Wisdom Teeth Extraction

Everyone who said "it's not that bad" is a freakin' liar! This is terrible, terrible...and I wouldn't wish this kind of pain on my worst enemy. Let me give you a little recap of my past 52 hours.

Tuesday @ 1:00:
The surgeon tells me that unfortunately my bottom two wisdom teeth are going to cause me quite a bit of a problem. Apparently if I had taken care of them sooner, I would have been fine. The bottom two teeth grew in and got too big. The root grew down, and it wrapped around the nerves below my gums. He said the top ones would quit hurting in about two days, but the bottom ones would cause me quite a bit of pain until about Sunday. 

He wasn't lying.

Fast forward to Tuesday @ 1:25:
I wake up in tears even though I was knocked out. How does that even happen? I was still out of it, but I was in horrible pain from the second I woke up. My grandma wanted to drop me off at home before she got my prescription, but I wasn't having it. I needed painkillers.

I know almost everyone goes through this in their life, and you might even think I'm being a baby. Let me clarify. My top two teeth haven't hurt me one bit. It's those bottom two that were a problem from the start. 

Tuesday around 2:00:
I got home and took my pain killers. That was an ordeal. I was bleeding a lot and I couldn't take a pill without swallowing a lot of blood, which instantly made me nauseous. I slept the rest of the day and only woke up to take medicine, which made me sick every time. 

I've been alternating Vicodin and Ibuprofen every two hours, and taking Amoxicillin three times per day. Every time I get close to medicine time, the pain becomes almost unbearable in my bottom teeth. The first day I would just lay there and cry. 

I thought I would be taking less and less Vicodin by now, but I can't or my mouth starts throbbing and makes me feel funny. Not to mention the terrible pain and my swollen cheeks. Here's a picture of my cheeks today:

You can tell they are slightly swollen, but the real swelling is on the inside of my mouth. My inner cheeks have swollen over my teeth, causing cuts and bleeding inside of my mouth. I'll spare you a nasty picture of the inside of my mouth.

So far I've only eaten mashed potatoes, pudding, blended veggie soup, and ice cream. I decided to try some macaroni and cheese for dinner, but it really hurt to try and chew (all my bottom teeth are sensitive). 

Looks like it's back to this delicious carrot soup tomorrow:

This turned out to be a really bad week to do this. Josh's uncle passed away and his wake was tonight. We went for a little bit and I was all loopy (thanks to the Vicodin) while we were there. The funeral is in the morning. Then tomorrow evening, I signed up for this painting class for my friend's birthdays, but I honestly am not feeling up to it at all. I feel like crap and I just want to lay here, sleep, watch Homeland, and do nothing. After the painting class, I'm supposed to go see my friend Katie for her going away party. She's moving to KC for a nursing job. Any other time, I would be way excited about tomorrow's festivities (funeral excluded), but I'm not sure how I'm gunna make it through the evening. I'm just hoping that tomorrow I'm feeling much better! 

So if you want some words of wisdom, here they are: Get your wisdom teeth removed before you're in your 20's or leave those suckers in your mouth for life. This it totally not worth it!