My very own wisdom teeth story.
Everyone has a wisdom teeth story. And now I have mine. Some things I came away with:
1. It’s not as bad as they say. I didn’t leak blood all over my pillow at night. I didn’t get dry socket. Not yet at least.
2. Variety in a diet has a regulatory effect.
3. In the same way the restroom at a restaurant speaks to the cleanliness of the kitchen; everything from the Italian leather couches to posh decorative vases correlated with the quality of care I received. They even gave me laughing gas because I was nervous about inserting the needle for anesthesia! Yea buddy.
4. I love Vicodin (as well as the other narcotics my dad picked up from a friend with back pain when those ran out. They became a source of worry for my boyfriend when I started slurring my speech and whispering sweet nothings into his face at random, like “Today is the day you hate me. You decided to hate me today didn’t you, baby?” [ass grab])
5. I refuse to terrify others with my wisdom teeth extraction experience. Call it pseudo-lying, but it’s my prerogative. Maybe I’m the type that’d rather be “in the dark” than loose sleep the week before thinking the experience would be comparable or “worse,” as one mother swore up and down the night before relaying her story at Open House, than birthing pains.
6. Despite the anxiety I feel over needles and blood loss, I think I have a pretty high pain tolerance.
7. I was confronted with my need for others. There are those rare, but true times in life when the pain comes on so strong it wakes you from sleep and the only relief comes in the form of having someone lie awake with you and play with your hair just so you don’t have to feel like you are suffering alone.
I am interested in this Jen on vicodin… sounds like it might be interesting to watch. Vicodin has a rather different effect on me… I start getting anxious then I fall asleep.. not nearly as funny.
Hahaha!
Nice. I remember being on so much vicadin the day I got my wisdom teeth pulled and feeling so good I decided to go for a drive in my old green car and I ended up all the way over by BC when the vicadin wore off and my mouth started bleeding everywhere. That was the worst drive back.
Anyways… whats up.. how have you been? What is your email? Ive been wanting to get ahold of you. Hows the veggie benz? I hear Cadey is having a kid…..?? whoa. Im living w/ your friend now in downtown Sac. Its going great. Shay and Andrew live in the aparment right above us, and theres so much to do in that part of town. I hope you can come visit this summer. Give me a call soon.
Ryan— love the B-town wisdom teeth story. That made me laugh, and miss you.
I will come visit you…. How about July 18th? I have a wedding that Friday and I would love it if you invited me to stay with you while I was in the area. Let me know.
My email: jenthompson83@msn.com
My greasel is doing just fine.
And yes, Cade is officially prego. It kinda freaks me out, but overall I am VERY excited about being an auntie.
See you soon hopefully. We’ll have to go off roading when I get up there– cheers to the good ‘ol days!
You’re cute. And brave.
Wisdom teeth reminded me of this video I watched a while ago:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4ogZo9YreQ4