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Right after "oops" come one or more of: "Well that's weird!", "I've never seen anything like that before!", and "I have no idea what could be causing that."
At present, my left cheek and chin look somewhat as though — as my dentist's hygienist put it — I have a baseball stuffed in my mouth. The dentist doesn't see anything unusual in the X-ray image of that part of the jaw and is baffled. (I went to my dentist because the problem started a week ago with a sudden serious pain in a tooth I had a filling in a couple of months ago. The problem seems to have migrated since then.) I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with an oral surgeon, referred by my dentist on the grounds that the surgeon is more likely to know about what might be going on in the areas around the jaw.
It hurts more than a bit. I've been on a mostly-liquid diet for several days, because opening my mouth more than slightly hurts a lot.
I am very very tired of presenting medical anomalies.
(That being said, I do appreciate the up-front honest "I don't know" and prompt referral to a better-informed colleague. It beats a lot of fumbling around and guesswork because someone won't admit ignorance.)
At present, my left cheek and chin look somewhat as though — as my dentist's hygienist put it — I have a baseball stuffed in my mouth. The dentist doesn't see anything unusual in the X-ray image of that part of the jaw and is baffled. (I went to my dentist because the problem started a week ago with a sudden serious pain in a tooth I had a filling in a couple of months ago. The problem seems to have migrated since then.) I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with an oral surgeon, referred by my dentist on the grounds that the surgeon is more likely to know about what might be going on in the areas around the jaw.
It hurts more than a bit. I've been on a mostly-liquid diet for several days, because opening my mouth more than slightly hurts a lot.
I am very very tired of presenting medical anomalies.
(That being said, I do appreciate the up-front honest "I don't know" and prompt referral to a better-informed colleague. It beats a lot of fumbling around and guesswork because someone won't admit ignorance.)
