I’ve got a rock in my head….
On Tuesday last week I walked to get a sandwich with a couple people from my team and my left jaw started hurting. When I tried to eat my sandwich, it went from annoying pain to STOP IT NOW type pain. I had developed a ping ball size swelling around the back of my left jaw and it hurt.
So I went to the doctor the next day, because it was not getting any better and she wasn’t so sure what it was either. So I got my very first cat scan, which is another whole story I should tell. (Do you think it should take them six tries to get the IV in for the contrasting agent?) Anyhow, I got see the doctor yesterday to find out what is up and she tells me there is good news and bad news.
The good news is the lymph node and thyroid are both fine. The bad news is that I have a 1mm stone in my left parotid calculus. (No, I’m not making that up) I guess this is another gland in that general area and this little stone has widge in there and caused an infection. It is the type of stone that just forms inside you, not something from the outside.
So then it gets interesting, because obviously I need the thing removed. So I ask her how you get it out and says she isn’t sure. Not the words you want to here from your doctor. So Monday I have another appointment with a ENT specialist and I guess they have magic methods for removing things in and around your head. I have a horrible feeling this is going to require more needles and sharp tools and blood.
So I’m popping horse pill size anti-botics and eating Advil like jelly beans. The swelling is down today, so unless I eat, it isn’t throbing. Still kind of annoying.