Cold Sore PAIN!!!

12/18/2008: pm

Dear friends and family and my casual but gentle reader,

Merry Christmas. What a subject for a post, cold sore pain! If I have had a cold sore before, I don't remember it. But I will remember this one. It began with a sore tongue, or sensitivity to whatever I was eating.

It did not really bother me at first as the pain would come and go but seemed now to be more aggressive with fruit juices or maybe a dash of pepper sauce on a helping of homemade turnip greens. Then I think I bite my tongue. Ouch! Double ouch!

I got home several days ago and my mouth was so sore I was rinsing and brushing my teeth three or four times a day to help whatever was going on. Then I looked "UNDER MY TOUGUE!" There was this elongated white pouch that so sore I could now hardly stand it.

I did the usual thing, bland foods, soup, milk and cottage cheese and yogurt to balance the PH in my mouth to help the healing. But even this did little to eleviate the pain everytime my tongue touched anything. I went to my skin specialist Monday and talked to her a little about it, and she was of little help, especially after freezing three places on my left temple, upping my pain just a little More!

Luckily I had a dental checkup Wednesday and by Tuesday night I was climbing the walls with little sleep Tuesday night. I showered and dressed early Wednesday morning and saw Dr. Isaac as early as possible. He was sympthetic, and told me he had just gotten over a symilar one. He recommended ambesol and again mild rinses like Cam-Gel which is a dental rinse I had at home.

I wanted to go back home especially after the dental appointment as they did some stuff I'll not talk about that was quite painful and that too managed to add to my current pain level about through the roof. But Karen's SUV needed service and I trucked my way out to the bank, exchanged cars with her, and drove about 22 miles to Bessemer to get her 'baby' ready for our NC trip.

I stopped at Brunos, no ambesol, then Walgreens and only their brand, and finally CVS in Bessemer and a $7.00 bottle of pain killer. Hummm,,double hummm! But that first touch is ouch, big ouch but finally a numb tougue. I was about ready to gargle with this stuff I was so desperate.

Today is home, home, but business calls. I so wished I could take the day off, but no body knows my job. It is failed reports, reports needed, new orders, orders to office and filling in my boss so I can take the next week off. Finally about 1:00pm, I shut everything down and take more pain Rx and sleep a bit. It is still hurting but seems some improved. We plan a 10 hour trip Saturday am and I have 'got to get to be 100% right away!' A must! J the K in the H