Fistula 4

Posted on February 9, 2003 in Dentition

Observing the course of a disease makes for a certain degree of control over the emotions that you feel. The fistula has grown to about the size of a lentil and feels like a hard bean lying between my gum and my cheek. It appears to range from silver gray to bruise blue. I feel no pain.

I need to watch myself for fevers and related distresses. This bacteria-thickened lump is close enough to my brain to give me a case of encephalitis.

Tomorrow I call Dr. Dornan. Morrison told me that this wasn’t in the bone, but in the gums. Why does the tooth need to die so soon?