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Words of Wisdom
Would anyone care to give me some? H and I are both having our wisdom teeth out next week and I'm trying to plan IE getting soft comfort foods, cheap pillow cases so we don't stain ours stocking up on good movies and trashy mags. Any suggestions or words of wisdom?
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Re: Words of Wisdom
Stock up on ibuprofen. I developed a dry socket and the good drugs couldn't touch the pain. Ibuprofen is what the dentist recommended. Be sure to clean out any food that may get stuck in there. The curved syringe they gave me was super nice.
I was knocked out for mine, and it was nice to have H taking care of me. A friend stopped by with a balloon and some small Frostys. That was super special.
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I also had dry socket - I wasn't informed of the straw, and my mother had me drinking soup from a straw the afternoon I was home. I was miserable and doped up on pain meds. It was a horrible experience for me that could have been avoided, I think. I couldn't open my mouth or chew normally for 8 months. Get foods that are easy - pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes. Take your pain meds before you start to feel pain.
I really hope you aren't getting them done at the same time. I would advise against that.
Good luck to you both!
I had mine out several years ago-- it was no big deal. I will say I didn't do well with the pain=killers--- they made me feel worse than the pain, if that makes sense. But that's typically my body's reaction to heavy drugs, so might just be me.
I went light on food for about 2days, but honestly, I wasn't really that hungry, so even that wasn't too bad.
Again, GL!
Wow, I'm totally jealous!!
I would space that out a little more if I were you. Having you both down seems like it would be the hardest part.
I had my wisdom teeth out when I was in college in the middle of my hard core party stage. They had to give me so much stuff to knock me out based on my weight. The dentist/nurse kept waiting for me to go to sleep and I didn't. I guess they finally gave me so much that it knocked my a$$ out for like a day straight. My dad had to carry me out of the office though the back door because they said I was so pale and sickly looking that anyone in the front office would have freaked.
I don't remember any bad pain, but I did barf up some jello and that hurt. I do know that I took the very minimal amount of pain pills like I do with any surgery and I felt like that helped me to perk up pretty quickly. I'd rather have some pain than be all groggy.
I'd be worried about the time between your surgeries too. I'm a lightweight when it comes to being put under so it takes me days to get back to normal. I don't know what I'd do if H were down at the same time.
All of the advice above is great though. Good luck.