My oldest baby was just saved from what was quickly turning into a potentially miserable and painful weekend!
After a rather deep and painful filling for one of her molars about a year ago, we had been warned that the already traumatized tooth may not make a full recovery and could require a root canal in the not too distant future. While the tooth continued to be extremely sensitive to cold, we consulted an endodontist who encouraged us to give it a little time and see if it didn’t recover. Being the pro-active, natural health seekers we are, we happily agreed to wait and treat it as best we could holistically. We switched her over to the OnGuard Toothpaste, refrained from sweets to the best of her ability, toned down the pop consumption and continued a rigorous tooth maintenance of brushing and flossing everyday.
Almost 6 months later, my daughter was rather excited to return for a follow up visit because the sensitivity had virtually disappeared! Not for just that single tooth, but for ALL of her teeth that were previously ultra-sensitive to sweets and cold. She sat down and had the endodontist run his test of placing extreme cold on each of her teeth. While the bulk of her teeth showed marked improvement on their sensitivity rating, the troubled tooth was not so fortunate. He held the cold element on there for nearly a minute without a single flinch from my daughter and as he looked at me, we both knew that that root had not recovered as we’d hoped.
We scheduled her for a root canal the following week.
As the weekend began, my daughter started complaining of tooth and jaw pain. And as the night wore on, it was becoming painfully obvious that it was getting progressively worse. It would appear that the testing had stirred up the infection already underway in the damaged root. By the next morning, my daughter was in so much pain she could hardly sleep.
I hurriedly called our medically trained friends for advise. They warned me this was not pain to mess around with as it could be debilitating and that homeopathic remedies would not touch this. They encouraged us to first try a regimen of Advil. We tried that with no affect. They then advised us to add in Tylenol. We did. No affect. They then encouraged us to start her immediately on an antibiotic (which we did) along with administering a low dose of oxycodone. This terrified my daughter as she had seen one of her friends fall prey to the addictive qualities of this drug and it scared her to death to go anywhere near it. But she was in so much pain, she reluctantly gave it a try. Even with this super powerful pain medication in play, it had no affect on reducing her pain. And it had the added negative side effect of stealing away her ability to sleep restfully…an effect we also saw in her brother when he was prescribed this for his own horrific head injury over a year ago. As a result, after only a day or two, he too refused to use this drug for pain management and resorted to our natural essential oil ministrations with much more positive results.
As we were waiting for her endodontist to get back to us with hopefully a sooner appointment, I desperately went to my oils to see what I might be able to do to help. Now first understand that this is my daughter that has extreme sensitivity to oils applied topically which oftentimes prevents us from using regimens that involve exposure to skin. So our only options were aromatic and internal administration. So I made a capsule of 3 drops of Copaiba, 3 drops of Tumeric and 2 drops of Pink Pepper. We also started her on the Lifelong Vitality Supplements. She took this and left the room to lay down. A few minutes later she came back in with a half smile on her face and asked, ” what was that you just gave me?”. I told her. She said she felt relief for the first time in 2 days!
Essential oils saved the day again! We continued with this regiment for the next day and a half. It had the added benefit of helping her sleep better as well! Her endodontist was thankfully willing to schedule her earlier and we were able to get the damaged and abscessed root cleaned out a day and half later. But we were both so relieved to have stumbled upon a regimen for pain management that was non-addictive, had no negative side effects, and yielded results far superior to the more widely prescribed pharmaceutical options!
I share this with you to help you know that if you deal with pain and discomfort, you should know there are natural options available to you! The solutions may be a bit different for different people and different health conditions (as we have discovered in our own family), but they are there! They are waiting for you! And they are accessible to you! If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to me at jennifer@mycrazy8.com for a consultation. Learn about these natural tools and how they can dramatically change impact your health and wellness!
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