Well, I now have four fewer teeth than I did yesterday. It went very well. I woke up, and bathed. About an hour before I wrnI applied some topical anesthetic that they had given me to the crease of my arm. 15 minutes after that I took, a Valium they had given me, with 1 tablespoon of water (what a nutritious breakfast). My mother drove me to the surgeon, and after a little paperwork they took me into a room and told me to lie down. The assistant asked me how I was doing, and I said that honestly I had more trepidation about the IV than the operation. They asked me if I wanted something to relax a bit more, I said sure (quite frankly I was not sure the Valium had had any effect, but I really don't have a good reference), so they gave me some Nitrous Oxide. A few minutes later they said they were starting, I felt a prick in my arm, and woke about 40 minutes later in another room, sans teeth.
After we drove home I swapped out the gauze a few times, took and took the various medications they prescribed. I took one of the pain killers, but honestly it seems to just be ineffectual, but in the end the pain has not been so bad. In fact my tongue and lip have regained feeling (they were supposed to be numb until late tonight), and I actually have already moved back onto some solid food (well, fried dumplings, but their pretty solid). All in all in turned out pretty well, I guess the next pick thing is to see how much I bruise/swell up tomorrow, but I have been icing my face, so I things should turn out pretty well.
Posted by louis at September 25, 2003 06:45 PM | TrackBack