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Jonny
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Re: new to site, couple ?'s
« Reply #100 on: Jan 1st, 2006, 12:36pm » |
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on Jan 1st, 2006, 4:42am, Pinkfloyd wrote:Whatever you people do, please don't suggest the clusterbuster's treatment to the car man.
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LMAO BobW...That dude is seeing enough colors....LOL
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It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
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Re: new to site, couple ?'s
« Reply #101 on: Jan 1st, 2006, 4:53pm » |
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on Jan 1st, 2006, 12:36pm, Jonny wrote:
LMAO BobW...That dude is seeing enough colors....LOL
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... and some imaginary friends 
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crausman
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Re: new to site, couple ?'s
« Reply #102 on: Sep 1st, 2006, 4:49pm » |
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For Tom, Sean and all other well-read CHs:
I am new to this, and my question is: can I have a root canal done without making CH worse? It is a needed root canal in the tooth that seems to have brought all this on, but my dentist referred me to an endodontist, who said to go see a neuro. Wow, imagine a dentist and endodontist too "scared" to treat me!
When this tooth started to go (about 3 months ago), the CHs came. This is all too much of a coincidence for me, since it is that tooth that is also felt during the headache, especially at the end. From my reading, it is quite possible that having a root canal will alleviate the pain (see the last line in the Wikipedia article on cluster headaches).
The CHs started out really vicious and got a lot better when I stopped my nightly beer drinking. Now I can stop them by chugging quickly a double-strength coffee.
I am a 50-year-old female, 3 years past menopause. I have bad gum disease, so I have no idea what will happen as each tooth goes bad.
I have read about a lot of you going to doctors, trying various and sundry drugs and other therapies. It sounds like a lot of hit-and-miss that I cannot afford. It's hard enough, even with insurance, affording the dental work as it's needed.
Actually, I strongly suspect that having this needed root canal done would alleviate my CHs, but I, like my endodontist (who doesn't know much about CH), am also scared it might make them worse!
What do you think?
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Candi
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