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October 15, 2006
There's an empty gap where my tooth once stood
Unfortunately, my pain issues did not end the weekend after I got my tooth removed and in fact, got worse. Suddenly, Advil wasn't doing the trick anymore and I was waking up in the middle of the night in pain. I took a detour from my usual commute the following Tuesday to go to back to my oral surgeon's office and discovered I had dry socket. I was relieved that there was a reasonable explanation for the pain but the taste of the medicated gauze the doctor placed in my tooth area took some getting used to.
Fortunately, the pain and discomfort is only occasional now but the need to eat soft foods, unfortunately, hasn't gone away and this part I find pretty annoying. I'm a pretty picky eater to begin with and having to confine my diet to mostly soft foods has actually been pretty labor intensive. I have to buy bananas at least twice a week and today I schlepped all the way to Trader Joe's only to discover they ran of the muffins I've been munching on for breakfast lately. I can't cook any of my weekend dinner standards (which are all quick and easy) and I've been eating (and cooking) a lot of Indian food (thank god for lentils). I really hope my tooth area heals soon.
Posted by Jennifer at October 15, 2006 09:51 PM