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myurbandreamvicodin is AWESOME.
so i got two wisdom teeth out yesterday morning. the two on the right. i was gonna get all four out at once but the secretary-nurse at the office said it's easier to do two-and-two, and anyway they're more worried about the two on the right side cause those are the ones that gave me a month of not being able to chew. and also if i do four they would want to put me under for the surgery, which costs like $350 more. so.
i was kinda freaked about not being all drugged up for the surgery - "extraction" in dental terms. pretty much everyone i've talked to about it had either nitrous gas - which makes you kind of giggly and you don't really feel anything - or they just got knocked right out via either a pill, a shot, or more gas. but i just had the local anesthetic.
but it was fine. i wasn't even very creeped out by watching all the tools and things come and go. the worst part was the needles for the local, not because it hurt but because needles kind of terrify me a little bit. he figured that out and covered my eyes when he did the second set, and i was just fine after that. (yeah, there were about four of five stabby moments, overall. yech.) my dentist is kind of awesome that way.
so tooth extraction doesn't really take that long. we were only at the office an hour, jim and i, and half that time was prepping me - disinfecting my mouth, getting me in the chair, any last-minute questions, etc. the most hilarious part, for me, was that doc barbosa did my bottom tooth first - number 32 - and that one took about 20 minutes. stubborn little bastard. it was resting in the corner of my jaw bone, according to my x-rays, and doc barbosa actually had to drill a bit of my jaw bone away to get access to the tooth, and apply some serious pressure to get it to come free even after that. the top one, the number 1, came free in about a minute, and i have one, maybe two stitches there. the bottom has a whole line of stitches going all the way back. hurts like a bitch.
doesn't hurt as bad as my jaw muscle, where they put one of the needles to numb me up.
overall, not a bad experience. which is good, because i gotta do the left side in about a month or so. i did learn that when the pain meds say 6-8 hours, you take them at 6, because by the time you get to 8 the last one has worn off completely and the next one won't kick in for another 45 minutes. THAT was a fun learning experience, lemme tell ya.
the food has been pretty interesting, too. i'm on a soft foods diet until friday or so, and thank god i looked up online what counts as soft foods or i'd have been doing applesauce and jell-o for every meal. i can't suck on anything - causes dry-socket, and i can't do much dairy because they're probiotics and then what's the point of the clindamycin i'm taking, but that doesn't eliminate everything. eating is pretty slow going, but still good. here's my menu so far:
wednesday, lunch, 11am: chicken noodle soup
wednesday, snack, 2:30pm: applesauce
wednesday, early dinner, 5pm: cream of potato soup and mashed potatoes
wednesday, snack, 7:30pm: two slices of seedless watermelon
wednesday, late snack, 11pm: more mashed potatoes (great for settling my drugged-up tummy)
thursday, early breakfast, 6:30am: apple-cinnamon oatmeal
and then the vicodin put me straight back to sleep until half an hour ago, but i'm asking jim to make me scrambled eggs and cornbread stuffing for lunch in about an hour. maybe tuna salad too. dunno. right now i feel kinda queasy, but if i don't eat with the pain meds then bad things happen - i almost passed out yesterday and learned my lesson.
to pass the time i've been watching movies and sleeping, mostly.
some of that sleep is coming on right now, actually. mm.
ETA: My Life Via Food
*It turns out I was feeling queasy because I AM supposed to be taking in some probiotics, otherwise the two antibiotics I'm taking will wipe out all the good bacteria cultures in my stomach and make me throw up. Thanks, Mom! (I feel like such a druggie - there are five prescriptions on the kitchen table.)
Thursday (cont'd)
lunch, 12:30 - mashed potatoes and green beans
dinner, 6:30pm - tuna salad
late snack, ~8pm - banana cream pie
midnight snack, 12:30am - applesauce
~
Friday
early breakfast, 6:30am - key lime yogurt
late breakfast, 10am - scrambled eggs with rosemary
lunch, 12:30pm - tomato soup and cornbread stuffing
afternoon snack, ~3pm - Christmas chocolates (from my sis-in-law!!)
dinner, 6:30pm - avocado, cornbread stuffing, baked beans
snack, 7:30pm - watermelon slice and chocolates
snack, ~9pm - two squares of thin-crust cheese pizza (it took me an hour, but by god i ate them!)
midnight snack, 12:30am - banana
~
Saturday
early breakfast, 6:30am - applesauce
lunch, 1pm - spaghettioes
snack, 3pm - cottage cheese
dinner, 7:30pm - cream of chicken mushroom soup
snack, 8:30pm - ice cream!!!!!
midnight snack...
so i got two wisdom teeth out yesterday morning. the two on the right. i was gonna get all four out at once but the secretary-nurse at the office said it's easier to do two-and-two, and anyway they're more worried about the two on the right side cause those are the ones that gave me a month of not being able to chew. and also if i do four they would want to put me under for the surgery, which costs like $350 more. so.
i was kinda freaked about not being all drugged up for the surgery - "extraction" in dental terms. pretty much everyone i've talked to about it had either nitrous gas - which makes you kind of giggly and you don't really feel anything - or they just got knocked right out via either a pill, a shot, or more gas. but i just had the local anesthetic.
but it was fine. i wasn't even very creeped out by watching all the tools and things come and go. the worst part was the needles for the local, not because it hurt but because needles kind of terrify me a little bit. he figured that out and covered my eyes when he did the second set, and i was just fine after that. (yeah, there were about four of five stabby moments, overall. yech.) my dentist is kind of awesome that way.
so tooth extraction doesn't really take that long. we were only at the office an hour, jim and i, and half that time was prepping me - disinfecting my mouth, getting me in the chair, any last-minute questions, etc. the most hilarious part, for me, was that doc barbosa did my bottom tooth first - number 32 - and that one took about 20 minutes. stubborn little bastard. it was resting in the corner of my jaw bone, according to my x-rays, and doc barbosa actually had to drill a bit of my jaw bone away to get access to the tooth, and apply some serious pressure to get it to come free even after that. the top one, the number 1, came free in about a minute, and i have one, maybe two stitches there. the bottom has a whole line of stitches going all the way back. hurts like a bitch.
doesn't hurt as bad as my jaw muscle, where they put one of the needles to numb me up.
overall, not a bad experience. which is good, because i gotta do the left side in about a month or so. i did learn that when the pain meds say 6-8 hours, you take them at 6, because by the time you get to 8 the last one has worn off completely and the next one won't kick in for another 45 minutes. THAT was a fun learning experience, lemme tell ya.
the food has been pretty interesting, too. i'm on a soft foods diet until friday or so, and thank god i looked up online what counts as soft foods or i'd have been doing applesauce and jell-o for every meal. i can't suck on anything - causes dry-socket, and i can't do much dairy because they're probiotics and then what's the point of the clindamycin i'm taking, but that doesn't eliminate everything. eating is pretty slow going, but still good. here's my menu so far:
wednesday, lunch, 11am: chicken noodle soup
wednesday, snack, 2:30pm: applesauce
wednesday, early dinner, 5pm: cream of potato soup and mashed potatoes
wednesday, snack, 7:30pm: two slices of seedless watermelon
wednesday, late snack, 11pm: more mashed potatoes (great for settling my drugged-up tummy)
thursday, early breakfast, 6:30am: apple-cinnamon oatmeal
and then the vicodin put me straight back to sleep until half an hour ago, but i'm asking jim to make me scrambled eggs and cornbread stuffing for lunch in about an hour. maybe tuna salad too. dunno. right now i feel kinda queasy, but if i don't eat with the pain meds then bad things happen - i almost passed out yesterday and learned my lesson.
to pass the time i've been watching movies and sleeping, mostly.
some of that sleep is coming on right now, actually. mm.
ETA: My Life Via Food
*It turns out I was feeling queasy because I AM supposed to be taking in some probiotics, otherwise the two antibiotics I'm taking will wipe out all the good bacteria cultures in my stomach and make me throw up. Thanks, Mom! (I feel like such a druggie - there are five prescriptions on the kitchen table.)
Thursday (cont'd)
lunch, 12:30 - mashed potatoes and green beans
dinner, 6:30pm - tuna salad
late snack, ~8pm - banana cream pie
midnight snack, 12:30am - applesauce
~
Friday
early breakfast, 6:30am - key lime yogurt
late breakfast, 10am - scrambled eggs with rosemary
lunch, 12:30pm - tomato soup and cornbread stuffing
afternoon snack, ~3pm - Christmas chocolates (from my sis-in-law!!)
dinner, 6:30pm - avocado, cornbread stuffing, baked beans
snack, 7:30pm - watermelon slice and chocolates
snack, ~9pm - two squares of thin-crust cheese pizza (it took me an hour, but by god i ate them!)
midnight snack, 12:30am - banana
~
Saturday
early breakfast, 6:30am - applesauce
lunch, 1pm - spaghettioes
snack, 3pm - cottage cheese
dinner, 7:30pm - cream of chicken mushroom soup
snack, 8:30pm - ice cream!!!!!
midnight snack...
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Date: 2011-01-06 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-06 08:27 pm (UTC)there has been SO much sleep. =) i take ibuprofen during the day, which just keeps the worst of the pain off and makes me lethargic. it's the vicodin that drops me like a rock.
your icon is awesome!
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Date: 2011-01-07 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-07 09:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-06 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-08 01:23 am (UTC)Say at least you're getting some rest-time out of it!
Also, uh...*where* was that Supernatural band-fic? With --what was it? --groupie!Dean?
ME
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Date: 2011-01-08 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-08 07:28 pm (UTC)"Running on Empty" by chemm80
http://community.livejournal.com/spn_summergen/52937.html
-supernatural: dean, during the stanford era, finds himself being a roadie and making a friend named michael. nothing at all supernatural happens during the entire experience.
"And Today We Have Naming of Parts" by medjai_trowa
http://medjai-trowa.livejournal.com/56605.html
-leverage/supernatural: john's pov, an explanation for how eliot got his name. i know very little about leverage, but still awesome. When he first glimpses the boy, he thinks he's about Dean's age – but skinny with it. His shirt is baggy, the neckline gaping and showing off one protuberant collarbone, made even more obvious by the line of bruising just below it.
"Albion Raphsody" by queenofzan
http://community.livejournal.com/go_exchange/75523.html
-good omens/supernatural: dean and sam take a vacation in london, and witness a 250-vehicle traffic accident in which the lights all turn purple but miraculously no one is hurt. a demon with yellow eyes and a librarian angel are apparently involved.
"Building Dean Van Halen" by CaffeineKitty
http://caffienekitty.livejournal.com/179249.html?style=mine
-a much younger john meets a hunter named dean van halen. years later, as he's meeting up with his son, the memory strikes him. The memory came back, clear as crystal. "My Dad taught me everything I know." The wistful smirk. It wasn't possible. But there he was. Nothing any hunter had encountered could time travel. Nothing any hunter had encountered yet.