doctor, doctor

ok, so.....i have had a vague aching in my left jaw for a few days......which i took to be from sinuses clogged/lack of $81 sinus medicine......and then i woke up yesterday with a tender back tooth.....but the tenderness seemed to go away when i took a shower....which must have unclogged my sinuses.....but things got really tense mid afternoon.....in the parking lot of j.beth booksellers when i decided that we all needed to go home rather than out to eat because my tooth was now throbbing.....and i tried all measure of over-the-counter stuff which seemed to work for a time....but during supper the throbbing became so intense that i broke down and called our doctor...at home.....on a saturday night.....i figured twas better to call right then, rather to call in the middle of the night as i was certain that i would not sleep......and so we decided that one of three things had happened.....that my sinuses were clogged/infected, or i had an abscess on that tooth, or i had broken that tooth (it is the tooth directly above the tooth that gave me grief over thanksgiving...the dentist told me i likely have been clenching my teeth and i damaged it and the gold onlay.......) but i digress.......he had a few antibiotic tablets in his own medicine cabinet, and a few left-over painkillers from his gall bladder surgery...and he offered to hand them over to my spouse if he could come right over.....despite the bottle saying might cause drowsiness i was up most of the night....but at least my tooth stopped throbbing....and at some point my face actually popped....and so this morning i have tried to recreate the combination of otc drugs, but will hold onto the few remaining pain killers for use only under throb conditions.....hopefully we can touch base with the doctor today and figure out how to keep my face unclogged until i can see my dentist (who i do not feel i know well enough to call on a weekend) and/or i can refill my sinus prescription in the new year and under my new insurance policy which has a lower co-pay.......only 2 more full days til this, and the houseguest...shall pass.....