Showing posts with label wisdom teeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wisdom teeth. Show all posts

We're Back! Albeit wisdom-less. :)

Well, here I am, lying in bed with icepacks on my face and a dizzy head, but okay after my wisdom teeth surgery.
*squints across to Sarah* Yep. She looks all right too. :P We got our teeth taken out yesterday morning. I was first, and my surgery went pretty well. I think the Doctor said my surgery was a little more severe than Sarah's because my teeth were more impacted. :P
But overall the surgery part was pretty much pleasant. I didn't feel the i.v. go in, and only heard their voices and the drill without feeling anything. The only thing I didn't like was that the blood-pressure machine kept squeezing me, like every five minutes. But once I was asleep I didn't feel it. :)

However, we are both doing well and not in *much* pain. (Except when we didn't have our medicine yet and I took a sip of icewater and burst into tears. :'(
Apparently we were both pretty loopy when we got home. I leaned on Dad till we got into the house, stumbled into the study, sat down, flopped over, and was asleep. Then I finally hauled myself upstairs and into bed where I awoke a short while later to find Sarah in her bed beside me. :P We slept a great deal of yesterday, watched The Young Victoria, and tried to read a little.
Unfortunately my pain medicine makes me feel yucky, so I'm trying to survive off of ibuprofen until Mama calls the pharmacy to change my prescription....I have 45 minutes till I can take my next dose...think I can make it?..... :/
Sarah's the good little patient who eats *all* her food when it's given to her, who doesn't feel ill every time she swallows her pain stuff, and who sleeps through the night....(Well, there is a story about *that* one... ;)
Well, I'm beginning to feel sleepy again. Just thought I'd give you guys an update! :P We took some pictures so as soon as our sense of humor comes back we'll post them! ;)
-Rachel

Where is the wisdom in Wisdom Teeth?

Yep. That's my question today. Okay. So I knew somehow that this dentist appointment today was not a good idea.

I knew they would somehow incriminate me. But what reason have I for dreading the dentist?

Never had a cavity in my life. (Up to now) Had braces already....no bad news there. I even have room for all my wisdom teeth, unlike Sarah, right? Uh.....wrong. *sigh*.

So we two are in for it. In the next month or month and a half, we will be lighter by four teeth each. We are having surgery to get our wisdom teeth out. And um....the bad news isn't over.

Ahem.

One of mine is impacted. :P It's growing in side-ways, and they'll have to drill a hole in the bone to fish it out. Oh joy. "Fol-de-rol, bon-hommy, gathering nuts in May." as Eeyore would say.

And the hygienist didn't even say it nicely to me. (Although she complimented my gardening tan. :P)

She made it sound a most criminal offense to not have room for one's wisdom teeth: "Please evaluate 1, 16, 17, and 32 for EXTRACTION"! :[

There I am! Cart me off to jail! I have need of an extraction. Oh boy. Well, at least we're in this together, right, Sarah? *She gives me a weak smile in reply*