Differential Diagnosis

[cornerofmadness]

That's what it's called when House writes that list of possibilites on the white board (in case anyone's ever wondered). I've been running through the possibilities of my own differential diagnosis as to the horrid taste that won't leave my mouth. It started two weeks ago. Two weeks before that I started two new medications, a new toothpaste and put out poison for the mouse
A. it's not the tooth. I went to the dentist. The amalagm is fine, no infection on x-ray and nerves are intact
B. not the pills that the pharmacist is aware of.

So, I took away the open poison just in case it's sublimating (i.e. going from solid to gaseous form) THAT could cause this and it honestly did seem worse at home than at the office. Let's see if that helps

I might buy new toothpaste too. Maybe I'm allergic to something in Crest's vanilla expressions (which was on sale, hence me buying it. I don't recommend it, it tastes like brushing your teeth in that icing that comes with the pillsbury rolls, and that's just wrong....)

If it doesn't clear up with these two modifications, I'll call the doc