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No, it's my fat lower lip. I've had good success with tape 
before. I'd trust this before I'd trust the nearest 
hospital. If I'd broken my arm, I'd definitely go to the 
hospital, only one further away that I trust. When you 
live far from competent medical care, you have to make 
decisions like this--to go, or not to go.

OK, I called the dentist who says to wear the mouth guard 
another 24 hrs to keep my bite aligned, continue taking 
ibuprofen, and try to ice it. He says I'll know by this 
afternoon from the pain if I'll need to come in and gave 
me his home number. If it gets worse instead of better, 
I'll go. He's the kind of doctor that would meet me there 
at midnight if he had too. He says in the future I should 
wear my mouth guard when I feed the sheep!

Years ago when I was leading wilderness tours, I had a 
three year certification for wilderness medicine which 
allowed me to treat emergency situations more than three 
hours from help. Not that I remember all of it now, but 
assessing a situation is always a must.

Thanks,

--Sage

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:16 -0800 (PST)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> call first ,and then ,go to the dentist , Sage . You 
> would go to the doc if you had a broken arm .  You don't 
> know what might be broken in your mouth.  And, if your 
> lip, especially a top lip, is split, it will niot heal 
> properly without stitches...............bobford
>
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> --- On Tue, 11/11/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: [Homestead] Self dentistry?
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10:29 AM
> > The blind rescue sheep nailed me with a horn in the 
> > mouth 
> > last night at feeding time as I was kneeling down and 
> > something spooked her. I'm suprised I still have all my
> >
> > teeth, but my split lip and gums are swollen and my bite 
> > is off. It feels like my teeth got a little rearranged. 
> > I 
> > took some ibuprofen and slept with a custom mouth guard 
> > I 
> > happen to have from when I used to grind my teeth in my 
> > sleep and the bite seems better today. I could tell it 
> > was 
> > moving the teeth back where they should be. I can't
> > really 
> > keep ice on it and get anything else done, and my 
> > dentist 
> > is half day away. I'm going to tincture my tickle
> > tongue 
> > tree to numb it.
> >
> > Do you think wearing the guard is a good idea to make 
> > sure 
> > my teeth stay aligned, or is this worth the trip to the 
> > dentist (or at least a call?)
> >
> > --Sage
> > Way 'Ouch' in Texas
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