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Post by peterh on Sept 22, 2008 13:44:44 GMT
I had a wisdom tooth pulled out and now the anaesthesia is wearing off. Holy crap, I'm sore!!!  |
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Post by Flix on Sept 22, 2008 13:53:39 GMT
Oooohh I feel your pain man. I lost all four at once. My jaw was so swollen for days I could barely open it to drink. Use the pain meds if you got any.  |
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Post by Hildor on Sept 22, 2008 14:38:35 GMT
Yes, a good reason to drug yourself  |
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Post by Alrik on Sept 22, 2008 18:45:14 GMT
Hello, Peter, I had this Monday a week ago ! Go find yourself good anti-achoing medicine ! But not at all "Aspirin" ! What you also shouldn't do is, according to several people in another forum (of which at least some are working in the patient care business as well) : - No milk, nothing that contains milk. Except hardened things like cheese. - No coffee. - Try not to speak, not to talk. - Cool everything down. Take ice, if you can, seriously. - Try to rather sit than lie down (except for sleep, of course). - If you know someone who does Reiki, contact him or her. It is a great help ! (Own experience.) - Try not to eat anything hardened, try not to eat soup which contains particles which can drift towards the hole. - Try to eat only soup for the first two days, if possible. - No sports ! Nothing that requires lots of work ! - Did I say cooling ? - Again, try to fing anti-aching medicine; there is special one for tooth-aching out there. - Try to buy Kamille da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamille_(Tripleurospermum) as tea or so in an Pharmacy or Drug Shop. But only after two days, because of particles that might be in the tea which might float into the hole. - Someone even suggested tea from "Lapacho" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia_impetiginosa , which she wrote is good for washing wounds. She also wrote that the taste of it is absolutely horrible, but it is - as she wrote - good for *any* kind of wounds. But she also wrote that one should buy this tea only in Pharmacy shops. These are first-hand tips from me; you can ask me any time of you have any questions, Peter ! |
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Post by peterh on Sept 22, 2008 19:20:40 GMT
Thanks for the advice people. I took some Panodils, got some sleep and it's better now. Still awesomely tired but that's to be expected. So It'll probably heal fully tomorrow or Wednesday. Luckily it wasn't in any way as bad as the time I had two wisdom teeth removed. During the operation then, I had an internal bleeding in the mouth. I was swollen for a week and couldn't eat properly during that time... |
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Post by rhiian on Sept 22, 2008 19:37:02 GMT
something tells me you're not eligable for the last poster is wittist thread anymore  all the same hope u get better soon |
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Post by cleglaw on Sept 22, 2008 20:24:43 GMT
Ear acupressure really helps. Locate the dental anesthesia points on the chart below. The spots will be sore and therefore easy to locate. Apply pressure to them with a bobby pin -- or any object with a small blunt Rounded end --- not sharp. Work those spots for a few minutes and you'll feel better.  |
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Post by killerzzz on Sept 23, 2008 4:28:51 GMT
"This sounds like a job for... ICECREAM MAN!"  What do you think he should do, Icecream Man? "Eat lots of icecream!! If anyone says you shouldn't, tell them that its good for your swelling! You have and excuse now!" I dunno, Icecream Man, doesn't too much icecream rot your teeth and stuff? "... Don't be stupid! ICECREAM AWAAAAYYYYYY!!" ;D Killerzzz |
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Post by Alrik on Sept 23, 2008 9:52:53 GMT
So It'll probably heal fully tomorrow or Wednesday. No. Don't expect it to fully heal within a week. Be careful ! And no alcohol of course ! Since I'm a bit more sensitive, my pain goes away just these days - in the mornings, it is rather there then in the evenings (almost none). And that's over a week since the deed ! It also depende - of course - on how deep the tooth was in the hole, and how difficult it was to get it out. In my case, it was very difficult ! |
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Post by Hildor on Sept 23, 2008 15:34:05 GMT
Makes me wonder...maybe you can keep yourself intoxicated (to a level of which you don't feel the pain anymore) until it's fully healed. Or does alcohol have such a large countereffect that you probably will spend the rest of your (shortened) life intoxicated with a hole in your mouth?
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Post by peterh on Sept 23, 2008 17:41:52 GMT
Thanks again, people. The wound is healing nicely. I still have a headache and feel sore with occasional blood trickling but it should be okay by tomorrow. That's what the doc said but of course I'll still be careful. Luckily it wasn't a complicated "pulling". I really like my new dentist as well. He's very nice and doesn't complicate things.The last operation when the doc took out two wisdom teeth was complicated as hell with internal bleeding and extremely expensive. It cost around 900$!! This went smooth and cost me around 65$, including x-ray, anaesthesia and the operation itself. So that's a huuuuuge difference Edit: lol, I miscalculated. It cost around 85$ but it's still cheap! |
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Post by Hildor on Sept 23, 2008 17:55:07 GMT
Wow, quite cheap indeed.
By the way, blood tastes quite cool (cool, not tasty) isn't it? Like iron ^^
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Post by peterh on Sept 23, 2008 17:59:27 GMT
Yeah it does, Hildor |
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Post by Alrik on Sept 23, 2008 20:41:31 GMT
I don't like the taste of blood. It always makes my mental alarm siren ring. Because something might be wrong with my body.
The price is really cheap ... I think I've got to pay *at least* about 100 Euros !
Plus, the wound wasn't stitched in my case. Some dentists want a wound to rather heal this way, that's totally normal, people tell me.
But it means to be much more careful, in my case.
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Post by cleglaw on Sept 23, 2008 21:14:05 GMT
Vampires discussing the taste of blood.
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Post by LaFille on Sept 24, 2008 5:35:39 GMT
I don't remember having suffered much from wisdom teeth removal (had 2 in one shot and one another time). IIRC I got away with it with the tea-soaked gaze and Tylenol once just before and once later before heading to bed... I don't remember about annoying swelling over the first day either, just eating being more delicate for some time.
But I usually tend not to look at all nor touch to my "bigger" wounds before a long time, until it's healed if I can; I kind of have in mind that it feels worse than it really is when I do and so that just relying on the feel makes it softer and more accurate capacity-wise. It's something totally subjective, so I have no idea of how worth that is though. ;D
At least, the wisdom teeth apparently seem to be slowly going naturally; the more it goes, the less people would grow wisdom teeth and in those of my generation and after here more often grow 2 or 3 only rather than all 4. Not a relief for those in pain right not, but heh... ;D
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Post by Hildor on Sept 24, 2008 16:07:33 GMT
I'm wondering what cleg's blood tastes like.
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Post by Galadriel on Sept 24, 2008 17:52:36 GMT
Pete a little less wise?? Don't make me laugh  The tooth was just a piece of mouth filling for Pete ;D
But now you got some more room in there to fill with other nonsens right? ;D
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Post by cleglaw on Sept 24, 2008 18:57:15 GMT
I'm wondering what cleg's blood tastes like. |
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Post by Hildor on Sept 25, 2008 8:50:43 GMT
But does it also taste as cologne?
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The tooth was just a piece of mouth filling for Pete ;D
