oral surgery-the aftermath

I'm home from my surgery. Arrived there at 1. Dr didn't see me until 1:45. David came to wait for me. The Dr told me it would take 45 minutes. It took 2 hours. I felt bad that David had to wait all that time when he could've been at work. But such is life.

I was nervous as hell but it all went very smoothly. Layed back in the chair. They attached a blood pressure cuff to my arm and a pulse clip to my finger. The blood pressure cuff goes automatically every 10 minutes. I felt like I was in a mini hospital. I watched the meter and my BP was 125 over 75. Perfect. My pulse started around 55 then slowly climbed up to 90! I realized that as I watched it was becoming more and more nervous which made it rise. So I took deep breaths and relaxed. Back to 75.

Then it was time for the sedation. I always hate the inital prick as everyone does. But it was very quick and painless. And within 1 minute I was feeling loopy. The leaves on the giant painting in front of me started to move and if they were coming closer. I knew then that this was gonna be A-OK.

I woke up once during the process to find 4 people standing over me poking and prodding. The salesman for a tool they started using was in and wanted to see how it works. So I had an audience. Lucky me. I hope I didn't drool too much. I think I must've been awake for about 5 minutes. They looked a little surprised to see me up. Then the Dr said he would add some more of the good stuff and within seconds I was out again. Only to wake up 2 hrs later. No pain. Just slight confusion and a realization that I am damn glad I went ahead with the sedation.

So now I'm all stitched up and gauzed. I got 3 prescriptions for Vicodin, Antibiotics and an Anti Inflammatory. I can only eat soft foods. So far I have loaded up on mashed potatoes and gravy, yogurt, cottage cheese and vanilla ice cream. Hey, maybe this aint so bad after all.

I guess I'll know tomorrow when the pain kicks in.