want to face root canal with a galloping headache

[EFerrari]

6. It's been such a long time, I don't remember what we did for wisdom teeth.

Have you tried breathing your way out to a different place? That's usually my last resort and I don't know why, it works pretty well for pain control.

[annabanana]

8. nowadays they just pull them

But I'm missing the tooth right next to it so I've been "using" the damn thing and I'd like to save it.

[elshiva]

3. ...

:hug: :hug: You have a great avatar. :)

[gmoney]

5. what exactly is a "mickey"

sounds like something Kramer would say on Seinfeld... or from an old Raymond Chandler novel.

I feel your pain, almost literally... I have a tooth that may be abscessed. I got antibiotics, but NO pain meds, so it hurts whenever I touch it or think about it. I may get my root canal in 9 days if the antibiotics don't work.

Try to sleep sitting up?

[annabanana]

7. It's adding something to alcohol that knocks you out.

(not sure what, exactly)

[gmoney]

9. I said "EXACTLY" dammit!

Just teasing... I'm too lazy to wikipedia it... you just sounded like it was something you did on a semi-regular basis

Hope your root canal goes as well as those things ever do... take your iPod if you have one!

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Chloral hydrate

I knew it was originally called a "Mickey Finn," but I didn't know the story behind it:


Before his days as a saloon proprietor, Mickey Finn was known as a pickpocket and thief who often preyed on drunken bar patrons. The act of serving a Mickey Finn Special was a coordinated robbery orchestrated by Finn. First, Finn or one of his employees, which included "house girls", would slip a drug (chloral hydrate) in the unsuspecting patron's drink. The incapacitated patron would be escorted or carried into a back room by one of Finn's associates who would then rob the victim and dump him in an alley. Upon awaking the next morning in a nearby alley, the victim would remember little or nothing of what had happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_(drugs)

[Robeson]

11. Sorry you're hurting now, but they'll put you out tomorrow...

...and life will be better.

[annabanana]

12. thanks Robeson...

I'm going to go try again to get some shuteye...