Yay, a sinus infection!

I have all my wisdom teeth.  Almost.  One is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way in.  My bottoms did screw with my “bite” so that my front teeth don’t touch, and I have to cut up pizza usually.  But I didn’t have to do the surgery thing like my former dentist said I would.  Which, I think, is a win.  Plus, you know, reconstructive surgery to fix my bite is nothing I want to do, which I’d have to go through in order to admit that mistake.  Not very constructive in any way, save admitting mistakes, something I don’t think I’m terrible at.  I don’t need a lesson and my jaw broken.

My jaw was hurting early last week on the upper side of said not-all-the-way-in wisdom tooth.  I got worried.  Finally got off my ass to look up “impacted wisdom tooth,” and I read that if it’s half out and you have room and it’s not biting your cheek and your gums aren’t infected, you’re good.  I thought I’d read something in the past that said they were impacted if they were not out all the way, but I couldn’t find anything to say that.  It’s been years; maybe the research changed or something.  Whatever.  My teeth never actually hurt, and my usually sensitive teeth were not more sensitive than usual, so I assumed all was well.

So I thought maybe I pulled a jaw muscle or whatever.  Played with the inside of my cheek so much that I made it bloody and tender for two days.

Then I realized that my sinuses have been poopy lately.  I had a bad cold two weeks ago, and I spent last week throwing up in the morning when I brushed my teeth, from a dripping nose.  And my head was hurting.  Duh, I think I have a sinus infection.  Turns out jaw pain/cheek pain is a big symptom.  Doh.

At first this was great news.  No digging a big tooth out of my head.  (Knock on wood!)  But this weekend, I felt too crappy to move.  I stayed home all day Saturday and only left Sunday for a short ride.  In retrospect, I should have stayed home, but I was very excited to ride with my buddy.  Fatigue is another big part of a sinus infection, and I want to stay home, read and watch movies all day.  But I have a community meeting I don’t want to miss tonight and some stuff to get done.  So I’m going to work.  Hopefully the four-mile-downhill ride there will help a little.

I am finished bitching for the day.  At least I have a job I really like, and I don’t have to suffer through a sick soul to boot.  I am a lucky guy with a cute neti pot.