Cav's Place

As I mentioned before, this Thursday I needed to have a wisdom tooth pulled out and, since it was still completely under the gum and pushing against the tooth next to it, as it had no room to come out normally, that required surgery. Rather difficult surgery, I was told, since it also had a shape that made it difficult to grasp and pull out properly, so it took about 30 minutes and at least the first day of recovery was definitely not easy, but it is getting better now and at least that’s one less thing to worry about in the future, so I guess it’ll work out in the end.

The only troubling moment there came after the doctor finally managed to get the tooth out and was sewing the gum closed again, when I suddenly felt very nauseous and didn’t think I could hold it back, apparently getting very pale as well as a result, but I let them know, he finished quickly and then the nurse laid me on my back and gave me some medicinal alcohol to smell, which seemed to solve the problem almost immediately. Other than that, the only things I felt were the first shots of anesthetic, the whole area already being numb when he decided to give me some more, and a little prick, probably even less painful than those first shots, when the tooth came out.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t so nice after I got back, as it was quite painful for a few hours after the anesthetic wore off. However, the pain itself wasn’t such a big issue, and after those first few hours it wasn’t exactly an issue at all, but feeling that I was pulling the stitches apart whenever I swallowed coupled with the need to swallow all the spit and blood very frequently definitely was, and napping during the afternoon or evening wasn’t an option because whenever I closed my eyes I saw myself back there and felt like the surgeon was still working in my mouth. Seeing that it was still bleeding somewhat even when I went to bed that night definitely didn’t help either, but at least I managed to sleep then, after somehow getting some largely unchewed bits of food down before taking the antibiotics I was told to take.

It started getting better yesterday, though there was still some blood and eating before I had to take the antibiotics again wasn’t much easier. Then I also went to have the scheduled checkup and was told everything looked just great, and also that it was perfectly normal for the previous day to be so difficult, considering how difficult the operation itself was. They even gave me a small bottle of mouthwash for free, telling me to start using it these days, while the pain and swelling will make me unable to brush that area properly.
Still, even though eating was noticeably less difficult last night, managing to even chew a little, there was still a little blood even today and the swelling is only now starting to go down, so I’m no longer holding an ice pack there as much as possible either. This last part seems to be precisely on schedule, since the swelling is supposed to peak 48 hours after removal, pressing ice or at least cold water on the area being recommended up to that point, so I guess I can definitely say that the worst part is behind me now and hope that nothing else will pop up, neither these days nor next Thursday, when I’ll have to go again to have the threads pulled out…

Other issues are that I’m worried that the antibiotics will make me end up struggling with candida yet again, seeing as taking such things greatly increases the risk and I had some issues with that even without taking any, and that I sort of wanted to keep my tooth, or at least to get it and then decide what to do with it myself, but they quickly cleared the tray of everything while I was lying down, probably so I won’t be looking at blood again when I’ll get back up, though I’m pretty sure that it was a smell that made me nauseous. But the first of these is probably something to worry about later, if it’ll come to it, and there’s nothing to do about second, so I guess I’ll leave it at that for now and see what else I can do around here…