No kidding.

Bonnie\'s Swollen Face After Wisdom Teeth Removal

This picture is from earlier today. I think it might be just a bit worse now, but that’s to be expected as far as my brain can rationalize. The pain was pretty bad about 6 hours after the surgery - before I had gotten the painkiller from the pharmacy and after the novicane had worn off. I alternated between humming and moaning and groaning, paced the floor and wrapped my arms around pillows and my exercise ball. I don’t know why any of those things seemed to help, but they just did. But anyhow, today my mom went shopping for me, which was so nice, and came back with all kinds of soft foods to eat. So I’m not going to starve! I made some vanilla pudding which turned out pretty good considering it was basically reconstituted powdered milk, sugar, an egg yolk, a little butter and some vanilla. And on a whim I sprinkled some clove in there. The month of food has come to a close though, if you haven’t noticed, so I guess I’ll move on ;)
Some lady said it took 10 days for the swelling to go away. We have three different places to sing at  on Saturday. THREE. The middle one will only be a few songs, but the morning (8 am!) and afternoon ones are going to be extremely interesting. I wonder how effective Ibuprofen is at relieving swelling. No trumpet playing, of course. But I can’t just stand up there and not do anything!

All in all, I’m so thankful that this happened to me. I haven’t been in a car accident, I haven’t contracted a fatal/chronic disease, and it’s all temporary. And I have access to modern painkillers if I need them, and plenty of good food and water! It is really nice to get them out after I’ve had so much trouble with them at inconvenient times (on the road far away from my dentist, for example). The pain is amazingly bearable and I haven’t been on pain killers very consistently. I’ve taken half a dose so I can get to sleep better.

I have some interesting footage from various points in the road, including before I got to the office to have them pulled, and after the novicane had worn off and I was really feeling all the lovely stuff they did in there. I’m going to hold off just a little longer so I can have footage from all parts of recovery, and then put them together in one video.

One of the strangest things is the way my gums back there ‘itch.’ It’s not a real itch, it just feels like it’d feel good to go and pull my teeth out again. I’m not sure how to describe it. But it’s much more preferable to pain!

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