Fourth times a charm????

So I am hoping my fourth time on antibiotics (Since mid November) is a charm...PLEASE! The first of December I got a filling in my back molar that was a pretty bad cavity, but the tooth was alive and seemed great...until Monday. My jaw had actually been aching for over a month, but the dentist and I thought it was something else (my dentist and I are becoming great friends..I feel like I am there all the time lately.) So Saturday and Sunday night I did not sleep well because my mouth hurt. By Monday morning I was counting down the time to call the office. Advil was not taking away any pain, nor Loratab, so I was at my max. He was out of town but I called him on his cel and he got me a z pack and referred me to a specialist. I called and was lucky they had an opening the next day. By Monday night I was in so much pain I could not sleep. I was worried about all the pain killers I was taking and how it would effect Mique, but she seems fine. Tuesday I almost did not send James to school because I did not even think that I could get up to get her off. I called the specialist and they could not get me in any sooner, and the first visit was just an initial exam...I needed treatment! I was throwing up I was in so much pain. I just wanted to cry...and actually did. I finally called a friend...another dentist at the practice and asked him to help me. He prescribed me a stronger pain med, but that barely took the edge off. He got me in a couple hours later and opened the tooth and started the root canal. Wednesday the specialist finished it and I am doing so much better! Root canals get a bad name, but it is the pain that led up to it that is horrible, the procedure was such a relief. I am so lucky to have good friends help me when I need and ask, and great family (MOM!) to step in and help with the kids and everything so I can recover. It has not been my year, but I am so blessed to be surrounded by the people that I am!