Y Wednesday, March 05, 2008
12:49 am
Ahh. Much better.Painkillers have got to be one of mankind's best inventions. That, and anesthetics. The surgery itself was pretty quick, say, half an hour to forty five minutes? I have to say, it was pretty amusing as well. What with the 2 jabs numbing your entire lower jaw and cheek.
My lower right lip felt like this piece of squishy meat, and it was actually quite fun poking it. Of course the nurse specifically told me not to bite or otherwise disturb it, but what the hell.
They make you wear a gown, a shower cap as well as a shoe cover. I tore the shoe cover because apparently size 13/14 shoes were not considered when they manufactured those crappy blue plastic shoe covers. Big woop. See, Singapore just don't cater to people around my build/size. Godamnnit.
So they cover your eyes and start slitting your gums open, then you hear all sorts of sounds. The most disturbing one I found was the saw. Fancy sticking a mini-saw/drill into your teeth. How fun is that? =O. Didn't feel a thing though, that was what's interesting. A lil bit of pressure here and there, then when the doc starts yanking your sectioned wisdom teeth it gets a bit uncomfortable. My whole face was literally moving rofl.
Anyway, there's just a crapload of blood, yadder yadder.
It gets REALLY fun after. See, I was told to eat my painkillers as soon as I got home. Well, whenever something gets done to your teeth you don't start scoffing down food or gulping H20, 'specially if you keep tasting blood and there's this huge piece of soaked, bloodied gauze you're biting on. It just don't feel comfortable, y'know?
Oh shit. Anesthetic wearing off. Where're my painkil.. oh shit. Yeah. Previous post pretty much sums it up.
It's worse than braces, really it is. I was punching the wall to redirect some of the pain. Seemed to help, but honestly, I didn't need a fractured knuckle, so I tried to sleep.
Ever tried to sleep with a very bad stomach ache? Somehow it doesn't work eh? In fact, you usually wake up WITH or BECAUSE of the stomach upset. Same deal, amplified ten times.
Crap, when I finally had the painkiller it was like the best thing ever. Couldn't think of anything else other than "when's it gonna take effect when's it gonna take effect!?"
15 more minutes of throbbing pain and curling on the bed the pain just gradually subsided. Fun stuff! Despite a pretty obvious swell, I could speak again! Then I went to Darren's place for dinner and could actually eat a chicken wing, sausages and fish. So on the very day I had my surgery, I'm eating solid food! (Albeit at a slow rate, but you try having your wisdom teeth sectioned then yanked out, okay?) Great!
Blood still oozes out, and for the first time in my life I'm no longer bothered by the taste of copper in my mouth.
Go go 4 day MC.