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Jackalwi
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So it's been about a week since the extractions, and pretty much ho hum.
Discomfort is minimal, although last night/early this morning, the remaining teeth must have gotten in a mood to move because holy cow it was really awkward. Still not exactly pain, just the kind of dull pressure of feeling the teeth moving. Honestly can't wait to have the last of them taken out (to be done with them and moving on with the implants/temp dentures). It isn't even pain at the extraction sites either, it's only at the remaining natural teeth.
Ran out of the hydrocodone/acetaminophen pills, but still have a nearly full (or about 3/4 full) bottle of the 600mg Ibuprofen; haven't really needed those for pain/discomfort though, just been taking them here and there to help take care of the last bit of swelling.
I do have some semi-old Codeine pills left over from a prescription earlier in the year (around april), from when I had an abscess & still had all my teeth, but I'm reluctant to take them; most of what I find online about "expired" codeine is that it just loses potency, though most of them are talking about pills that are a year+ past their date, so we'll see. Maybe if I end up desperately in pain I'll take'em, if I can't get fresh ones to have around from the doc.
Food-wise, I had a box of mac & cheese a couple of days ago, but I'm not really adept at smushing it against the roof of my mouth (also didn't help I'm used to al dente, even if it did seem to smush well enough between my fingers, it was kind of tough to smush in my mouth). Ended up swallowing most of it whole or using front teeth to kind of "chop" it up a bit. Actually made the box last for two "sessions" because it's not like I can load up the spoon/fork and shovel it in either - kind of gives you perspective that the "serving sizes" they say are kind of accurate when you're not just wolfing it down.
Tomorrow, Thursday, I have an appointment at the dental surgeon's - which I'm not really worried about. I think it's only going to be a generic checkup anyway, unless he feels really antsy about pulling the rest of the teeth far ahead of the schedule he described to me, or some other thing pops up.
Discomfort is minimal, although last night/early this morning, the remaining teeth must have gotten in a mood to move because holy cow it was really awkward. Still not exactly pain, just the kind of dull pressure of feeling the teeth moving. Honestly can't wait to have the last of them taken out (to be done with them and moving on with the implants/temp dentures). It isn't even pain at the extraction sites either, it's only at the remaining natural teeth.
Ran out of the hydrocodone/acetaminophen pills, but still have a nearly full (or about 3/4 full) bottle of the 600mg Ibuprofen; haven't really needed those for pain/discomfort though, just been taking them here and there to help take care of the last bit of swelling.
I do have some semi-old Codeine pills left over from a prescription earlier in the year (around april), from when I had an abscess & still had all my teeth, but I'm reluctant to take them; most of what I find online about "expired" codeine is that it just loses potency, though most of them are talking about pills that are a year+ past their date, so we'll see. Maybe if I end up desperately in pain I'll take'em, if I can't get fresh ones to have around from the doc.
Food-wise, I had a box of mac & cheese a couple of days ago, but I'm not really adept at smushing it against the roof of my mouth (also didn't help I'm used to al dente, even if it did seem to smush well enough between my fingers, it was kind of tough to smush in my mouth). Ended up swallowing most of it whole or using front teeth to kind of "chop" it up a bit. Actually made the box last for two "sessions" because it's not like I can load up the spoon/fork and shovel it in either - kind of gives you perspective that the "serving sizes" they say are kind of accurate when you're not just wolfing it down.
Tomorrow, Thursday, I have an appointment at the dental surgeon's - which I'm not really worried about. I think it's only going to be a generic checkup anyway, unless he feels really antsy about pulling the rest of the teeth far ahead of the schedule he described to me, or some other thing pops up.