infection

A sudden infection hit me last night in my LL wisdom tooth.  I briefly had a temperature of 102ºF.   The tooth is susceptible to problems because it has just barely breached the surface of the gums.  It came on rather suddenly and I did the only thing I could to combat the infection, vigorous cleaning of the site with alcohol, swabs, gauze.  I only slept a few hours but when I did wake up at 8:30am, the fever was completely gone.   In order to keep the mouth completely clean, I did not eat for 48 hrs except for 2 Kind Bars yesterday and coffee through a straw this morning.   My Dr. retired and his practice taken over by a very young new Dr.  He's about 30.  He didn't seem too concerned about the infection now that there is no fever, but it went pretty much as I expected, paid $300 for the appt and a full mouth xray and he referred me to a few oral surgeons.

I was able to eat dinner tonight, cod and cauliflower, despite being only able to open my mouth about 3/4".   Didn't hurt to chew so hopefully it gets better.  I will really hate to have surgery, especially during holiday season so I'll get a consultation with the surgeon, so I can just call to book the surgery.  Oral surgery will be a significant setback in my training when I choose to do it.  Yesterday was a bitch of a day, didn't get home til after 11pm and the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Murfreesboro today.  Necessary, but I've been super neglectful about my dental health, haven't been to the dentist in 9 yr except to re-glue a crown

Coldest night of the season so far, low of 12ºF expected.   I think I may wait til Saturday to train and cut firewood tomorrow.  One more session will cover me for the season.   I need to send my truck in for some issues so might as well do firewood now before the rain comes Sun-Tues.   

One positive thing, my weight hit 138.8 lbs during the fast.