As things transpired, the tooth had been damaged in such a way that it had been partly fused with the surrounding bone. They had to cut away a (tiny) portion of my jawbone to fully extract the tooth.

I waas hooked up to a blood pressure monitor for the duration of the ordeal. Surprise me! My blood pressure hovered around 125/70 and only once got up as high as 138/82. My heart rate never rose higher than 80 bpm, and averaged about 75 bpm. As alarmed as I thought I was, I guess I wasn't.

When the ordeal was over, they sent me to the pharmacy to pick up my painkillers. They gave me Darvocet (a mild narcotic) and Ibuprophin (800 mg horse pills -- the AF's "wonder drug" of choice). I can only take the painkillers that work well (Darvocet) when I get home from work. Otherwise I take Ibuprophin until my ears ring. In the AF, you don't usually get sent home unless you're curled into the fetal position with pain or if the doctor thinks too many other people will get what you've got unless you're sent home.

Oh, well. I can eat soft foods, now and will be able to consume carbonated beverages by Saturday.

At least this "hole in my head" is less continuously painful than the tooth that was evicted.

--Baloo

PS: Day 14 and counting!

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"I haven't done any research, but I think the Defiant is 170m."
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"You hear about 'constitutional rights,' 'free speech,' and the 'free press.' Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red!!...' You never hear a real American talk like that!"
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Mayor Frank Hague, Jersey City

 

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27 days and counting........
*HUGE EFFING BIGASS GRIN*
"Never underestimate the light side .......... ...... of duct tape."

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"You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak."

- Chris Morris, Brass Eye

Hope you feel better of Lord of the Jungle!

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there's a bird in the chimney,and a stone in my bed
when the road's washed out,they pass the bottle around
and wait in the arms,of the cold cold ground

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INSURRECTION

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Clones are People Two

"The Force is like duct tape: it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together"
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There was also a girl who was after me who took advantage of me while I was doped to the gills, but that's another story. . . �)
 

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Josh: I think they're getting to know each other a bit too well, if you catch my drift.
Me: Oh, I agree. I think they're spending too much time together, that is of course, if you catch my drift.
Asher: I think he's *ucking her, and he's cheating on his wife, and he's risking his marriage, and if his wife finds out about it she'll leave him and take their son, and his life will be ruined. If you catch my drift...

 

Montgomery: Teeth in my bum? Hmmm...? What is the "Britishism" (or "Scottishism") for "tooth with serious dental problems that will very likely require extraction"?

Of course, If I did have teeth there, I could eat a pizza by sitting on it (altogether now: EEEEEEEeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!)

First of Two: I know what you mean (regarding soups). My favorite soup is hot and sour soup, as served by the Thai restaurant just outside the main gate (of the base). It's got bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and muzhrooms and (drool, drool! I gotta cut this out!) well, you get the idea. It's best served with about a quarter teaspoon of red pepper sauce in it. Just enough to start a good sweat, but not enough to sear your tongue.

Jaresh Inyo: I had my wisdom teeth out in 1976. Dental technology has advanced quite a bit since then. You should recover pretty well.

I recall reading many years ago in Science Digest (a magazine that no longer exists, damn the luck!) that someone did a statistical analysis of (American) football injuries. It turns out that players who still had their wisdom teeth were several times more likely to break their jaw.

Apparently, the roots of the wisdom teeth weakened the lower jaw. When the teeth were extracted, the root channels filled with bone and were no longer a weak point.

Of course, this was at least 20-25 years ago, so I don't know if there's been any more studies to back this conclusion up or tear it down.

What the heck. I hope your dentist is so good that you'll never know how bad it coulda been.

--Baloo

PS: The_Tom: . There. Happy?

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Just don't plan to do anything after surgery, because you will probably want a whole LOT of sleep.

Well, you've managed to make it gripey enough for me

Oh, and get well soon, BTW...

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Clones are People Two

"The Force is like duct tape: it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together"
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Not me did posting above, was First ONE!

NOW I have something to gripe about!
.. it's bad ENOUGH that the head of the Friends of the Library has called me "Rod" or "Ron" for the past three years. (It's "Rob." Or "Robert," if you're being formal, in which case you'll have to say it two or three times, because I'm not used to it.)

But yes, dental surgery sucks. Fortunately, I have never needed anything more drastic than a filled cavity. My "wisdom" teeth are all still embedded, and show no signs of becoming consequential in the near future.

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You're just JEALOUS because the little voices talk to ME!