Thanks for your replies everyone.

I still haven't heard from the specialist, so will be calling them at lunch time when hubby is home from work so that I can use his phone as mine is out of credit

I hate it that I had been having to take so many painkillers just be able to manage the pain, it's been better since Tuesday morning, and I only had to take 4 PF and 2 panadol for the day, and 2 of the PF were only because I forgot to NOT chew with that tooth d'oh! I have been trying so hard not to take that many PF, but when it's hurting so much that you're screaming and there's nothing else that you can do to stop it then you have to try the only thing that you have available itms.
The doctor in emergency on monday morning wouldn't give me anything stronger than panadeine forte, even though I had told him that 3 mersyndol and 2 panadol hadn't made any difference, he just told me to see my GP and get a script for more panadeine forte.
The cold weather also makes it flare up as well, which isn't nice

The good thing about having it done at the dental hospital is that it shouldn't cost us any more than $24 as we have a health care card, it's just the wait that is doing our heads in.

I also think that there is an abcess under the left wisdom tooth, as there is a lump on the side of my jaw that is a bit tender and it has become a little bit smaller since I've been on the antibiotics, so that might be why I still have so much pain on that side. The right side is perfectly fine with the temporary cap on it, no pain at all which is a HUGE relief!

The main issue is the possibility of permanent nerve damage though, hence why they will be doing surgery instead of a normal extraction and I will be insisting that they do it under GA, because there is no way in the world that I will be awake for that, I hate dentists as a general rule and I've had my fair share of teeth pulled in preparation of getting braces as a teenager (most of the work they did is ruined now though lol 6 years without visiting a dentist due to waiting lists - there's currently a 7yr waiting list for emergency work where I am - and lack of funds when I needed it done and having the plate break 3 months after the braces came off did that), and that was extremely painful as the local anaesthetic they use wears off too quickly with me and doesn't numb the entire area for some reason (just before I got the braces they pulled out 6 molars over 2 months to make room for my wisdom teeth and it took almost 20 injections each time just to get the area numb enough to pull the teeth out with only a medium - eg 6/10 on the scale - amount of pain).

SJ - Thanks darl, next time we're up there we will txt you and stop by.

Alish - Thanks for the tip on the jellies and custard, I'll definately be making them up before I go in, managed to eat some roast pork rack and roast vegies on monday night as long as I didn't chew with my wisdom teeth and the molars directly in front of them, and hubby made a potato mash to have with the corned silverside he cooked until it was really tender for me last night so that I didn't have to chew too much, today he's getting me a whole heap of thin soups as i'm hardly eating during the day to try and avoid causing any pain.

Still dreading it, but a feeling a bit more at ease after reading all your replies, sorry my reply is so long and somewhat disjointed, and I know I've rambled on a bit, I'm so overtired and feeling a bit out of it but can't sleep until the panadol kicks in.