toothless wonder

[trochee]

My surgery went well. I was out in less than 50 minutes (so imtboo tells me) but I don't remember even getting wheeled down to blackwingedboy's car. I have a vague memory of climbing the stairs -- I remember thinking about stopping to sit down; apparently I did, but I don't remember that.

imtboo got me some food, and another painkiller, and I went to bed. I got up to throw up -- all at one go -- and then went back to bed again, and slept for four hours or so. Woke up with icepack still on my head, feeling much better. D. has some nice posts and a picture about it.

A big thank you to imtboo and to blackwingedboy for being my support for this. I don't even remember that blackwingedboy was there, though he must have been. Thanks bwb -- I hope I'll be able to see you tomorrow morning (scrambed eggs and juice are within my eatability range right now).

Anyway; doing much better today. Still some soreness in my lower left jaw, but I have found that I don't need the vicodin -- ibuprofen seems like enough.

today's remaining agenda: rest and relax some more. imtboo is out shooting photos at a rehearsal, and out to see a play tonight too -- I'm not pushing it, so it's DVDs and -- if I still don't feel a need for the vicodin -- perhaps video games. (vicodin + videogames == frustration, though).

Love to you all. Thank you for the private and public well-wishes.

PS I have to share this great little haiku from trombo2's comment yesterday morning before the surgery (I hadn't read it til today):

Wakes at thirty-two
Goes to bed at twenty-eight
A curious fate

Comments

[lunacow]

So glad to hear it all went fairly easily. Trombo's haiku is excellent. Seems like there should be a bit in there as well about about two-thirty (you know, what time do you go to the dentist?).

[anab1.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever commented in your LJ before, but I'm a friend of a friend of a friend.. But.. I too had all 4 wisdom teeth out at once back when I was 24. The surgery went very quickly for me.. I remember them asking me to count down and then I was waking up in recovery (outpatient) and my mom was there. I asked her "They're done already" but it came out, "hmfgkk mmphkghh hhthhmub," due to all the cotton wadding in my mouth and the 'take home lobodomy gauze wrapping and ice pack' around my head. It was about a 20 minute drive home after that and I think I walked to the car and then slept for the ride home. My doctor never gave me any vicodin.. he said most people can manage the pain with consistent doses of ibuprofen. And that's all I used. I didn't find it very painful.. more just sore and annoying. 3 days of eating pudding and yogurt and gargling with salt water. Actually they gave me a special syringe to squirt the salt water onto the places where my teeth used to be. Mom went home the next day and I was solo for the rest of my recovery, but it wasn't all bad. Just rather boring with the food. Oh but my dentist/surgeon said my teeth were difficult to pull too... and for proof I had his hand print on my neck from where he had to hold my head while pulling (I guess) but definitely had 4 fingers and a thumb sized bruises on my jaw/neck.
Anyways.. hope you get better soon. First 3 days are the hardest.. particularly with all the spitting blood (not trying to gross you out, just saying) You may still find scrambled eggs difficult tomorrow. I found I couldn't chew for several days.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

Glad it's going well! I remember falling asleep in the car on the way to getting mine pulled because they had given me some kind of downer to make sure I wasn't anxious. I, of course, was eager to see what it would all feel like and decided this kind of prescription drug wasn't for me. My mom, all 110 pounds of her, could barely get me (well, a smaller me, but still) into the office.

Fast healing to you! Enjoy the DVDs!

[isolt.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it went well! Sometimes I think the only thing I hear about getting your wisdom teeth out is horror stories...

[writeanya.livejournal.com]

ahhh, congrats on divesting yourself of that useless wisdom! :)

glad it went well, and that you were properly pampered (and taht you let yourself be!)

rest. juice. relax.

good job.

the fun part are the colors you may get on your jawline from bruising. truly spectacular at times!

[writeanya.livejournal.com]

p.s. fabulous haiku... or senryu? i thought the haiku has to mention the seasons or nature or some such...

anyhow! great, great poem.

[lapartera.livejournal.com]

I realized this morning that I have had some angst about not being there to take care of you through this ordeal. After this post and your call yesterday it is clear that you have others who will care for you in person even if I cannot. And that is excellent. Thank you, imtboo and bwb! Know, though, that I have been thinking about you and wishing that I could have been available in person. You are loved.

And I still hold out the hope that one day we will live within driving distance again. There are times when this mom would like to be more available.

At the same time, I remembered that when I went through this same experience in my mid-20s a friend drove me to and from the dentist, dropped me off, and I had to manage on my own for the next few days. I don't remember even letting either of my parents know that this was happening. Just never occurred to me that they would want to know. I am so glad you have more support than that! A lot more!