Last Sunday, I got dh up, dressed, breakfasted and off to church we went. Then we went out to brunch and shopped home depot. He was in good spirits, knew who I was, and enjoyed himself. Then on thursday, he got a toothache. I had already made an appt to have the tooth extracted on Monday (tomorrow) Well, we certainly couldn't wait, so I found an oral surgeon who took us Friday. Four teeth had to come out, 2 had broken and the other 2 soon would. he was already wearing a partial on the bottom, so those teeth will be added. Meanwhile, I guess because of the trauma, the pain, etc, he is totally out of it. he doesn't know who I am, he's cranky, throwing the trash can, kicking the ottoman, banging on the table, yelling. he has been on resperadol (sic) once a day. Last night I gave him a second dose but this mornign when he woke up he was the same. And I had to give him a pain killer. His face is bruised where the teeth were extracted and I'm sure he's not comfortable. I'm hoping that this will pass and we can be back where we were again. Which wasn't great, but looking back it was paradise.
Chris, So sorry your DH is having problems and making it hard on you. I hope he will soon be back to where you were even if it wasn't the best place to be. I have said a prayer for both of you. Hang in there.
Chris, this sounds dreadful for you. If it gets worse, or doesn't calm down, I think you need to have some medical intervention. A phone call to his doctor? A trip to ER? Is there someone else on your team, such as Hospice (and I don't understand how they work, because, too bad, we don't have it here in Vancouver, Canada).
having had dental work myself lately i can attest to the pain and its not pleasant. i cant imagine not being able to convey one has pain - the narcotics they gave me to use made me dreadfully ill. serious side effects so i could only take advil. i hope your DH gets releif from his ordeal and feels better soon. using heavy pain meds can only exacerbate the AD i would think and behavioural issues wouldnt be out of the ordinary under the circumstances. if hes still ansy on monday i'd check his personal physician about it. divvi
He may be in a lot of pain and unable to pinpoint it. Plus, throw in the meds and you have a recipe for problems. Hope Monday is much better or, as others have said - I would check with his Dr.
Chris, I have tried to get dentist to pull my husband's lower teeth but they will not. The last year he has started grinding his teeth. Because he has the bridge on the top, the steel has done a good number on the lower ones. Previous dentist, in an effort to make the bridge work, ground the lower teeth down. Now the grinding has done it on the 6 lower front teeth which are a mess. Since eventually they will have to be pulled, I would rather now when he is able to deal with it than later when he is not. But, I can't get any of the dentist to agree.
I do hope his pain subsides and he can come off the pain killers and be back to where he was before the dental.
thank you all so much for your good wishes... He has just been sleeping all day, and of course, asking where 'chris' is... I told him she'd be coming up with my daughter for dinner. I just told my daughter that and of course she laughed. You really have to laugh, or else we'd just be crying all the time. yes, I'm sure he's in pain, altho I have cut down on the pain meds, and I gave him that extra resperdol. I'm looking at the papers they give you at the oral surgeons office, and truly hoping the 3rd day will be better. Last time i had an extraction I wound up with a dry socket. i don't want that to happen to him, but I can't get him to rinse like he's supposed to. ah welll. thanks again for your good wishes.
You might want to talk with your husbands doctor. they may need to adjust his meds again. Sometimes an event, like pulling teeth, can trigger the disease to progress. My husband had some major dental work done. i had to have his permanent implants with dentures replaced with removable dentures. I wasn't able to clean his teeth any longer because he kept biting me and we needed a way to keep his teeth clean. That seemed to be the start of his spiril down. 3 months later I had to place him in assisted living.
Chris, hope this turns out to be a temporary reaction. I guess we just don't know how these powerful meds and anaethestics react with a mind damaged by dementia.
chris, hope things improve. My dh has broken 2 back molars and the dentist wants to do a root canal in one and crowns for both teeth. I was thinking of asking him to pull the teeth instead and do bridgework but now I'm concerned that pulling the teeth might make dh get worse.
Reminds me that I have to make an appointment for dh to get two small cavities filled. I explained to the dentitst that he was refusing to brush his teeth and we have a program in place for check up and cleaning every month or so. And an apple a day.