DENTAL APPOINTMENT

Well... as I thought, I got bugger all sleep last night.

I tossed and turned non stop in fact.

NERVES.

PURE FEAR.

And I have to keep running to the loo!

We don't have to be at the hospital until 9 am.  What the hell am I gunna do until then?

Once we leave the house, there will probably be silence from us until I am discharged.  I have NO IDEA when that will be.

I know they want to keep me there until they are sure I am not bleeding.  And I need to recover from the medications they are going to give me as well.

I DO NOT EXPECT to be kept there overnight.  Unless I start bleeding.  

So, wish me luck, and think of Stew, who will have to sit and wait, and worry.  Poor bugger.

WHO KNEW HAVING A TOOTH OUT COULD BE SUCH A DRAMA???

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ABOVE: We are here. Waiting our turn. It had taken EIGHT YEARS of waiting to finally get this tooth removed!  All thanks to a failed root canal done by a dentist in Cambridge, who refused to acknowledge he fucked it up. 

I am feeling so sick with nerves right now...

11.30 am.  It's over.

It was as horrendous as I imagined it would be.

The medication they gave me did not work to help calm me down at all.

They offered me nitrous gas, but that would have meant rescheduling the procedure.

Like ... HELL NO was I waiting any longer to have this done.

So we went ahead with it.

Needles... were painful, but to be expected.

The actual tooth extraction took over 20 minutes, lots of 'loosening' and twisting until it finally came out.  At least it didn't crumble and require extensive cutting.

After they got it out,  they packed the hole and stitched it up.

No significant bleeding, SUCH A RELIEF.

We have lots of instructions for aftercare.

We had to wait in the rooms for 15 minutes, then they let us go.  Yaaa.

ABOVE:  I decided to wear a mask as my face was all 'wonky'... the left side was all droopy from the anaesthetics. 

On our way home we stopped in at the supermarket for supplies.

I'm on a strict cold, very soft diet for the next few days.  Anything hot could set off the bleeding.

So NO SUGAR is on hold!

I'll be eating yoghurt, mousse, puree'd fruit and so on for 2-3 days.  To be safe.

ABOVE: Seeing the lake from the top of the carpark building made me happy.  I do so love our lake.

It only took about 30 minutes for the after pain to kick in, by the time we got home I was in considerable pain.  So, lots of pain killers on board, and a thick jacket and blanket as I was FREEZING TOO!

I got the shakes really badly during the procedure, and now feel utterly wiped out.  Everything aches.

God I'm such a pussy.  (sook, cry baby, etc).

But I'm here to tell the story!  Not in surgery getting bleeding under control.  I'm so lucky that didn't happen.

I have to now take it easy for a few days, so as not to set off any bleeding.  So "HI" from me lounge chair peeps!  😂😊😉

You can entertain me instead.  I want stories of ya Christmas/New Year adventures.  Who ya seen, What ya  been doing.  What ya got for Christmas.  bla bla bla

1.15 pm:  Well that was rather yum!  I don't think I've had something like that in a decade!

3.15 pm:  I just woke from a 1.5 hour nap.  Feeling OK-ish.  The pain fluctuates from a 3 - 5 outta 10... so am going to take more pain killers.  

I am just so glad it is behind me!

It's been on my mind (what had to be done) for YEARS.

Having a real phobia of something is horrid.  I sympathise with anyone who has one... no matter what it is.

Hopefully I have NO MORE NIGHTMARES about it now!!!!!!!  I shouldn't eh?  It's D.O.N.E.

I just pureed some mixed fruit and creamed rice, added some custard and butterscotch sauce and tried it.

OMG!   Mega delicious.  That was my dinner.  lol

And I might have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner tomorrow, it was that good.

Tomorrow I'm also going to try KFC potato and gravy... cooled down.  I'm rather enjoying this pureed diet.  😂😊

HOLY HECK!  Can you believe I totally FORGOT it is NEW YEAR'S EVE tonight!!!

And we will be doing diddly squat.

I'm not allowed to drink, not that I would be anyway.  So... you fullas can have one (or 3) for me OK?

Have a wonderful AND safe night everyone.

See ya next year.