5 days post-op, most of the pain is gone...except for my lower left jaw. Dentist says probably have a dry socket (alveolar osteitis, to be technical...better get started now), meaning that the clot that forms to help heal the wound probably disintegrated prematurely.
wikipedia (and the dentist) say there's not much to do, but take more ibuprofen and keep the area clean. pain should go away in a week or so...ugh. suck.
i must have had pretty bad luck w/ this whole wisdom teeth extraction thing...seriously. nausea from the IV sedation, 4 days of post-op pain, and now another week because of apparently my body just sucks at healing itself properly...
but it was weird paging a dentist on a saturday afternoon. I know how irate my dad gets sometimes when he gets paged at inopportune times...I'm sure saturday afternoon is not a very fun time to be paged. but it was weird to be that guy that pages the doctor, you know?
hmmm...shades of my future.
and why do i struggle to touch my Bible whenever I'm on break?
13 years ago
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i saw you today and you seemed so upbeat, happy, & completely recovered!!! glad you're better!
~melissa
p.s. i found this blog on kevin's computer so that's why i'm leaving a comment. heehee :)
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