Hey everyone! Just got home. Everything went great!
After some film was taken and analyzed plus some back and forth discussion, my dentist ultimately discovered by doing some probing the tooth actually had a fracture. At that point it was a no-brainer to pull the tooth. I was OK with it because that was what I was thinking all along would be the best approach to finally put and end to this entire saga!
Luckily they could squeeze me in and the husband dentist was the one who did the deed. The tooth ended up grenading, so wasn't a clean extraction per se.
Also I found out it was #32 molar....not #2......
Waiting now for the left side of my mouth to get back to normal.....