Oral Surgery

Friday I had a second oral surgery, to implant the titanium post that my permanent tooth will be attached to. The surgery didn't seem as bad as the extraction surgery; it hasn't hurt as much and I stopped taking my prescription painkiller, Darvocet, on Saturday and just took over-the-counter painkiller instead. I went back to work today and was a little tired by about 2:00 p.m., but not like last time.

I went to my GP yesterday and told him I couldn't see any effect from the Cymbalta. He put me back on nortriptylene and prescribed neurontin, which is similar to the Lyrica I was taking previously. His nurse practitioner suggested I mix Lydocaine with Mylanta and swish it in my mouth as a topical painkiller. Bottom line, as I see it: they don't know what to do.

The doctor also told me I shouldn't continue taking Amoxycillin (antibiotic), which I started Thursday due to the surgery (to prevent possible infection), since it can cause oral candidiasis. I called my oral surgeon and he prescribed a different antibiotic. The warnings and side effects of the second one sounded so scary that I called him back today and told his assistant that I didn't want to take it, and he said I could stop taking anything as long as I didn't have any sign of infection.

I read somewhere (the Mayo Clininc's website?) that treatment of BMS can involve a team of doctors and dentists. I wish somebody was coordinating my team.