ouchie: the reprise

just a little follow up on the ouchie entry from the other day. it got bad. and i mean bad enough that i wasn't eating. (if you know me AT ALL you know this speaks volumes in & of itself). i don't know if it is just the worst one i've ever had or if it's the location of it making it more irritated or what but even drinking water was hurting. so on my weekly grocery store run, i caved & finally picked up something for the first time ever.

that little tube of Orajel Ultra claims that it has powerful pain relievers for fast-acting relief. sounded good to me! so i bought it & waited for dinner time so that it would be the most effective when i was trying to actually eat. we went to Planet Hollywood & i placed my order, then went to the bathroom to apply the magic numbing gel.

well. let me tell you. i put a little dot of that innocent-looking clear gel on the tip of my finger & then applied it to the canker sore. pain relief? i heard singing but it wasn't angels. i think it was demons straight out of hell. and maybe that was laughing more than singing. i saw stars. and speaking of hell, my mouth BURNED. my eyes watered. actually i think they almost bulged out of my head. and i stood there, mouth open, forming an O, in stunned silence. i think what they really meant was that this gel would cause a pain so blinding, you would forget about the canker sore. you would WISH for just the canker sore. my lower lip finally went blisfully numb but i am pretty sure that it had nothing to do with the "pain medication" or the "protective film". i think it just killed all the nerve endings all together.

i'll admit that i was able to eat my dinner without wanting to cry. but i think it might have been just out of fearing the thought of putting more of that fire gel in my mouth...oddly enough, i used it again this morning. it didn't hurt so bad. might have been because i had already assaulted the area with a good rinse of Listerine though. it's doing ok right now. i don't think i have feeling in my entire bottom lip. just ignore the drool if you would be so kind...