Re: How to self treat abscess for 2 months

I am a she, anyway. Miracatto would be a "he" but this is Miracatta.
I have four cats but am married to a human who would hit the roof if he
knew I was self-treating the problem.
I will have insurance reinstated 1/1/2006. I may well look into Mexican
dentistry even then, as I live near enough to the border and will
probably max out next year's, too.
All I want is to tread water, if possible, till 1/1/2006. If the
abscess flares up, all bets are off and I would definitely not wait and
would just have to increase the loan to $6,700. There is NO pain at
all, and just the smallest boil at this point.
Cephalexin worked for a while, and I really want to know if cat
cephalexin is different from human cephalexin, which did quiet the
abscess down for 3 months.
The canal had a root canal about 20 years ago, apparently old-fashioned
style work my present dentist thought was awful. It only flared up this
year, after the tooth above it had a hard porcelain filling put in,
which put pressure on the lower tooth. It is closed w/ a crown.
I think a lot of this is genetic as I do take good care of my teeth and
remember being 5 years old and thinking that one had no teeth after
about 50, because all I saw in my family was dentures!

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