My wisdom teeth were removed with no real problems at all! I'm feeling pretty alright with like...no swelling at all and I'd say minimal pain so far. I have Ibuprofin and Hydrocodone to help me out when it gets a bit rough, and my partner's here for the next few days to look over me and take care of me and stuff.

I was VERY anxious leading up to this, especially because my computer shit the bed this week and I spent a LOT of money on data recovery that will hopefully recover a lot of my data. We'll see. But it's been a pretty alright recovery so far, and I'm sticking to all soft foods and a ROYAL FUCKTON OF PUDDING for the next while.

One thing that DID go wrong though? The oral surgeon couldn't for the life of him find a vein for the IV. He poked me at least three times and couldn't find it until he went to put it in my hand, and I was already freaking out and the heart monitor was beeping faster and-

Kweh.

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Over here doing jumping jacks and squats to help all the novocaine in me work its way out.

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Not sure how the root canal will treat me in the days to come, but at the moment I can at least say today is the first time in a week or more where the simple pressure of flossing between the crown tooth and its neighbor doesn't cause me pain. I'm pretty certain the assistant didn't get my bite right, though, which would mean more jaw agony in the days to come. I expressed my concern, and that my bite felt too high, but she blew it off and sent me home anyway. I cried on the drive home - mostly from the trauma of dental work because I hate it, but also from feeling completely dismissed and knowing if she is wrong and I am right, I'm in for a world of pain again.

If I do need a bite adjustment (again), I'm definitely going to ask my regular dentist to do it. They're leagues ahead in terms of compassion, comfort, and patient agency. I'll see them next week for a permanent crown, and boy do I hope that's all!

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Today's appointment at the dentist was ok itself. Just measurements of how things are since my deep root cleaning a month or so ago.

Bad news is, I still have some bad areas that need gum and bone graphs and laser cleaning. One molar will likely need to be pulled.

Total cost for everything is going to be about $9,000 which is insane!

Crazy how expensive this stuff is now days.

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I'm sharing a fundraising link asking for help with extensive dental work needed after losing 7 teeth after a cluster seizure possibly caused by a side effect from longcovid a few weeks back. I can't come close to being able to afford to fix this even at a basic level unfortunately.Thanks so much for reading. Could you share here and wherever you share your links.Link: https://gofund.me/b94caf6f
#epilepsy
#gofundme
#dentalwork
#longcovid
#covidisntover
#thankyou