I’m supposed to get my wisdom teeth out the 21st of April. This is not so bad, except that it means I’ll out on practice for a few days (I’m a brass player) and I’ve got several judged performances on May 5th. (My high school band takes a trip every spring.) I’ll probably be pretty much healed by then, but I’m still worried about missing practice time and perhaps having lower endurance taking a few days off. Maybe I’m making too big a deal of it. I can’t really reschedule for any time after it either until next fall, since I’ll be away for the summer with a drum and bugle corps. It only takes a few days to heal up to the point where you won’t bleed and stuff, right?
Also, this girl I was dating seems to be sort of ignoring me now. Maybe it’s just me, or perhaps she realized I’m boring. Hell, I thought there was something funny about a girl being interested in me. Seemed too out of place.
In general, I have plenty of stuff to do right now and am stressed out at times. So I should probably sign off.
However, I get to go see Ray Bradbury give a lecture tonight, and next week I’m going to see the Smashing Pumpkins.
This entire post was mundane and pointless to the extreme.
Kid - whatever you do, hope that they knock you out cold for taking the wisdom teeth out. It’s what works best - you’re not stressed out (even with the dope), so your jaw muscles are relaxed completely. Seems to heal faster.
Just to scare you, when the dentist was trying to take the bottom left wisdom tooth out of lil’ old me (it was impacted), he managed to break the tooth… and my jaw. So I had my mouth wired shut for two months. My parents thought it was great. I was NOT impressed…
E.
“Black holes were created when God divided by 0” ~Wally
I had all four of my wisdom teeth out at once. I would have been pretty much okay the next day, except that the pain killer they gave me really upset my stomach.
Hey dude…ask for Demerol! Great stuff. ElenF…woah, that sucks. Did they mention some kind of congenital defect in the jaw or anything? or did he just straight up break it?
When my husband got his wisdom teeth pulled, he enjoyed the painkillers so much he tried to talk the dentist into removing a couple more teeth. We went out to a club after he got them pulled, and he actually fell asleep!
And as for you’re life being boring…I spent the last week stuck in my parent’s house because I foolishly took in a cat, even though I know I’m allergic. I won’t go into details, because that’s basically the whole story. At least you still have your youth!
My old music teacher woke up from the op not just with a sore mouth but with a pain in the chest too. He didn’t mention it to the doc 'cos the patient next too him did and got kept in an extra day. Then he found out the surgeon was so short she had to kneel on his chest to get a good grip on the tooth. He swears that’s true anyway…
You got judged performances coming up? Does that mean you get marks deducted if you spray blood over the judges from your bugle?
It’s bad enough when you guys drain all the spit out…
The Scots - never trust a race whose national dress includes a concealed knife.
tatertot: Words can’t describe how foolish you are (actually, that wasn’t bad)!
Neil: Nothing more boring than a guy who thinks he’s boring. Low self esteem is the most irritating thing in the world and if you have it, she will not feel sorry for you, she will find you annoying.
I realize that. My comment about me being boring was more of a joke, though it probably didn’t come out sounding like that. (I’m pretty tired. Long week.)
I got back from seeing Ray Bradbury speak. I had thought he was going to speak about censorship, but he talked mainly about himself and his thoughts on various things. He was pretty funny and interesting. The trip there (E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron) was somewhat interesting as well…our driver, bombarded with directions from two people, ended up turning the wrong way onto a one-way street. Luckily, his reflexes were quick enough to prevent us all from dying.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed they took out all 4 wisdom teeth and 4 others. Doctor prescribed me some codeine. I usually forgot when I took my last pill and just grabbed another. It was a very interesting week of eating jello and being very high all week long. Good times…
“No TV and no beer make homer - something, something.”
Neil, they tell you not to eat, but after a trauma like that, especially if you’re still bleeding, you need to keep your strength up. Take the gauze out at the last second, scarf some protein (maybe a protein shake), rinse your mouth thoroughly (you don’t want any food particles stuck in there!) and jam the gauze back in. You’ll heal more slowly if you’re malnourished.
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
When I had my four wisdom teeth pulled, it was because they were coming in sideways and that is bad. ( It would have ruined my teeth.) So the surgeon had to dig into the bone to get them all out. I missed a week of work and spent my down time high on percodan. I didn’t eat anything but pea soup and didn’t lose a pound either.
