4 hrs of excruciating and incapacitating tooth pain in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean at 35,000ft - 3-4 hrs from the nearest divert airports (Midway Island and Shemya, AK) and 5 hrs from destination (Oakland) - has to rank right up there for me. I decided to press on and my plan was to put the brand new 777 First Officer in the left seat and work the radios, the more senior guys in the right seat and have him do the landing, and I would "monitor" from the center observer seat. About 1 hr out of Oakland it subsided enough that I was able to land the jet. As soon as my head hit the pillow in the hotel it returned. The next day (day after Independence Day) couldn't find a emergency dentist to take me. My dentist prescribed me Extra Strength Tylenol and to take with Advil - it worked. Emergency root canal at home 2 days later, on a Saturday morning - I went straight to the endodontist's office from the airport.
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Posted: 01/03/2020 at 1:25PM