Feeling Much Better

Finally Friday arrived and I was excited to return to the oral surgeon's and be OKed to return to my life style, which is not really a big deal , but its my lifestyle and I missed it if only for a week. It was nothing like having to wear the heart monitor for 30 days was like and how that event hanged my daily life. I am such a boob.

I make the week sound like it has bee a tough one actually the week has been great considering I have experienced little to no pain following the extractions and that is without the use of any kind of painkillers. My mouth has bee a bit sore and tender but nothing to the level I was expected. What I did not expect was the amount of restrictions placed on me due to the extraction to prevent the dreaded dry socket. I was surprised to see how much of my life is centered round some form of physical activity I am really involved with and committed to the Wellness program—I mean not necessary Wellness per se but the activity of physically working out, raising my heart rate and pushing myself to be better physically then I was.

One of the conditions of the extraction healing process is to involve myself in nothing which would produce tress to the would site. Wellness would be one of those activities, pressing weights, and pumping the SS would be such activities. Luckily Wellness moved this week from the second floor to the first at the Sugar House facility. They would be open only Friday of last week. So, I did not miss anything especially since I m planning to take more and more of my Wellness activities at home. Last week my Active Hands finally arrived from England. I was concerned the gloves would be too small they are perfect.

So Friday DeeDee took me to the oral surgeon for the follow-up and everything looks good. There was some post operative counseling with was a bit uncomfortable involving irrigating the extraction site with this little nozzled water bottle shooting a stream of water into the socket to remove debris, food matter which may accumulate and rot and infect the healing process it all sounded really spooky and painful. I have been fairly compliant but have not pushed the irrigating process too much—the socket feels good and I have been washing the mouth fairly regular with the saline wash—I think I a m OK. So, double extraction, little or no pain and back to regular food and a life free of the worry of a tooth going nova anytime soon. This could be the start of a beautiful summer.