The final wisdom tooth pity party and updates
Hey there, getting my last tooth out in like 12 hours! I'm scared, especially since I strained my sinuses and now my ears and throat sting. My brother Is also sick right now so I'm terrified of catching it. I will be whining a lot in this thread in true post wisdom tooth cat fashion. So grab some muffins and let's get this pity party going 🥳
DAY 2 UPDATE
I had a bad time with my night dose, as it made me nauseous. I called my doctor this morning about it, and got told to use probiotics (was using them just a little bit as support like I did last time when it was enough) and then we will see. So today, being on 2 doses of probiotics already (day antibiotics doses are completely fine) so curious what will go down at night. Will try to shift my med time forward, 15 minutes at a time to slowly inch away from 4 in the morning towards at least 3. to give myself a little more grace. Hopefully that will help too.
Otherwise, doing pretty well. I only took painkillers for their anti inflammatory help today, not really for pain anymore. I can swallow quite well, with only mild pain left right now. Even ate a bit more normal food, so feeling incredibly grateful. I do have a hamster cheek from the swelling, but that's okay. I feel like that's the best that it can be, as outside swelling it keeping me from biting myself, unlike when it puffs down and only inner swelling remains. For now, as I walk towards my next med dose, I will be surviving long enough to fight the night one again
@sadcat13 This cute cat for you ^-^
@BlueDarkAurora thank you 😊
The little claw spread <3
@sadcat13
Just wondering if I've missed an update ?😉
Hope your healing well.
@RunningMachine nope, just the one above for now. Luckily this night dose didn't make me feel bad. So I'm successfully working through my 3rd day of constant meds but I definitely feel quite well. I have a check up tomorrow to see if everything is healing well, but I have a good feeling about it. I am taking my antibiotics so Infection should not be a problem, pain meds are barely needed, taking them more for the inflammation and swelling aspect, and figuring the meals out too. So I think the doc won't really have much to say beyond yep, it looks well, it's healing and giving me a med refill. And that's it for now. I'm just going to take a nap a little so I can manage the evening meds in peace. So for now, I'm alive and well-ish 😁
@sadcat13
Made me smile again, sweet dreams ...
@RunningMachine had a dream that i got some weird rash and the top layer of my skin peeled off. I´m never reading the side effect paper again 😭😂
@sadcat13
DAY 3 UPDATE:
My belly is not taking the meds too well today, but nothing i couldn´t manage for now, despite being uncomfy. I am not taking a painkiller for the night, we will see how that goes. I am also going to a checkup tomorrow and get an antibiotics refill. The swelling is still bad, but i think it seems to be going down a bit. Maybe i can survive this, one day (and cdrama) at a time...
Idk C-dramas, but try Cells at Work if you like anime :)
@jesusredeemedme2425 oh, what's that? Sounds interesting
@sadcat13
Beat me to it today, I've been asleep on the job.
'cdrama' is that a different language or am I simply old ?
Stick with it, you'll be fine. 😘
@RunningMachine it's Chinese dramas, while the storyline is often simple and repetitive, the sets and costumes are magical and I like watching it for them
@sadcat13
Actually brings back memories, Chinese dramas particularly musicicals were very popular on Thai TV.
@RunningMachine oh, tell us about them a bit more 😊 curious how similar they are to what I'm watching. But to be fair, mines are under shorts dramas in vertical format, meant to be watched in bits and scrolling from one part to other 😅 but you can often find them edited all into a full length video, that's how I'm watching tbem
Update!
My dentist said while checking my teeth- Why have you come here?
I was like wait, what did I do wrong. And he goes, you have healthy teeth. There's no cavity, no decay. The wisdom tooth may or may not come out, but that's for another day.
But, I am so happy. I legit feel like this guy. 😂😂😂
@truwconfidant123
Them shades ð¤ªð¤ª
@RunningMachine
😂
@trueconfidant123 happy you got the checkup handled 😊 so proud of you 😊 I'm omw to mine
@sadcat13
Thank you and good luck! ❤️
@trueconfidant123 thank you 😊 I'm sure everything will be all right, I don't think I would even go if I didn't need a refill for my antibiotics but oh well. At least I can be sure I'm healing well
Hope it will be okay!!!
@luvArisu just going home after a checkup, everything is healing well! It seems like I am going to survive this after all 😁
Yay!!! Glad to hear that 😌
@luvArisu yessss. I'm like one pill away from passing the half point of this damned antibiotics. I'm so grateful this is the last wisdom tooth, because these two years of juggling their removal schedules and work were exhausting. Especially the can't get sick because surgery parts and missing work over it for two weeks every time.
That sounds really exhausting.. im so happy it’s going to finish nowww
@luvArisu yes, it was. But I decided to get them all out before they start to hurt or cause additional drama at an even worse time, since not wanting to deal with it when I have a mortgage and kids.
@sadcat13
Woohoo. You're gonna be fine.
@trueconfidant123 I will 😁 I'm actually thinking of being a productive member of the society today but worried I will do the same mistake as my mom keeps doing. She feels better -> grabs the vacuum/starts cleaning -> I tell her not to because she always gets much worse after -> she does it anyway -> feels much worse and I'm just like i told youu, you keep doing this every single time, feeling better doesn't mean you can jump all around. But damn does that dusting seem like an elite entertainment after 3 days of doing absolutely nothing besides CO2 production for our 3 barely alive houseplants...
@sadcat13
My mom is so much like that. 🫂
@trueconfidant123 ultimate mom thing 😢
DAY 4 UPDATE:
Been on a checkup, everything is healing well. I'm also after half of the antibiotics as of today, with just 3 more days left. Felt a bit bad after overdoing it with some yoghurt today, but that's okay. Took my night dose and waiting if I will feel bad. If I don't, I will just finish my Cdrama and call it a day.
DAY 5 UPDATE:
Outside swelling is going down, so my inner cheek hurts a bit more, as the inner swelling gets in the way of my teeth. Half of my cheek is green from the healing bruise and I can see the small wound hole if I open my mouth to check. I feel the grossest metallic taste all day, as my stitches slowly start to dissolve. Only two more days of the antibiotics left. Crawling to recovery one pill at a time
@sadcat13
I'm back on night shifts so not online as much but i couldn't miss your daily updates, pleased you are healing 😄
@RunningMachine that's okay, don't worry 😊 the worst is behind me, as I'm finishing my antibiotics tomorrow. I'm out of the worst healing window (first 3 days), out of the dry socket and infection complications window (unless I'm a super unlucky specific case, but as my therapist says when I panic about obscure OCD stuff, I'm not THAT special 😂), and my belly will also get a rest from meds on Monday as i will enter phase two where i will be using a post surgery mouthwash 2x a day, but no more meds that would makw me feel bad otherwise (except like a little more ocassional probiotics to supplement what i lost). Will have the next week off too, so that's the part when I will mostly just nap, rest, do my sedentary hobbies or gentle things that don't need me to lift or strain my neck and just watch myself into a cdrama coma 😂 So most crucial support window of high pain, high swelling, high meds side effects is successfully survived thanks to everyone who supports me on here 😊
@sadcat13
You do tickle me, when I was young my parents would often say 'Jack and Norrie tell me a story' your responses remind me 😄😄
@RunningMachine oh, never heard of it, what´s that? 🌻
@sadcat1
Just an old fashioned phrase used when people use 1000's of words when 10 will do, knowing what I did now it was probably my ADHD that made me like that ð¤ªð¤ªð¤ª
@RunningMachine yeaaaa, adhd here too 😂
DAY 6 UPDATE:
Probably my most exhausting day emotionally. Been so tired of all of my meds and my now partially open extraction site is stressing me out. Thanks God I only need to endure one more day of the antibiotics and then I will just chill with my mouthwash. The way I feel like someone took a stick and beat me up, I just want to sleep 😭
@sadcat13
Ah no 💚
@Amanda84 last day finally 😭
@sadcat13
Breathe 😉
@RunningMachine
@sadcat13
I was late for my listener chat by 30 mins, I had a PTSD apololypytical straw reaction as my Garmin watch wouldn't charge and was side tracked sorting it, all good now it's at 100%, fortunately listener also has ADHD and completely understood, I'm still embarrassed sick am over reaction 😕😕😕
@sadcat13
More typos just for good measure too ð¤ªð¤ª
@RunningMachine it's okay, don't beat yourself up over it. What matters is that everything ended up okay 🌻
DAY 7 UPDATE:
I took my last antibiotic pill today.
Just kidding. It's time for phase two, post operation mouth wash and a lot of anxiety because now that I have a bit of my energy back, my brain is being very creative about how many ways can it all turn into an infection 😞 but at least I can finally get some sleep 😴
@sadcat13 Yay! Nope nope nope! No catastrophic thoughts! ❤️ Hopefully the mouthwash will keep any chance of infection at bay
@mytwistedsoul haha, thank you 😁 as I feel better, I entered the bored™ territory and so my brain is coming up with stuff like it's an olympic sport 😁 gonna go rinse in a moment 😊
@sadcat13
A mindful rinse ?
@RunningMachine an anti septic post operation one to keep the extraction site clean since rn the focus is to bring the inside swelling down
@sadcat13 Overthinking should be an Olympic event! We could be on a team! 😁
@mytwistedsoul we will casually secure the medal 😁
@sadcat13 Definitely!
DAY 8 UPDATE:
Started rinsing with the antiseptic mouthwash as phase two of my healing for the inner swelling. My energy and brain capacity is returning, been able to even tidy up a bit and do some cross-stitch. If everything goes well, I will try to get back to my inhaler tomorrow to not get too much of a off med kick after. We will see how it goes, at worst I will wait a few more days but at least have one dose in to soften the unavoidable off med consequences. Nothing dangerous, but definitely unpleasant reminder of if you think you don't need your meds anymore, it's because you take them and they are working 😅
@sadcat13
If your brain capacity is returning, i'm becoming afraid, very afraid 😉😉
@RunningMachine oh the world takeover plans are so back on track soon 😂
