What not to do 3 days before Christmas
Posted on January 5, 2007
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Three days before Christmas I had a wisdom tooth surgically extracted. By Christmas Eve day, I had a raging case of dry socket. In hindsight this was poor planning. (I know. Duh!)
Do you really want to eat when you have dry socket? No. Not really. Not even the tastiest treats and meats can tempt a girl who’s entire face is constantly aching. And the bonus? It gives you heinous breath — breath that will turn even the horniest dudes into instant track stars.
“Run Forest, Run!”
Once the Christmas holiday was fin, I went back to the oral surgeon. They took a small strip of antiseptic-soaked material and used a huge tweezer-like tool to pack it in the small hole that’s in my lower left gum — you know where the bone and nerves are all exposed. (I almost jumped out of my skin!) The antiseptic tastes bad. Very bad. But by the time I got home from the doctor’s office, I didn’t even care. I was pain free for the first time almost a week! Yeay!
I kissed the hubby when I got home. He promptly recoiled in horror and spat out, “Your mouth. It tastes as bad as a dentist office smells!”
Did I mention he’s got a serious dental phobia? Whenever he smells my breath his heart rate quickens and his “fight or flight” instinct kicks in.
The constant antiseptic in one’s mouth makes foods taste a bit “off.” This isn’t so bad because it definitely keeps a girl from reaching for that third piece of chocolate. And chewy, tempting foods like carmels? No way.
I’ve had to go to the oral surgeon’s office several times since December 27. The lovely staff now know me by first name. Today I was so excited. I was supposed to get the dressing out. No more dentist office breath! The hubby would want to kiss me again! But alas. The dressing hasn’t been out even 12 hours and my jaw is back to achy-breaky ouchiness. I’m pretty sure more “dentist office breath” is in store for the early portion of 2007.
Luckily for the honey he’ll be working tons of hours on a project — several states away. Unlucky for me? This whole dry socket thing happened while I was ovulating. And there was no “puttin’ out” at that time. So at this point, if I do conceive? It will be a miracle. And if that’s the case I’m changing my blog name to “The Most Holy (and confused) Virgin Lisa.”
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I had dry sockets. Horrible! I feel for you.
I helped Adam along with his wisdom teeth issues and wow, I really feel for you. Take good care of yourself and take comfort in the fact that some of us out here, ahem, gained 4+ pounds this holiday season and it has been coming off slowly despite a rather aggressive New Year’s resolution.
Dry sockets as appetite suppressant??? Sign me up!
I had dry socket over Thanksgiving last year. I feel you. Did they give you the water syringe to flush out the socket? That worked great for me after the gauze came out.
“The Virgin Lisa” - that is HILARIOUS. I think you should totally do that.
I think you should change the title of your blog anyway. That’s just too funny!
Sorry you’re having such a rough time. Hope you’re feeling better soon…
Oh, you poor thing! 2006 was a rough one for you.
I had dry sockets and remember very clearly crawling on the floor, sobbing, and waiting for the clock to hit 5:00am. The earliest that I could possibly call my grandma so that I would have a live human to sob my pain to. Until gave birth, that was the worst pain I had ever known. My packing was made from clove-soaked something or another and therefore, the smell of clove cigarettes starkly brings back those awful memories.
Hang in there. It will pass eventually. Bleh.
I am so sorry!!! I had one too, in the exact same spot. I don’t think childbirth hurts half as much.
Here’s hoping for next month, a little Listerene, a little Barry White, and the hubs should forget all about it!!!
Carrie
I like Carrie’s comment… Listerine and Barry White… The ultimate romance one-two punch… Lets Get it onnnnn baby!
I’m so sorry you’re in pain - but the rest of this post was hilarious - The Virgin Lisa - that’s great
Poor you! That sucks. I hate the dentist. And I hate when food is not delicious, so I feel for you.
Send me an email… I had to make my blog private (long story), so I gotta add you to my “read” list if you wanna read it anymore. My email: redrollerskateblog@yahoo.com
Dude, that sucks. Look at it this way: fewer pounds put on over Christmas means fewer to take off afterwards. Though I can’t help with any of that other stuff, except to wish you more pain free healing in the near future.
Hey, maybe you and I could be laid up together. I get my gallbladder removed Monday.
My wisdom teeth came in when I was 15, I’m 28 and still have them. I dread ever having to get them pulled. I have one that is impacted and the dentist said it needs to come out. I think I’ll drag it out a little longer though.
I share your husband’s serious dental phobia. Thank goodness I’m done with all that wisdom teeth hell.
Here is to hoping for romance for you in the next few weeks and a sweet, little Scorpio baby in 2007!
Oh man, I really feel your pain. I really do. I am feeling it in memory right now. And sorta a little bit literally, because the bone still hasn’t totally healed on the lower left side from when I got my wisdom teeth out several months ago, so I get these random phantom toothaches now and again.
I hope you heal up soon. And you’ll totally ovulate again next month. Just imagine that this December’s egg carried that baby-who-never-sleep gene, anyway, while January’s egg has the clearly superior loves-broccoli-and-likes-to-do-dishes gene instead..
Lisa,(AKA: Virgin)
Oh, man, that sounds just awful! I am so sorry for your pain…I haven’t experienced a dry socket before. Sounds like I am missing out on all the fun! *LOL*
Hey, we have something in common…my husband also has a phobia about his teeth. Anything with the mouth, he panics.
yowzers that is some serious suckage! I’m sorry!
I won’t let my husband read this post– he’s been “forgetting” to call about getting his wisdom extracted for 2 years now…
I’ve never had dry socket. I’ve had three of my wisdom teeth out, but the fourth one is sideways and infused with the bone. They wanted to cut open my gum and break it off at the bone - ya right. I never went back to get the procedure done.
The deer post you were looking for is up now by the way…
This post made me tense. As any mention of dental work and/or dentisists tends to do. I feel for you. Hope it is all resolved soon!htt
Hope you heal soon. Ow!
Ouch! I thought that my Christmas was bad! I was in the ER getting diagnosed with bronchitis on christmas night
But yours sounds like it was worse! I hope things get better for you soon!
I would also recommend a hernia in times of abstinance. My hubby got one right before we got married and wanted to know if he should wait until AFTER we got hitched to take care of it.
“Duh, NOOOOOOO!”
Dry sockets are a BITCH!!! I’d rather be FAT!!!