Thank you so much for your reply Bryanna

I've been having severe headaches for about three years (which is around about the time that I had an extremely bad cavity filled- the dentist at the time wanted to avoid doing a root canal, even though the cavity was very deep. I was happy to save the money so I didn't object )

I started noticing a rotting smell, and I was getting dizzy spells a few months after. I went to the Dr who suggested a sinus infection and gave me antibiotics. It cleared up for a while, then same thing, same diagnosis.

Long story short, it all started getting worse about 6 months ago- I was so run down and sick, infections were cropping up all over- I had a lump the size of a fist on the back of my head under my hair, and several infected lumps on my legs and face. I was getting reoccuring strep infections. The tooth was so painful and headaches so severe that I was waking up in agony every night.

Since the tooth hurt I thought I'd go back to the dentist and get the root canal in the hope that it would solve some of these issues. The dentist that I saw was the head of the practice, he took an exray and insisted that it was a really bad sinus infection, nothing to do with the tooth.

I went back to the dr. He gave me more antibiotics and ran some blood tests, and I asked him to please refer me to a specialist for the sinus problems. Came back that I had glandular fever, a severe iron deficency.

When I went to the sinus specialist, he sent me for the CT, and referred me to the dental surgon. It looks like (from the scan) well over half the sinus is bad And you can see the tooth in the sinus.

The dental surgon seems really good, and he does quite a few of these. I think I'm just freaking out a bit- I feel like I've been sick forever. This has really knocked me flat and is driving me crazy- I can't keep things straight in my head most days because I have such a headache/spacey/tired feeling.. I cannot wait to get this fixed.

Thank you again. I really appreciate all the advice, I'll pick up some arnica before next week, and I've let hubby know he is my slave for the recovery time *evilgrin*

What is the average recovery time for something like this? I've taken 4 days off work, and then have another 2 days over the weekend- do you think that is too much, or too little, or appropriate?