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Am very afraid of doing something wrong / having a lot of pain post-oral surgery (pg. 2)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
don't try to jerk off, the Vicodin will make it take like 6 hours. |
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| bas |
| The only "major" post surgery thing you'll have to worry about is what they call a dry socket. Basically it's when the scar tissue/scab gets sucked out of the hole too soon, you'll be OK as long as you don't gargle or drink through a straw (anything that will cause pressure or a vacuum in your mouth) too soon. Give it a week or so of healing and you'll be fine. |
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| Theresa |
1. Prevent any type of suction in your mouth... aka straws etc. This can cause the blood clots in the extraction sites to dislodge and create what are called dry sockets. I can assure you that you do NOT want these.
2. When you rinse/clean your mouth, be VERY VERY gentle. Again, you don't want to dislodge the blood clots. Personally, I would avoid rinsing my mouth for a day or two... but that's because I had dry sockets and I would be terrified to get them again.
3. Go to a natural food store, or health store and get yourself a bottle of clove oil. Don't use it until a few days after the surgery (don't want to put this on freshly open wounds). SPARINGLY put the clove oil on the extraction sites (maybe with one of the syringes they will likely give you to flush out the extraction sites) and try to avoid swallowing it. It is a natural numbing agent that can alleviate a lot of pain. It tastes like ass and it will make you salivate more than you have ever salivated before, but it is a god send if you are in pain.
4. Take your painkillers before the pain sets in. Don't wait until it's unbearable. The reality is, it may hurt for several days and your face will probably be quite swollen and bruised.
5. Stock up on lots of soups, pudding, jello, anything soft. Go for broths (soups with nothing chunky in it) the first couple of days so you don't get any food particles stuck in the extraction sites. After a couple of days, you should be fine having soups with more sustenance.
Not to scare you, but I managed to get 2 dry sockets after my surgery. 1. because I create suction in my mouth when I sleep, and 2. I was way too thorough with rinsing/cleaning my mouth out too soon. You do NOT want dry sockets... trust me. It took me almost 3 weeks before I recovered from them and went through 2 scripts of T3's and also had some percocets. It was not a fun experience.
It's the first few days that you have to be the most careful because those are the days when the extraction sites are healing and sealing the blood clots. Just take it easy at first and be very careful. Otherwise, you should be fine. |
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| Eager Kid Mono |
| After reading this thread I will be brushing my teeth 10 times a day :nervous: |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
LMAO "that one just came right out I didn't even have to try" :stongue: :stongue:
Ali, I just had one impacted wisdom tooth removed and it didn't hurt as much as I had assumed. Granted you're getting 11 done (by the way what th ?), but they'll probably pump you full of valium and hit you with some nitrous (they did both for me) and you go out and come back up instantly without actually feeling/remembering anything. Then you'll most likely get a Vicodin, extra strength Ibuprofen, and Tylenol 3 prescription for pain (Vicodin for all day and Tylenol 3 to sleep). Take 2 Vicodin first thing in the morning with some milk and just take 1 Vicodin every 4 hours after that. Make sure you have something awesome to watch on tv (I recommend Life in HD) and don't try to jerk off, the Vicodin will make it take like 6 hours.
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At most the pain will last a week. Mine was about 4 days before I could try to eat more solid food and a little over a week before I could fully open my mouth (it was more swelling than anything). Also, an anti-inflammatory like Ibuprofen will help and you can probably take it with the Vicodin. |
Best week ever. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Best week ever. |
I'm not gonna lie, watching Life and eating chocolate shakes with Vicodin sprinkles for 4 days was pretty god damn awesome. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| I watched the Star Wars trilogy twice. Kept falling asleep. |
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| Theresa |
| Oh yea... that reminds me. Get loads of movies/TV shows etc. to watch. You wont want to do anything else. |
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| JD8180 |
I had all four wisdom teeth removed at once. I'm guessing they gave me nitrous, but I wasn't out 100%. I don't remember any pain during the surgery and it felt like I was asleep the whole time, but I do remember hearing the doctor's voice from time to time. I also remember hearing the grinding/scratching against my teeth, but I was in a state that I was happily asleep and did not care at all.
Post surgery I remember the first day I slept the majority of the day/night. I woke up with bloody gauze and all it took was just taking out the old gauze and stuffing my cheeks like a chipmunk with new gauze. The following days I would say was more annoyance than pain. My jaw was swollen to the point that I couldn't even fit a spoon into my mouth. I'd use ice packs a lot on and off in the beginning, but I don't remember doing it for more than a couple days.
Like others have said, just use up all the pain killers as they are prescribed, even if you don't feel any pain. Sometimes the drugs can take quite some time to kick in, so if you wait until you start feeling something, then you'll be in a lot of pain before the meds start working.
To be honest, I want to say that my surgery was not THAT bad. Like I said, I was just very uncomfortable and just wanted to lounge in my room and not do anything. After about a week or so I was pretty much back to normal. Don't know if this would apply to you, but I was in high school at the time and wasn't working, so I had a good 1.5 weeks of PURE bed rest with no worries of work or school, since I did it over spring break. |
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| ali92 |
In case the wondering about why 11 teeth: 4 are impacted wisdoms & the other 7 are decayed. 4 of those other 7 are the teeth right next to each wisdom tooth (in the back, where one usually chews their food at). I never had good enough medical coverage that adequately covered dental care & I had to pay out of pocket to find out the information I found out recently about my teeth. Back in May & again in July, I had an infection & was on an antibiotic for 14 days. The dentist that gave me the antibiotic informed me of an impacted wisdom tooth but did not do a comprehensive exam. So I went to a private dentist (that doesn't take my coverage), paid for the exam, and got the full report.
I guess that's what not doing anything beyond the basics dental-wise for over 20 years does... |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I would also recommend getting yourself some senokot, because with all those narcs you'll end up constipated. |
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| wienerschnitzel |
| i'm jealous.. when i was pregnant with my boy i had to get 3 impacted wisdom teeth removed. because i was pregnant they could only give me the bare minimum freezing and afterwards i could only take regular strength tylenol. :( |
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