So glad you got to see the dentist early.

Cold or heat can help interrupt the pain signals, but use with caution under medical care.

After 20 minutes of splashing water everywhere on the bed, we gave up. I think they make packs that you can use for that purpose. You activate them and a chemical inside the pack warms up and produce heat. She is going to go get some at the store.

My lovely wife just left the house to go get apple sauce, milk, oats, pudding , yogurts and potatoes (to make mashed potatoes).
I hope I will be back to normal in a couple of days once the antibiotics clear the infection.

Done by a endodontist specializing in only that. It was completely painless. They had a protocol to properly numb you, do the work and then post-surgery care. I am not sure why people dread root canals.

I think it's available at Walmart.

There's a Greek cookie that you make in a cone shape, and pop a clove in at the top.

I happen to not like cloves, but when we'd make them w my Greek immigrant grandma - I'd get extra yucked out about the cloves. ???

Turned out I finally remembered my sort of gruff dentist as a kid - used to put clove oil on my gums, tooth.
Aha! No wonder I felt unease, bad memories!

There is a special antibiotic that targets tooth infections. Obviously a dentist is the best choice but in a jam telehealth can help if your insurance offers it.

If they give you the same antibiotics they gave me, I suggest you stay close to a toilet for the next 5 or 6 days. And stick to bread and water.

Please be careful with Tylenol too much if it can be quite bad.