[taramayrn]

Raven, so glad you heard from your son. Waiting is awful. I'm so sorry to hear he had such a rough time after his root canal. My brother also got osteomylitis in his jaw a few years ago - awful.

[RavenSong]

Originally Posted by susieloo

i still find myself reacting like this after 11yrs in reunion with my daughter! Drives my hubby nuts!
Susie

Susie, I hear you! Eighteen years in reunion, and I still jump to conclusions when I don't hear from my son in a timely fashion. Oddly enough, I think I've become more insecure (at times) about our relationship since I've joined the forums here. I had never heard the term "pullback" until I became a forum member, and now I tend to expect "pullback" to be lurking behind every corner. In reality, the recent insecurity I've been feeling is most likely due to the fact that DS had cut off our relationship for about six months. Now that we've reconciled, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's probably just going to take some time...something we bmoms are great at!

[RavenSong]

Originally Posted by taramayrn

Raven, so glad you heard from your son. Waiting is awful. I'm so sorry to hear he had such a rough time after his root canal. My brother also got osteomylitis in his jaw a few years ago - awful.

Tara, yep, the waiting is always hard. I've known several people in the last couple years to end up with osteomyelitis in their jaws from tooth infections. It's really scary to me; I kind of wonder whether this infection is increasing in the population, like MRSA (methicillin-resistant staph aureus, or the "super bug") seems to be doing. I'm glad your brother is okay; from how my son described it, the jaw infection is really painful.

[sstuart]

We had a patient who let a tooth absess go too long and he ended up with an infection that went to his brain and he did not make it through!! Never let a tooth go!!!