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Tomorrow I'm getting my wisdom teeth out - all four of them! This has been a long time coming. My parents and I have been planning on getting them out since I was in high school, but my schedule has never really allowed me to take time off, and they never really bothered me enough to do something about it. This year has been different. My teeth have been giving me headaches, my jaw has been swollen since February, and my mouth has been sore pretty much daily, so I knew this year it would be absolutely necessary for them to come out. (Go figure, it's at the busiest time of my life!)
This is my first surgery (thankfully) and will be my first time being "put to sleep" with anesthesia. I'm pretty nervous, mostly because I don't really know what to expect and I don't want to make a fool of myself (I'm also not the biggest fan of needles being jammed into my arm...), but I'm sick and tired of my mouth being in pain, so I'm looking forward to that (hopefully) being over after a few days of recovery. (I'm also curious to see if my teeth have been the source of my migraines for the last year and a half. Having those be gone for good after this procedure would be wonderful!)
Anywho, I thought I'd write a quick post filling y'all in on this life moment. I've heard mixed reviews on the experience (pretty much everyone who finds out I'm about to do this has told me about their own experiences, and my #1 strength being Context, I love it) so I'm interested to see how this will go for me. All I know is I'll be on an all liquid diet for the next few days because I have no idea how else I'm supposed to feed myself, so if you have any advice for helping with recovery from wisdom teeth extraction, please let me know! :)
Just don't use a straw! You may have heard some dry socket stories and using straws are pretty common cause. It's weird, but if you use a straw, whatever you drink doesn't get back there and it dries up and... ow.
ReplyDeleteAlong with a little time off, enjoy the ice cream, smoothies, and milkshakes! :) When I got mine out two years ago, that's all I had. And mashed potatoes, once I could open my mouth a teeny bit. Don't worry too much about the anesthesia either. I was and it was all for nothing. I'm not a fan of needles either, but that was the only bad part. Once you're under, it's over in a flash! Best wishes for recovery and I hope it helps with the other issues! :)
- Erin Kaminski, in case this posts as Unknown :)
Thanks for all the great advice, Erin! That's definitely making me feel a lot better. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly! :)
DeleteDrink lots of water and you'll be fine. I had my wisdom teeth taken out 5 days before my 14th birthday and my biggest regret is letting them do it under local anesthesia, after everything was done I passed out! Also, go buy lots of Jello, I lived on that stuff for two weeks!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your advice! I've been living off mushy food for the past few days and I'm seriously missing chips right now, haha! I haven't gotten into the Jello yet but I'm planning on bringing some to work with me tomorrow. :)
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