I’m already tired of smoothies. The one I’m nursing now contains bananas, yogurt, strawberries, milk, orange juice, grape juice, mangoes, peaches, and lemon-lime fizzy water.
Luckily, the alternating combination of Tylenol and Motrin is keeping the pain mostly at bay, as long as I don’t open my mouth. What’s less fortunate is that part of my face is still a bit numb and tingly two days later. That’s not supposed to happen. I hope it isn’t permanent. Based on my extensive medical knowledge (a Google search) I’d say it may be a result of the doc’s having injected that last shot of novocaine right into a nerve in my cheek. Needless to say, she isn’t in today, but I hope to talk with her in the morning.
I look a bit misshapen at the moment. Also, wrinkly.
Yesterday I was excited to see that my new bed was slated to arrive via FedEx by evening. I decided that there was no time like the present to put my new tools to use and dismantle my old one. Sure, I knew it would have been wiser to wait until the package got here, and that I shouldn’t wrangle heavy stuff right after oral surgery. But you know me.
The canopy bed came apart beautifully (it took about an hour), and I schlepped the myriad pieces down into the basement, where they will probably remain in a heap for years to come. I don’t know what to do with them.
Then I waited for my delivery to arrive. And waited. And waited
By 8:30, exhausted, I fell asleep on my pallet on the floor, just like Mississippi John Hurt.
The latest update from the FedEx tracker is that three boxes of bed-parts will arrive tomorrow.
Bad child Talented, but bad! NOT a good idea to do such strenuous activity right after your extensive surgery! But there’s no stopping you, one your mind is made up!
Now give yourself a break — and REST and HEAL!!
You put fizzy water IN your smoothie?!
I just googled a little bit, and found this, which is a little reassuring (in terms of impermanence):
“Numbness after implant surgery: Implant surgery can also involve bone grafting. It is common to have numbness in your chin or lips for one week to over one month after this type of oral surgery. The healing process is longer than other dental work.”