I hope you're feeling better, and I'm just glad this didn't happen because you failed to "mind the gap." ((a)) ((b))

Poor Kavey!
Glad you got to see the dentist and are out of pain now. Funny how a root canal doesn't seem so horrible anymore, no? :)
Hope your feel better/look better LOL soon~((F))

Kavey, you got the story right. No I did not pursue the "cotton under the cap" with the dentist that is the father on my godson. First of all by the time the cotton was discovered (thanks to my new dentist) the former dentist was retired. If he had still been in practice honestly do not know what I would have done. Other than my terrible experience I had never heard about any other mistakes he did. And he was a good man. Even gave free dental care to people who could not afford to pay for it. Would meet a patient at 2:00am at his office because they had a terrible tooth pain (usually because they had not had dental care for several years).

Think the problem that I had was one of those "one in a million" cases. However when I think about 12 years of going "crazy" with the problem it does, I have to confess, make me mad.

Agree with Scarlett, root canals are not the big deal they use to be, although for sure noone jumps up and down when they are told they need one.

I trust that you will be feeling better, it does sound like you are already on the road to improvement.

Take good care of yourself. Best wishes to you.

Kavey....
I'm just now reading what happened to you after we had lunch on Weds. :-(
I'm so sorry your afternoon ended with a bloody lip.
You've managed to keep your sense of humor though;so I know you will understand my saying that now I am doubly glad you & I decided to go ahead and order those huge Pavlovas for dessert!
Seriously,my dear, my fingers are crossed that you are on the mend soon.
I so enjoyed our meeting and hope we can get together next year.
By the way, did your new sofa arrive?

Scarlett, my root canal definitely wasn't painful or a problem - the dentist gave me an extra strong dose of local anaesthetic because of the bruising and damage already there so I didn't feel a thing... infact it took several hours for the feeling to come back. And although most dentists in UK apparently still use the older techniques and equipment for root canals my dentist has switched to newer equipment which makes it very quick and easy.

LoveItaly, I'm definitely on the mend and glad you too were able to sort out your nightmare problem in the end. At least I only had to wait a day, I think even a week of that pain would have had me pulling my own teeth out let alone 12 years!

SS, new sofa was about to be delivered but Pete had to come and get me from where I fell and take me to hospital and that's when they were going to deliver. They called to check he was home and he explained and they were fine. Infact they then called yesterday, not even to reschedule (though I was ready to do that) but to check I was OK as the staff at the warehouse and the delivery team were worried about me. Very sweet. Sofas came this morning, together with flowers from a kind Fodorite friend to cheer me up.

And SS I couldn't eat solids on Tuesday evening or Wednesday because the swollen lip meant I couldn't get solids into my mouth or close the mouth to chew so I was on soup and boy was I thinking back to our lovely meal and particularly those rather delicious pavlovas.

I really should have taken the bus!!!

LOL

Budman, sorry I meant to reply to you too - the irony is that I called Pete from the tube (last couple of stops on my route are above ground) and said I was going to take the bus from central finchley but within a couple of mins I changed my mind and proceeded to next stop to walk home - thought it would do me good to walk off the lovely lunch I'd just had!
:D

An update on my lip and tooth: I went to the dentist again today and he checked out the lip too - the cut was totally healed but the stitch thread was still attached so he kindly cut the thread away for me. And when I got home afterwards the last huge remaining scab on my lip came away too. So I feel much less self-conscious now. As for my teeth - he finished the root canal and took the impressions for the crown I'll be getting on the 19th, just before we go away. There's also a small chance the tooth next to the broken one was sufficiently hard hit that the root may also die but it may heal so it's wait and see time. I'm looking almost normal except for some shiny pink new skin - hope it eventually goes brown like the rest of me. In my lip I have this large solid area - doesn't show but feels very strange. Apparently it's down to damage to the saliva glands and will take several months to shrink away. It doesn't hurt so I can live with that.

Kavey,
I'm so happy that the results of your 'swan dive' are healing.
I have thought of you many times since we met for lunch in London , it was such a nice afternoon that ended badly for you. :-(
I plan to post the pic the waiter took of us, if that's OK with you.
Judy

Fine by me! And thanks for thinking of me!