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Yesterday I went to the dentist and had a bum tooth extracted. The extraction would not have been necessary if the dentist who originally repaired that one had taken the time to do a root canal.
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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Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch. You have my sincerest get well wishes.
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They used to give out Percadan for stuff like that. Another guy I know got Tylox for getting his tooth pulled. I believe you have been short changed.
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I;ve had two wisdom teeth removed, and have spent the past five years trying to avoid having the other two out. What sticks in my mind is that while most types of soup are good to eat after such an experience, Mulligatawney is NOT one of them.
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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I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth, as well as two sections of jaw, removed in a few weeks.
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The_Tom: The first post in this thread is a gripe. It belongs here. If it isn't irate enough for you, tough. I've quit smoking and had a tooth extracted and don't feel like being particularly pleasant.
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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Jarish: I had all four wisdom teeth removed [is *that* why I'm so dopey?] back in 1985. While not a lot of laughs, it wasn't quite the pain-fest I had feared.
Just don't plan to do anything after surgery, because you will probably want a whole LOT of sleep.
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*totally agrees with Xentrick* I think they gave me Duranol for mine...ehehehehehe....that stuff is goooooood pain medicine....*L* just don't even TRY to eat for about 2 hours --at least-- after the surgery...you'll just kind of...drool/dribble the jello or applesauce or whatever all over yourself b/c you can't feel your lips, and will probalby be chewing on your tongue *L* But honestly, like he said, it's not as painful as all the hype
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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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