Fucking wisdom teeth...

[SineSwiper]

Dammit, this swelling just gets worse and worse. Got them out Friday morning. The IV was great, since I didn't remember a damn thing, but now I wish I could have an IV drip of local anestestic.

Oddly enough, I was feeling pretty decent on the 1st and 2nd day, as long as I kept up with my pain meds. Now, I'm on a regular 6-hour habit of 800mg of Ibuprofen, an Oxy, and an anti-biotic, and even with that and the cold compress, left side still hurts from the swelling. I'll have to ask the doc what the hell he was doing on my left side.

It could be worse. It could have been as bad as JWZ's experience. At least I'm doing pretty well with eating soup, yogurt, pancakes, cottage cheese, mac&cheese, and applesauce. Gives me an excuse to eat an entire bowl of mac&cheese. So far, I haven't had any sharp pains from getting something stuck or dry socket or the like.

[Blotus]

I was born without wisdom teeth.

Dentally evolved.

[SineSwiper]

One of those few things that will take several thousand years to get rid of via evolution.

[Kupek]

I've seen some people up and running in two days, and others bed ridden for a week. I guess it all depends on the severity of the impaction.

I am also someone who has no wisdom teeth. But I do have a top molar without another molar on the bottom, so that might have to get pulled eventually. (Gravity will eventually pull it down, doing bad things to my jaw, and since there's no molar below it, it's not actually good for anything.) And unless people start dying because of wisdom teeth, or we start selecting mates based on it ("Forget her breasts, did you see her teeth?"), wisdom teeth are probably here to stay.

Skipping work tomorrow?

[SineSwiper]

I took Friday and Monday off. I'm wondering if that's enough. I still want to finish up a few things Monday on the laptop before an application upgrade on Tues, but that really depends on my condition. I guess if I can still type shit, I can still do that.

Ugh, now I'm getting gas buildup in my stomach. This constipation isn't helping matters, especially since I'm a member of the acid reflux club (which tends to promote gas, anyway).

[RentCavalier]

That sucks--I got mine taken out not too long ago, so I know how it is. The first day you get out, you're basically gonna be bed-ridden and stoned out of your ass, especially if they give you any take-home pain killers. You can't eat anything hard and your mouth is gonna hurt like a motherfucker, but yeah, like Kupek said--two days and you'll be able to function more or less normally, though your mouth will be sore for a long while.

The operation was my favorite part though--they gave me laughing gas and I was GONE. Good times--I think I was talking to the doctor about his hair or something, how it was like...amazing. I can't really remember, but I could barely walk when they woke me up.

[Tessian]

Just take solice in the fact that you can't have it worse than I did:

11th grade; all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Got home to lay up in bed for a while and ended up throwing up from the anesthesia. Then throughout the afternoon I threw up again, and again, and again... until finally I realized that the first time I threw up it had opened up my wounds so I was draining blood down the back of my throat causing me to vomit repeatedly. Overall an AWESOME day... :\

Then about a month or two later I randomly start getting swelling in the back there. It'd swell for a day or two then drain and repeat. Turns out I had the one in a million chance of bone fragments left behind and it was causing a pearling effect. I don't remember even going into the office the 2nd time for this operation... musta been pretty painful for me to block it out like that.


So yeah-- quit your bitchin and have more pudding and apple sauce

[Blotus]

I am also someone who has no wisdom teeth. But I do have a top molar without another molar on the bottom,

Another anomaly: my top two incisors are still originals. That is to say, baby teeth. There are no adult teeth underneath, just really long roots.

[Kupek]

I lost my last baby tooth my freshmen year of college.

(That usually gets surprised looks.)

[Lox]

Wow...that sucks for you guys.

I had all 4 of mine pulled in November on a Friday morning and I was back at work on Monday. I spent most of Saturday sleeping and chomping down on tea bags (the kind you use to make tea...weirdos).

My wife had hers pulled several years ago and she went out with her friends that night. I guess it really does just depend on the person.

[Zeus]

I had my 4 pulled about 5 years ago. I took 2 days off (Thurs and Fri; had them taken out Thurs morn) and did nothing but sleep then slowly recovered over the next week swelling wise. Mine were quite impacted so my dentist had to break them then pull them out. Bled so much the first couple of days my dog sat at the foot of my bed whining from smelling the blood-soaked pillow we had to later throw out.

Then it was a good couple of weeks of having to freakin' clean out the gaping holes with mouthwash and a squirt bottle 'til they healed. That was freakin' irritating.

[Zeus]

I lost my last baby tooth my freshmen year of college.

(That usually gets surprised looks.)

Moreso than an 8 year-old walking around a university campus? :-D

[Flip]

I'm with Lox, i was up the next day no problem, but i also abnormally heal quickly to everything. I'm unbreakable.

[Shellie]

I've been having mine pulled one by one. I only have one impacted which isnt causing problems or touching my other teeth. So the dentists say to leave it alone. My other 3 all came out straight, but wisdom teeth are so hard to clean that they were badly decayed. So my top one was pulled first because it was causing pain..it was absolutely no problem..shot of Novocaine and a yank and it came out, took one pain pill before the Novocaine wore off and didnt need another one.

About 4 months ago, during my medical leave, I had a bottom one pulled because it was causing pain. The dentist said it would be no problem to pull, it was fully erupted and looked easy. When she attempted it, it was a different story. Every time she would grip it with the pliers it would crush it. She ended up breaking off the top part, then having to saw it in 4 pieces. I was awake the entire time with only Novocaine. She kept taking "breaks" and getting frustrated. Eventually she sent me to another office...so I had to DRIVE to another office with my mouth full of gauze and half a tooth. That dentist eventually got it all out. I definitely needed the vicodin after that one.

So needless to say, I have at least one more that needs to come out, which is also a bottom one. The dentist said the bottoms are much harder than the top because the muscles hold on to them stronger. I dont know when I'll get it done, and if I'll ever get the impacted one removed since it isnt causing problems.

[Kupek]

so I had to DRIVE to another office with my mouth full of gauze and half a tooth.

Good Christ. "Bitch, you're calling me a taxi, and getting someone to drive my car home, free of charge."

But I guess it would come out something like "Bsssh, youm cumming me maxi, am gmming smmne oo dive m am ome, mme om marge."

[Shellie]

so I had to DRIVE to another office with my mouth full of gauze and half a tooth.

Good Christ. "Bitch, you're calling me a taxi, and getting someone to drive my car home, free of charge."

But I guess it would come out something like "Bsssh, youm cumming me maxi, am gmming smmne oo dive m am ome, mme om marge."

LOL I had a very hard time trying to tell the receptionist why I was there.

[Zeus]

so I had to DRIVE to another office with my mouth full of gauze and half a tooth.

Good Christ. "Bitch, you're calling me a taxi, and getting someone to drive my car home, free of charge."

But I guess it would come out something like "Bsssh, youm cumming me maxi, am gmming smmne oo dive m am ome, mme om marge."

LOL I had a very hard time trying to tell the receptionist why I was there.

And on the 8th day, God gave man the pen and paper :-)

[Shellie]

On a positive note about my experience, my dentist did give me a free Sonicare toothbrush Those things are really nice!

[SineSwiper]

Yay, new problem. Now my bottom-left site (the one that is still swelling and causing jaw lock) is oozing out an acidic puss. I wake up at midnight with some extra pain (punching through my 800mg ibuprofen dose) and a gassy stomach. Didn't understand what it was until I looked it up.

Can't wait to go to the oral surgeon this morning. I'm sure I'll be completely disappointed when he doesn't do anything, though.

[Zeus]

Ugh, that would be awful. Glad I didn't have to go through that. Hope they can do somethin' for ya

[SineSwiper]

Well, I guess that was just a one time thing because it's not happening now, and the surgeon didn't see any puss coming out. The bottom-left (causing the jaw lock) is just a cut muscle (since it was hard to get that tooth out), so I just need to apply heating pads to it every so often. He removed the blood clot from that section (but not the muscle area itself), and gave me some different anti-biotics.

Sorry if this is all E/N to you guys...

[Zeus]

All good on my side. You're suffering more than I did :-)