Tradd
10-20-11, 11:44pm
and I end up with air pockets in my cheek!
Backstory: my company is merging with another one on Nov. 1st. If you have money in your FSA, you have to have treatment by Oct. 31st at the latest. New company not doing FSA, so it's use it or lose it. I had $1800 (of $3000) left. So, I've been doing a bunch o'dental visits (I've got genetically cruddy teeth).
Spent 90 minutes this morning with my mouth wide open for the dentist to try and get to the very back on the top on one side. During the visit, I notice he's poking my cheek a lot. Well, he saw a lot of swelling and needed to hear the "crackle" from the air pockets to be sure of what it was. Working in the very back in tight quarters, one of the instruments scraped the inside of my mouth a bit and that's how the dentist thinks the air got into my cheek.
It's called subcutaneous emphysema. Look it up. Kinda scary. Dentist gave me strong antibiotics, just in case, and told me that in rare cases the air pockets go down to the neck and could cause difficulty breathing. If that was the case, go to the ER ASAP!
Swelling has gone down a lot, but I've still got air pockets. I'm sore, but it's in my jaw from it being open so much during the appointment.
I had fun freaking out my coworkers this afternoon with the crackling cheek! It sounds like crinkled tissue or Rice Krispies!
My life is waaaayyyy too interesting lately!
Backstory: my company is merging with another one on Nov. 1st. If you have money in your FSA, you have to have treatment by Oct. 31st at the latest. New company not doing FSA, so it's use it or lose it. I had $1800 (of $3000) left. So, I've been doing a bunch o'dental visits (I've got genetically cruddy teeth).
Spent 90 minutes this morning with my mouth wide open for the dentist to try and get to the very back on the top on one side. During the visit, I notice he's poking my cheek a lot. Well, he saw a lot of swelling and needed to hear the "crackle" from the air pockets to be sure of what it was. Working in the very back in tight quarters, one of the instruments scraped the inside of my mouth a bit and that's how the dentist thinks the air got into my cheek.
It's called subcutaneous emphysema. Look it up. Kinda scary. Dentist gave me strong antibiotics, just in case, and told me that in rare cases the air pockets go down to the neck and could cause difficulty breathing. If that was the case, go to the ER ASAP!
Swelling has gone down a lot, but I've still got air pockets. I'm sore, but it's in my jaw from it being open so much during the appointment.
I had fun freaking out my coworkers this afternoon with the crackling cheek! It sounds like crinkled tissue or Rice Krispies!
My life is waaaayyyy too interesting lately!