I am getting all four wisdom teeth removed tomorrow (Thursday) at 8:20 am eastern time.
I had to start the antibiotic this morning and so far my body is not liking it. (I'm sure nerves aren't helping either.) It's making me tired, among other things.
I
may blog during this time. I haven't decided yet. Depends on how I feel. (I added the link to it below.) I don't even remember if I have comments switched to approval before posting. I'd have to try to undo that as I will be too out of it to deal with that.
So wish me luck both during the procedure and on Friday when the dentist's pain killers kick out and I start taking Lortab. I've heard it will be hell that day. I also have to sleep in a 'reclined' position to reduce swelling. Ugh.
Update (9:51pm):So I was told it went well.
My first adversary to face was the feeling of nausea that began on the car ride home and was at a level 10 by the time I walked in the door. That plagued me at least half of the day. See when they med me up, one of them left this awful taste I didn't like in my mouth. I had to mouth breathe for a bit because it was so bad. Well it came back and made me nauseous. Blegh.
The first thing I tried to drink was water, which in hindsight was a good idea. I still had blood in my mouth :/ Even by 1pm it was hard to swallow due to all the numbness. Anything I drank entailed holding a bowl under my chin to catch what I couldn't get down. Later I improved to a paper towel.
It was truly an odd feeling. I was dealing with the conflicting feelings of hunger and nausea for several hours after the surgery. I knew I had to get calories into me as the day dragged on. Unfortunately most of the non-dairy stuff either didn't taste too good, or was low calorie itself. (The all natural chicken broth seemed to make my nausea worse. Next I went for the miso soup I bought at Whole Foods a couple of weeks back. I was
so hoping that it would be wonderful. It wasn't. Blargh.)
I didn't get anything dairy in me till between 3 & 3:20 pm. (The nausea finally subsided. I couldn't get off non-dairy until that happened.) Things started getting better, but the pain came with it. It really struck home around 6ish. I had to finally take the Lortab then, and at 8 I took two more ibuprofen. (Lortab doesn't completely do the job alone.) I was told to definitely take the Lortab by 8pm so you see how my pain came back early.
My cheeks are definitely tender to the slightest touch. (Found that out by chance. I'm not going to seek these spots out) I've never iced something so much in my life. I'm not being religious about it, timing 20 mins on and 20 off and all that. Still it's been a lot of icing down the cheeks. My husband says they look puffy and I have that foretold chipmunk look. I'm just hoping to keep the bruising down.
So anyway that's my fairly quickie update to say I'm okay.
-Christine
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