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Just to update, I had upped the dosage of Ibuprofen, and that seems to have helped stave off the symptoms for now. I am so hopeful that they will be able to find either a solution tomorrow, or at least get this under control until the solution can be made. I have a lot of people depending on me, and so much that needs doing.

But I also am beginning to realize that this is a part of a series of recent unexpected events that have probably been sent to shake me out of my stagnant life. I have not been following God’s will so much as my own, and have been so lazy about prayer and my faith. How fortunate that there are people on this board who so charitably and unexpectedly reached out to me, and you don’t even know me. It’s so hard to be a guy and admit to these kinds of worries and so forth. So anyway, thank you. Only another 5 hours or so until bed, I hope that Our Lord helps me to get there and get some sleep and relief.

God bless you all!
 
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I hope you have a restful night!
It takes courage to admit those things and to open yourself to the Lord.
He has a way of getting our attention through illnesses; the key is surrender.
Looks like you are on your way! 👍
Tomorrow will be better; keep the faith!
 
Gail, thank you again. I am hoping to go bed around 10:00, listening to “The Journey Home” or “Sunday Night Live with Fr. Groeschel” on my Ipod, and staying asleep. Then getting up tomorrow morning and heading over to the dentist so I’m there right at 9:00 am when they open.

I have a longstanding devotion to St. Rita, and have asked her for help - AGAIN - she must be getting sick of me 😉 I’ve also found a very nice prayer to St. Apollonia, who was martyred by the Romans and is the patroness of those suffering from toothaches. But of course I turn to Jesus and to his Mother again and again, to get me sometimes just through the next moment.

Thank you for your prayers, I am hoping that the shock of all of this is going to not only be addressed so I can heal, but more importantly that I can try to reshape my life in ways that, our of laziness and complacency, I have known for some time I needed to do, that although things didn’t seem to be headed right, they were heading in the same and constant direction - i.e. nowhere. So let’s hope that this marks a fundamental change for me, one for the better.

God bless!
 
dret said:
. (You can probably guess if you didn’t know it that I’m a guy.)
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heh, heh, I actually thought you were a girl, because of your eye for lovely art - I hope that isn’t too sexist of me!

Anyway, I had the same issue recently - having to go to the dentist after years of not having gone. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be! Dear Lord - please help him overcome his fear and anxiety of going to the dentist. Amen.
 
RandA we are both having a really rough couple of days, aren’t we? Thank you for your prayers and please know you are in mine for Reesie.

I am going to try my best to keep calm, the ibuprofen helps but the underling pain it is masking is pretty bad. I am not sure how much of the anxiety is related to the dental injury (perhaps some kind of nerve damage) and how much of it is self-inflicted psychological angst.

That painting I posted in response to your prayer request is definitely more of a gal’s taste, and true I am a guy, but I suspected that you would like the image. It’s nice to think of how much Our Lord loves His creation, and you have been privileged to have part of that creation in your life for the last 19 years as a loved pet.

Thank you again for your prayers and support!
 
I have made my prayers, and I am off to sleep, God willing. Thank you again to all for your support, and we shall see what the dentist says tomorrow. Thank you!
 
Thank you!

I did have a good night. I fell asleep about 10:30 while listening to this week’s Father Groeschel program. Then I woke up about 4:00, just a wee bit anxious, so I listened to ANOTHER Father Groeschel program and drifted back to sleep until 7:00. I hope he doesn’t find out and think that I consider him a sleeping pill! But his voice is very soothing.

Anyway, am off to the dentist in about an hour, thank you all for your prayers!
 
I am back from the dentist and very relieved!!! 😃

Turns out an old metal filling in the back of my mouth had failed and a tooth cracked. When it did, the filling started pushing down on a nerve, and that’s why I have been in such anxiety the last couple of days.

They are having me come back in tomorrow morning first thing, they will remove all of the old material and fit me for a temp crown, then a perm crown in a few weeks. I am on upped ibuprofen until tomorrow, and then he says I should go home after the procedure and go to bed as he will need to sedate me. I am hoping to be back at the office on Friday, though I may look like a chipmunk.

Thanks to all of you for your prayers. I am still not feeling great obviously, but now I know there is help and I will get it.

I really am so glad I reached out for support, and I am hoping that this turns out to be the beginning of a significant seed change for me in my life - leaving things that aren’t really important behind, and focusing more on growing in my faith. Thank you again and I will certainly update after the procedure.

Thanks!!!
 
Am back from the procedure - it was a bit scary and took awhile, but I was told it went perfectly. We’ll see how things are going once the novicaine wears off.

The past few days forced me to step outside of my regular life in a way that I know needed doing. So I’m hopeful that some of the spirituality I have been exploring as I tried to rest will rub off in a more permanent way.

Thanks to all for the prayers!
 
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