New Year’s Eve Update
Posted by BryanDec 31
Just wanted to update you all on some things I mentioned on the Christmas update:
1)Wisdom Tooth – well, miraculously I was able to get in yesterday for a consultation, and someone had canceled for an appointment today if I needed it to get the tooth out. Well, as it turns out I needed to get all four teeth taken out. So I went into surgery today to get them out. I kept slipping in and out of being awake, so I remember all the cool things like saws and blood. God is good. The tooth that was bothering me is gone, and two others that were close to being the same are also gone, and the fourth which would need come out eventually is gone. If you remember I was afraid of not being able to find an apointment, nor being able to pay for one. Well they split it into 3 payments and my mom is helping out with the bill. God is good.
I would write a blog post on the problem of evil, and God allowing pain for a great good, but that’s a bit trite. I’ll spare you 
2) Some of you who visit the physical site (not via RSS) have probably already noticed that I keep a running list of what I’ve updated on this site by date on the right (your right) side of the screen. It looks something like this:
No longer applicable
Anytime I update a part of the site that’s unavailable through RSS feeds or emails, I will update it here so people have a better idea of what’s going on.
3) Birthday is still coming up. Tomorrow for my American readers. I know I gave the wishlist in my last update, but I’m going to give it again to see if I can milk surgery sympathy for all its worth.
6 comments
Comment by Nathan Stitt on December 31, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I’m glad your tooth situation got resolved quickly. Nothing worse than long term pain… Happy New Years and happy birthday too!
Comment by Bryan on December 31, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Nathan
Me too brother! I was not looking forward to six more weeks of this pain haha. Happy New Years to you too!
Comment by Keith Williams on January 2, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Your wisdom tooth story was almost identical to mine, only I had mine extracted in June. Did you just do laughing gas?
Happy Birthday!
Comment by Bryan on January 2, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Keith
Thanks, and happy new years to you!
I did Valium 45 mins before the surgery, laughing gas during, and they gave me some sort of IV. Not even sure what it was for. haha.
Comment by Keith Williams on January 2, 2009 at 5:12 pm
They gave me oxycontin for about a week leading up to the extraction, and boy did I need it. But on the day of the surgery, I opted for just laughing gas, and I was awake through most of the procedure. Saws, drills, sadistic -looking pliers. Lots of cracking and popping as they yanked teeth, but virtually no pain. And after another three or four days of oxycodone, I’ve had a pain-free and happy mouth ever since.
I’m glad you were able to get it worked out to have them pulled. Even with the painkillers, that couple of weeks between the tooth cracking (one of mine cracked open and got infected) and the surgery was horrible. I was feeling for you when you said you might have to wait it out for a while.
Comment by Bryan on January 2, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Keith
Ooh a week? I just got the Vicodin, and also 600 mgs of Ibuprofin the day before. I had been taking whatever painkillers I could on my own though, between times. Just as you said, the pain was pretty horrible prior to surgery. Some of the worst pain I’ve ever dealt with, and I’m pretty accident prone. But yeah, here I am about 3 days after, and all I have is a dull ache where the gums are stitched. No where near the pain I had been feeling.
I was going in and out during my procedure. I do remember waking up long enough to answer a question, and then watch a saw go into my mouth- without any batting of an eyelash on my part haha. The next three hours after the surgery are absolutely lost. Mom keeps telling me about things I did or said during that time and I have absolutely no recollection of doing or saying any of them. They actually gave me the teeth afterward as well. Two of them are still in one piece, while the other two are in multiple pieces. It’s funny to think about, because they were obviously still one piece in my mouth before the procedure… hmm… haha.