OT: Narf has no more wisdom...Teeth. Owie Owie

[Randallw]

Can we talk about other painful ailments?

I don't have Teeth trouble but I do occasionally get Iritis where my cornea gets stuck to the lense in my eye. Then when light hits it it tries to dilute but remeber it is stuck together. Extremely unpleasant, I would say on par to having teeth out. Goes for weeks at a time.

[Caduceus]

Tooth surgery falls under the same category as other orthopedic (joint) repairs - 1/3 do well, 1/3 have a different sort of pain 1/3 have worse pain when all is said and done.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ouch, Randall, Ouch...

[Randallw]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Ouch, Randall, Ouch...

whenever it happens I get drops to put in my eye about 4 times a day but the vision in that eye clouds up.

[Renegade 13]

Caduceus said:
Tooth surgery falls under the same category as other orthopedic (joint) repairs - 1/3 do well, 1/3 have a different sort of pain 1/3 have worse pain when all is said and done.

That sounds accurate. My grandfather had knee surgery a couple or three years ago, I think just a half replacement. Today, three years later, he's undergone another couple surgery's to try to fix whatever's wrong, and he basically can not walk at all, due to the massive pain. The surgery didn't help anything at all; it made the problem worse, and has him basically off his feet, forever.

[Kamog]

Caduceus said:
Tooth surgery falls under the same category as other orthopedic (joint) repairs - 1/3 do well, 1/3 have a different sort of pain 1/3 have worse pain when all is said and done.

Those odds aren't that great. It sounds like a person would be just as well not having the surgery at all and living with the existing condition. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

[Ed Kolis]

Yeah, if only surgeons had to go through FDA trials...