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

[katuah]

Ditto all that Jennet said.

You will want to take that whole day off and I'd recommend maybe the next day too, just due to being somewhat "off" from all the painkiller and such. After that, it is more a matter of whether you have a job that requires you to be on camera, since your cheeks will be all puffed up and bruised for a few more days. You will look like a demented squirrel! Don't freak, that's normal.

The painkillers should keep the ache in check long enough for you to get past the worst. Wean off as soon as you can, though. They can do bad things to your digestive tract. Let's just say, eat fiber. (BUT NOT fiber with SEEDS!)

[vintagewitch]

ooooh noted on the fiber! We were thinking lots of smoothies, as well as blended soups would be ok.

They didn't proscribe painkillers, but I'm planning on using ibuprofen for pain management. So far so good though!

[katuah]

you might want to consider tylenol / acetaminophen over ibuprofin, i think ibuprofin can act liek a blood thinner which isnt good for post-surgery! i coudl be wrong, though - definitely do some googling on that.

[vintagewitch]

Oh that is a VERY good point. I switched to tylenol this morning (it's a good idea to switch back and forth between tylenol and ibuprofen anyway because you can develop cluster headaches if you take one or the other too often.)

I'll stick to the tylenol from now on! Ibuprofen works better for me, but I can handle the pain