Wisdom Teeth Removal

I remember how much it hurt when I woke up a few hours after the surgery. Good luck Shira!

I love your av too!

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Shira, take it easy. Get a very small spoon and eat in small bites, it will hurt very badly if you try to open your mouth too widely. Mashed potatoes, oatmeal, yogurt, etc work wonders. I hope you feel better sweetie! *hug*

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Disney movies

Sounds interesting DD -- I think I've been doing that anyway for dramatic effect "Oh, the PAIN! Mom...I want this!"

Thanks for the suggestions guys -- I appreciate it.

Yenta, when I know I can think, I'll play you! Yay!

By the way, I think Vicodin is better than therapy -- I'm all relaxed!

As for the avatar, thanks! I do love it so!

Ohhh...blurryish screen, this is fun!

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P.S. I had the all milkshake diet for two weeks. I'm serious. I perfected the chocolate milkshake: chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup with chocolate milk. Yum. I'm so going to die young.

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Yeah, I did the all 4 out once thing -- makes it easier, yes?

Coedine...Ahh, I take it for my bronchitis, but for this the vicodin is fine. But it's CODEINE -- I've been taking the stuff 3-4 times a year since I was 10. Hmm, I wonder what Tom Cruise would say about it.

So I'm all drifty, in and out...except for the achiness, I'm doing good!

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Thanks nia!

I went with the IV and general anesthesia. My theory is, if you're doing any type of anything that involves pain, please knock me out. Completely. I'm not going to be brave and "work through the pain".

Nia, it's not too bad. Like I said, a bit achy in the jaw (hell, I just had 4 teeth taken out), and I'm all trippy which is rather fun, and kosher chicken soup rocks my socks!

But hey, they had to come out, so bye bye teeth -- I should have saved them! Oh well!

My mother said once I was out, the whole thing took about 30 mins.

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I wonder how much he took! No, I remember everything going on right now. I don't plan on taking too much!

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I was a sight the day I got mine out: I came home before the novocaine wore off, so I spent a good part of the day slack-jawed and drooling, covered in ice cream.
I opted not to take my Vicodin, because my oral surgeon warned me that some people get sick from it, and that was the last thing I needed on top of everything else. I just took Motrin, like, 4 at a time and it worked great.
Good food choices. I lived on mashed potatoes and ice cream for a week. Once I reached my tolerance for those (which was about 48 hours...hee...) my mom bought this teeny tiny pasta that I could eat without having to chew it much.

"Hmm, I wonder what Tom Cruise would say about it."

Psh. Tom Cruise can cram it.

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Ooo, I had my wisdom teeth pulled last summer (4 impacted) and couldn't go to NYC like I'd planned for months, so I was miserable. This was my "get better" strategy:

Take all the Vicodin that was prescribed. Hell, call in an extra bottle and tell them you need it. Pain killers are always the right answer. The only time it made me sick was when I took it on an empty stomach (yeah, I didn't listen to the warnings). I nearly got sick in church during the sermon. So as long as you avoid that, I'm sure you'll be fine.

Also, take 2 ibprofen every 4-6 hours, it helps with the transitions between Vicodin doses, so you don't feel any pain as it wears off.

Alternate hot and cold on your cheeks. Keep a heating pad on for 20 minutes, then next hour, put an ice pack on them. My doctor recommended this and it worked much better than just ice.

Eat the liquid/nonchewing foods for as long as you can deal with, because those first few times you have to do normal chewing, it will hurt. Avoid bread, it clumps and gets caught in your holes.

Hope you feel better soon!

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Updated On: 6/8/05 at 02:34 AM

Shira - as someone who considers herself a queen of oral surgery (3 jaw surgeries to correct my bite) I can say with confidence that I understand all too well what you are going through. The good news is that the lack of energy, swelling, the pain, the drooling, and the nausea will all go away.
The part that sucks is this... (I'm sorry to burst your bubble)....don't use this time to try and loose weight cause your body needs the nutrition to heal and, in my experience anyway, I always ended up gaining it all back and then some.
I hope you feel well enough to see JRB, although I think the meds have you a bit loopy. What's this about Thursday? Isn't he only playing Friday and Saturday? I was shooting for Saturday so let me know what day you are going. FEEL BETTER! I'm definitely the person to whine to if you need to vent, I TOTALLY feel your pain!

Updated On: 6/8/05 at 04:21 AM

Thursday? Friday? Saturday? What? (Okay, before this next dose kicks in, let's see what Shira can process!)

It's Friday and Saturday at El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/111127

Oh, I want to go -- lets see what I feel like on Friday, eh?

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