i want all this and more

i have been in unbelievably huge amounts of pain for at least 32 hours now. sometimes it subsides for about 15-20 minutes... just long enough for me to think the pain is going away-- but then it begins to ascend again. i have an infection in my jaw, basically. the doctor gave me some safe antibiotics.

i've been using cold packs and hot packs alternately, mainly to distract myself from the inescable, mind-numbing, throbbingly unbearable pain. i've been squeezing on the pressure points in my hands, but that only lasts for a brief period. i think it, too, serves mostly as a temporary distraction. i've slept as much as i could sleep, but as soon as i wake up, the pain is waiting for me. no escape