So, Apparently I Should Not Take Vicodin

About three months into my pregnancy with Jaxton, I got a hole in one of my teeth. The dentist scheduled an appointment for as soon as I had the baby, since I couldn't have x-rays and he wasn't sure if I needed a root canal. Well, my appointment was for when Jaxton was in the ICU, and I just haven't had the time to reschedule, can't imagine why. So, on Sunday night when we were at my mom's house, my gums started to swell. She thought I probably had an abscess tooth.

So I went to the dentist on Monday, sure enough it was an abscess and I had to have a root canal. I hadn't had a cavity since I was 4, I think, so I haven't even had a filling that I can remember. As the dentist said, I guess when I do it I do it all the way. So after the root canal, he prescribed me vicodin, but I wasn't going to fill it. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, after all, I delivered three babies without any pain meds. I thought it was pretty funny that they give you vicodin for pain for a root canal, but when you have a baby, they send you home with a prescription of 800 mg Motrin. Which do you think hurts more? Hum, I wonder? Nick and my mom thought I should fill the prescription just in case so I did.

So I got home about 7:00, took the vicodin and sat down to feed Jaxton. About a half hour later he was asleep and I got up to put him in bed. I didn't quite feel right when I stood up and Nick said "um, your swaying back and forth." I didn't realize I was, so I tried to stop the swaying, but was unable to. Nick took the baby from me and I attempted to walk to my room, not very successfully. Nick said I looked like I was drunk, I guess I will just have to take his word for it.

I took another one four hours later as it prescribes, I already felt like crap, I figured I might as well not be in pain if I already feel like crap. So 3 1/2 days later I still feel weird. My head is still swimming and I have a headache. I don't know if this is from the root canal or the vicodin, but it stinks!