Good day to you lovely peoples. So my efforts at 30 posts in 30 days have been thwarted by evil teeth. Evil, evil, evil teeth. I hate them thoroughly at this point. Also the pain medication is hated as well.
I had an extraction (so long last jerk wisdom tooth), got a crown and got SEVERAL fillings...and by several I mean every tooth in the lower right side of my mouth...which is the side they were working on. Sadly, I have three more sides to go... All that is horrible enough, right? Well it is...the only positive thing is that hopefully that is the last extraction I will have to have and (fingers crossed) no more pain in the lower right side of my mouth.
So all that stuff was sucky, but the real sucky came from the awesome pain medication they gave me. I don't know what the difference is this time, because I've had this exact pain medication many times before, and I was fine. This time, however, I was nauseous, HOT (like a thousand degrees, no joke), so sleepy I literally slept 24 hours straight through (ok, one bathroom break in which I called in to work but other than that sleepy time) and then no food because of the nausea and the sleeping. And now my stomach feels like I'm dying....it's pretty bad...so I quit taking the pain meds, because I'm not a wimp, so now my teeth hurt a little (I can deal with that, they've hurt for a LONG time) but my stomach is still giving me fits. I honestly think the medical world is against me at this point...
In my drug induced stupor, I made this drawing of my lady tooth:
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| This is my evil lady tooth...my husband asked me why I drew a woman with a sandwich for a head...it's a tooth Andy!!! But she kind of does look like a sandwich....You try drawing a lady with a tooth for a head in a drug induced stupor...it's not easy! Your tooth lady would probably look like a sandwich too... |
The really stinky part of the whole thing is that I've had to use a lot of vacation days (at least I have paid vacation..) this week. I hate to waste sick days on being sick! Usually, I try to power through...I mean, if your going to suffer being sick, you might as well suffer in a place you suffer at anyway, right? But there's no way I could have shown up at work and been drooling on my desk and trying to have cohesive conversations with my co-workers and done a good job at my job...so I've called out everyday since Tuesday afternoon when I had the work done.
The good thing about it is that the people at work KNOW I'm sick because I NEVER call in. You guys know I'm sick because the tooth lady is the only thing I've worked on since Tuesday. I haven't arted, I haven't blogged, I haven't worked... I've slept, complained (sorry husband...and thank you for being so cool about my whiny ways) and I've watched TV. That's how my husband knows I'm really feeling bad...I've been watching TV when I wasn't sleeping. I am not a TV watcher at all.
Right now, I'm watching Live! with Kelly and Michael...but Kelly Ripa (I think that's her name) is not there, Nicole Richie is filling in. I'm not a Kelly whatever her name is fan, but I think Michael Strahan is hilarious. Also, he has gappy teeth, which if you've read my blog for a while, you know I have gappy teeth as well. And yes, I have a Michael Strahan level of gappy teeth. A REAL gap, not some cute little sissy gap, a cute Michael Strahan gap! He was talking about "preserving" his "pretty" by getting facials earlier in the show, which made me laugh and laugh...but it could be that the pain meds have not worn off completely...I don't know for sure...
At any rate, I am clearly off my game because of the TV watching and the non-arting, non-blogging ways of the past several days. I haven't even turned on the computer to check on my internet pals! I miss you all!!!
But I must be starting to feel a little better because here I am today... on my husband's laptop (...don't tell him...he'll be mad...) in the living room, checking in...letting you know I'm still not dead...and apologizing for not getting back to all the comments from the past couple days...I'm going to try to get up and get moving and get on my actual computer with the mouse I can use (I hate the stupid touch mouse thing on the laptop...it is my enemy...not as much as my teeth are, but it's a close race..) and the not flat keys like the laptop has (you have no idea how bad I am at typing on the flat keys...so many backspaces and deletes I've lost count...) and catch up on the comments I've missed.
That's all I can muster for now, Pals...I'm off to find something soft to eat and hopefully pass out for a while and then get back to those comments. I miss you all!
Dear Sweet Red Clover .... I really feel for your pain but I'm laughing so hard at your great blog that I've sort of forgotten that I'm supposed to be feeling sympathy for you!!
ReplyDeleteYou're a great writer - I love reading your blogs ... and I hope you feel lots better soon ... it'll be worth it in the end when you have a mouthful of gorgeous gnashers
Send you hugs and poor you's
It makes me feel a lot better to know that I've gotten a laugh out of someone! I am on the upward swing, just trying to get rid of the last of the stomach yucks, so the hugs and poor you's have worked I think! :) I am trying to remember that eventually I will have a mouth full of fantastic teeth and no more pain, but it's not been too much comfort the last couple days...now that I'm feeling better, I'm a lot more optimistic! I can't wait to have all my teeth be pretty and painless teeth!
DeleteThanks for the kind words about my writing! I like to write, so it makes me VERY happy when someone compliments me on that! (I am doing the happy dance right now!) :)
I'm sending squishes back to you! <3
LOL - what an awesomely wonderful Tooth Lady who only looks a little bit like her secret twin sister Sandwich Sue. Hope you feel much much better soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I do have to admit that she does look a bit like a sandwich...I just refuse to admit it to my husband! There is a famous incident in our house where I drew him a stylized picture of batman and he asked me if it was a drawing of a road. He only saw batman when I pointed it out to him. I try to think of these incidences as a sort of ink blot test and then I analyse his responses...it's a hobby... :)
DeleteYou crack me up, sweet tea! Your little happy grin and sandwich head tooth lady, your irreverent cat who critiques your art, in the most ruse manner. Hope the meds and the pain have worn off, and you can get back to some fun soon. Take care!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jackie! I am feeling better, just a little bit of stomach yuck still in the picture, but I am trying to ignore it...I think I blamed the pain meds prematurely...or at least it's not entirely their fault...so I retract my earlier statement about hating them...I only regard them with suspicion at this point! :)
Delete:D You make me laugh so much but I feel your pain. I hate my teeth sooooo much I just want to rip them all out of my head and get dentures but the man says "No way Jose". So I suffer through....fillings on every tooth that isnt a crown....mouth full of root canals and brittle, tiny teeth.
ReplyDeleteSing it, my friend, sing it! I have said the exact same thing! I wouldn't care if I had to walk around completely toothless as long as I didn't have to be in pain! But the dentist is always like: "we can fix that"...and then they break more, or don't stop hurting...or you can't do anything because it costs SO MUCH MONEY! I swear, this is my final attempt at fixing. If this doesn't work, I am just going to buy some pliers and a bottle of really strong booze and pull them out myself!
DeleteI am happy that you're doing better. We were worried sick about you! Hugs, Pamikins
ReplyDeleteThanks Pamikins! I am doing better every day, still tired, but MUCH improved! I know all the well wishes are helping me get better faster! <3 <3 <3
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