oral recovery

I'm home this weekend, spending much of my time on the couch- taking my pain meds and sleeping. Nursing my sore jaw and gums and constantly tonguing my sutures, wishing they would hurry up and heal.

It's been two days and I'm tired of soft foods although I have discovered a wonderful new soup. Campbells Chunky Potato Bacon Cheddar soup. That is the fucking bomb. My husband has been taking care of me all weekend, making my food and bringing me coffee and letting me sleep because the Codeine makes me reeeeealy sleepy. Maybe I'm sucking it up a little bit- but too much moving around and when the meds wear down, it's worse than when I'm actually resting like I should. My jaw is not swollen, but still very sore and when the pain killers wear down, all of my teeth hurt as well as this throbbing from the roof of my mouth up to my eye.

I will be happy when the big hole closes and the sutures go away- cause I keep touching them.

If you did read the post below, after you were done wiping the sweat of of your ass- you know that I had teeth extracted. 5 teeth to be exact, on the same side. Top and bottom wisdom teeth, two other molars on top and an eye tooth that was broken and beyond repair. So teeth #1, #2 #3 and #6. Along with #32.

I went for many years, either without insurance, or with HMO insurance that didn't cover much and I could never afford to pay cash for the wok that needed done. So lack of funds, neglect and just bad genes caused a lot of damage. Being pregnant/ or nursing in 2002- 2004 (2.5 years) did me in pretty good. I've lived with some form of tooth pain since then.

Finally I have better dental insurance and some extra money to pay for it. So I'm getting an upper back partial, some fillings and I will be out of pain- all for around $500. I have one more extraction of the last wisdom tooth, but she has assured me that it will be pretty easy, it's mostly tissue. While I not at all happy about being in this much discomfort, in my jaw and gums- I do not have the same kind of sharp tooth pain that made my eyes water and kept me on a constant regimine of Ibuprofen and Tylenol for years.

I will be happy when this round of aching is over. I think the next visit with the filling will be cake. And then... I promise I will go to the dentist every 6 months. I promise, I will.

My dentist office is one that is on TV. It's a Childrens office, but they see adults too. The office is owned by one main guy who is this crazy character. I saw him in the office once. He was wearing bright pink pants, and a lighter pink shirt. Both patterned. And a white bow tie, He has a white beard and mustache and kind of crazy white hair like The Colonel. Inside the brightly colored walls of the dentist office, the whole room had a bright pink hue.

It was kinda scary.