All of this blog has been dedicated to topics that have blended my gray matter. Well, the smart mush isn’t working too well, for it was scorched by not a conversation but a tooth! This Brain Soup is physical soup.

My innocence was killed Sunday when I woke up with a minor toothache. There was just the slightest throb in my bottom left molar. Just enough that I could recognize and say, “man, this kinda sucks.” I was naive. My prediction was that my wisdom teeth were simply too stupid to grow in properly and assaulted my molar’s nerves. I also assumed the pain would fade away throughout the day, but this tooth was dead set on persisting its attack on me. The throb lasted all of Sunday.

By night time, it was just annoying enough that I could not fall asleep. I tossed and turned from 1am to 2. No such luck at being graced by the sweetness of sleep. 2 turns to 3 pretty slowly. I’ve become annoyed by just laying there, and my darn tooth hurts. I used my roommate’s ice cubes to ice my jaw so that it would numb away the pain. Unfortunately, this would yield a short interval of about 5 minutes of peace. It was no use at 3: I would not sleep at this hour.

I didn’t want to play on my phone, so I instead did homework, assuming the annoying task would make me drowsy. It did not. 5 am struck, and I had all of my seminar work done alongside some chemistry PLAs. I tried again to sleep. 6 am hit, and I was very much so conscious. My roommate’s alarm went off a few times, and I was awake for every last one of them. Fortunately, I passed out sometime after 6 until 7. A very long, fulfilling rest, I know. That was all the sleep I got for the day, but the adrenaline of this damned toothache kept me awake for the day.

Fast forward through some days of pain and misery, and I’ve reached peak suffering! My jaw barely opened, and pain shot from that molar all throughout my jaw, ear, and neck. It hurt to talk, eat, and swallow, and yogurt became my best friend due to it being the easiest food to consume. To make matters worse, I took two exams in this pitiful condition. I don’t remember much from the chemistry exam, but ibuprofen did its duty during my physics exam. I’m too tough a cookie to avoid the tests over some stupid bacteria.

Before you panic, do know that I’m dealing with the issue. My dentist viewed old x-rays of my mouth and believes infection is haunting me. So, I’m to start antibiotics tomorrow. This will get cleaned up, then I get to have a very fun and not at all terrible root canal over break.

So, there’s my brain soup. I know it is no scary math lesson, but I hope my tale was at least a bit entertaining.

 

Stay Soupy.