The Diagnosis
Because I’d rather not do homework right now, I guess I’ll give a Wisdom update. It is, in fact, my wisdom tooth that is giving me grief.
It’s quite handy that mom baby-sits for my dentist and his wife. It is quite handy that his wife is also the receptionist. So I got mom to ask his wife this morning if I could stop by on my way to school to get a diagnosis. She said that I could and said for me to arrive a bit early to get ahead of the 8:00 patients. It is also quite handy that my dentist’s office is less than a mile from my house. I left about 8 minutes before 8:00 and arrived about 7 minutes before 8:00—very handy.
They took an x-ray and Dr. H declared it to not be an abscess; therefore, it must be the wisdom tooth. Said it will need to come out. {sob} He took a syringe with medicine and slipped it between the back of my tooth and the gums (not comfortable!) to irrigate it with the medicine so the swelling will go down. He gave me the syringe, along with an additional syringe, and told me to repeat the procedure a couple of times a day until the swelling goes away. They then took a panoramic x-ray of my teeth, and I zoomed away to school.
I’ve been on campus all day so I haven’t had any opportunities to do the gum irrigation. My tooth and jaw began aching about an hour ago, so I took another Aleve. I’m hoping I can concentrate thru my finance class that won’t start until 5:30. All I want right now is a big ol’ nap under my electric blanket!
I asked Dr. H if he thinks I might be able to wait until summer to do The Deed, but he thinks that I’ll just end up with a bunch of episodes like I’m currently experiencing. Okay, that doesn’t sound like much fun. I’m wondering if I can make it to Spring Break, except that I was hoping to enjoy Spring Break.
So if I go ahead and go under the knife while school is in session, I wonder—if I have the procedure done right after class on a Thursday afternoon, will I be recovered enough to go to school by Monday afternoon at 3:25? Maybe I can make it ‘til summer…
It’s quite handy that mom baby-sits for my dentist and his wife. It is quite handy that his wife is also the receptionist. So I got mom to ask his wife this morning if I could stop by on my way to school to get a diagnosis. She said that I could and said for me to arrive a bit early to get ahead of the 8:00 patients. It is also quite handy that my dentist’s office is less than a mile from my house. I left about 8 minutes before 8:00 and arrived about 7 minutes before 8:00—very handy.
They took an x-ray and Dr. H declared it to not be an abscess; therefore, it must be the wisdom tooth. Said it will need to come out. {sob} He took a syringe with medicine and slipped it between the back of my tooth and the gums (not comfortable!) to irrigate it with the medicine so the swelling will go down. He gave me the syringe, along with an additional syringe, and told me to repeat the procedure a couple of times a day until the swelling goes away. They then took a panoramic x-ray of my teeth, and I zoomed away to school.
I’ve been on campus all day so I haven’t had any opportunities to do the gum irrigation. My tooth and jaw began aching about an hour ago, so I took another Aleve. I’m hoping I can concentrate thru my finance class that won’t start until 5:30. All I want right now is a big ol’ nap under my electric blanket!
I asked Dr. H if he thinks I might be able to wait until summer to do The Deed, but he thinks that I’ll just end up with a bunch of episodes like I’m currently experiencing. Okay, that doesn’t sound like much fun. I’m wondering if I can make it to Spring Break, except that I was hoping to enjoy Spring Break.
So if I go ahead and go under the knife while school is in session, I wonder—if I have the procedure done right after class on a Thursday afternoon, will I be recovered enough to go to school by Monday afternoon at 3:25? Maybe I can make it ‘til summer…
posted by Sharon @ 3:02 PM
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