there's a hole in my head

[thez]

Ah, generic Vicadin. How you make me woozy.

Ah, oral surgery. How you drain my bank account.

...

Ah, how nice it is to check my balance in the process of writing this post to discover that I have two-hundred dollars more than I thought I had.

So I had all four of the third molars pulled in one session, with a compromise on the drugs: I had a partial anesthesia, so that I wasn't completely knocked out, but still feeling out-of-body enough to make the surgery easier. Instead of being out of it all day, I was up and moving ten minutes after they finished up. Aside from the dull throbbing pain in my jaw, everything is healing up just fine.

Well, there is ONE other thing: my upper right wisdom tooth's roots went all the way up to my nasal passage, so there is now a hole leading from the tooth's empty socket to my sinuses. It's just plain weird. Sometimes, after brushing my teeth or rinsing my mouth, I'll lean over only to find water dribbling out of my nose, once along with herbs that had accented my dinner that night. I've been told that the hole will heal on its own within a month. It had damn well better, because the novelty of the thing is beginning to wear off.

All in all, having teeth pulled is a shitty way to spend Spring Break, but it would be an even shitter way to spend a normal school week, so I'm fairly content. That might just be the generic Vicadin, though.

Money, work, school, dull.

ETA: The surgeon looks rather like Morden. This is both amusing and sort of freaky.

Comments

[rotsman.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty certain that this makes you the physically toughest person I've ever known. Just be careful that the generic V doesn't cause you to "misplace" that found money...stay clear of moochers! =)

[thez.livejournal.com]

Ah, did I mention I'm going back to work tomorrow?

AHAHAHA. Now, the question here is, how do I preen and look tough at the same time?

(I will beat the moochers away, I will.)

[rotsman.livejournal.com]

If you feel the need to go aggro on someone, just poke yourself in the jaw a couple of times before laying into them. That ought to do it. =)

[kayli-kender.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the partial anesthesia is what I had. It's a little trippy, but then they pump it right back out of you.

And dude, I'm not sure I could handle the hole thing. O_O Good luck with healing, and if you get any particularly nasty customers you can just kill them and blame it on the medication. n_n

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

You are one tough cookie, Z. <3 I don't believe I had anesthesia when I got mine yanked, but they instead pumped me full of sedatives and pain killers, so while I was totally out of it while they were doing it, I was up and walking again within a very short period of time. And the pain killers made eating mashed potatoes without trying to shove them into my cheek instead of my mouth a neat trick. XD

And o_O on the hole in the head. That's definitely one I haven't heard before, and it sounds like you're handling it better than I would. I hope that heals up soon and that the rest of the healing process goes well for you. <3 <3 <3

[sakibombshell.livejournal.com]

UGH!!! A hole in your sinuses leading to your tooth socket?!? UGH!!!! Well if it don't heal on its own, you better ask them to shove some crap up there to plug it up. Can't be good having oregano doing a little jig up and down the nasal passages, can it?