Well, THAT was fun!

[Left Is Write]

I had a tooth extracted this morning - the last molar on the upper left. Wheeeee, what fun!

The tooth broke during the extraction, making it more difficult to remove. I almost swallowed a piece of it.

The extraction was two hours ago and I'm still bleeding quite a bit, but I had to remove the gauze so I could eat some mashed potatoes. I have to eat, because the anesthetic is wearing off, and I need something in my stomach so I can take some Vicodin before the pain gets worse.

Please tell me you are having a better day so far than I am.

[Mizmoon]

1. well, no one gave ME any vicodin

I'm just trapped in the basement waiting to be useful.

Don't ask.

[giant_robot]

11. Gimp? Is that you?

:silly:

[alittlelark]

2. I'll bet 99.5% of us are having a better day so far.

The worst that has happened to me is cleaning up puppy poop.

I hope you can get the vicodin down soon and go to sleep! Try a smoothie, the cold will help as well.:hug:

[callous taoboy]

3. Get well soon, man!

BTW, I walked out on my dentist yesterday. He had religious propaganda in his waiting room and a huge, gilded-framed poster commemorating scrotum's re-election.

[Demit]

4. I had that done 3 weeks ago. Filled the scrip, came home, put a pillow

on the sofa and drugged myself up for the duration. Did they have to use the little hammer and chisel thingie on your broken tooth? Thank god for my perio's carpentry skills. :)

The worse part of your day is over. From now it gets better!

[Left Is Write]

5. There were a lot of tools. He switched tools two or three times.

At a couple points, my mouth was stretched so far I thought my lips would split. The extraction took about 10 minutes, but it seemed like forever.

I'd much rather have root canal. It's not as hard on the mouth AND you get to keep your teeth.

I took the Vicodin 12 minutes ago. It better kick in soon.

[chickenscratching]

6. just start popping that vicodin

i envy you.... :)

[Left Is Write]

7. Oh, don't envy.

I'd much rather be back to normal than having to take narcotics for hideous mouth pain.

It's been 18 minutes...when is the damn Vicodin going to kick in?

[chickenscratching]

8. how much did you take?

and when you take aspirin or any kind of pain reliever, how much do you usually take?

[Left Is Write]

9. I took one, per the instructions, which is

500 mg aceteminophen and 5 mg hydrocodone.

When I need relief from ordinary pain, I take 400 mg ibuprofen.

It's been 35 minutes now, and the pain has lessened somewhat, but *only* somewhat.

[chickenscratching]

10. maybe try taking one more half?

anyways, i hope the pain goes away. :(
i hate dentistry...egads.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Sometimes it's better to take the pain pill on an empty stomach so

it's more effective, and then eat. Feel better, baby. :hug: :loveya:

[johnnie]

13. Ouch

I hope you are feeling better about now. Take care.

[RebelOne]

14. That's strange, because when I lost a molar,

I didn't have any pain afterward because the original source of my pain was gone.