Teef

[vintagewitch]

Edit: I forgot to hit publish on this last night. Oops!

 I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. I am very nervous. 

The person I scheduled with treated it like getting a haircut. They were like "Do you want to come in tomorrow morning?" And I was like "... I think I'm going to need more time than that!" I also asked how long I should expect to be out and they were like "well normally people are only here between one and three hours." No matter how I reworded it, she kept seeming to think that I was asking about the day of, and didn't realize that what I really meant was "how long is the recovery process." 

I wouldn't be half as nervous if I knew what to expect. I hate not knowing. 

Good news is that I've been working like mad the last three days so I can take as much time off this coming week as I need. 

Comments

[jenett]

I had mine out when I was in college: it went pretty smoothly, and I bet the tech and process has just gotten better.

There was modest amounts of pain for a day (but also pain killers), and then stuff was tender for about a week - they'll give you guidance, but basically small hard things are a problem, and suction can be a problem, and you probably want soft foods for a few days.

But it was basically pretty straightforward. I was back to normal for everything except eating after a couple of days, and back to normal with food in about 2 weeks (and the last week of that was more 'things are mostly fine, but I need to be cautious')

(I, um, had an unfortunate experience with a bit of peppercorn ranch dressing about a week in. Do not recommend.)

[vintagewitch]

Oooh duly noted re: ranch! It's one of my favorite dressings.

It went pretty well! I don't even feel puffy, which is great. I'm still taking tomorrow off because rest is so important.

[jenett]

Yay!

(I love ranch too. The ranch part was fine, it was the peppercorn that got me.)