Apples & Family

Its been over a year with my "new" teeth and life is pretty good. While I miss the easy diet its nice to eat a sandwich and bite into pizza. I still can't bite into things that I can't cute with a plastic knife. The biggest impact is apples.  Lucky I have a great brother and boyfriend TomCepa who will break pieces of an apple off for me!

Yummy!

Thanks guys! You the best!

Another Procedure

Oy Vey X2!

I had a root canal on my bottom front two teeth... it wasnt as bad as everyone made it seem. I was awake the whole time and just numb. I could kind of smell the drilling, but I may have also passed out so...

The bad part was after, I was given a prescription for more percocet that I needed to fill across the st. It was the longest most painful Walgreens experience ever! Babies crying, an impatient mom and me in major mouth pain. I understood, but was not happy as the pharmacist had no clue what was going on and sent me back and forth. I wanted to give the mom a nice smile to show I was understanding, but since my mouth was numb and I had no teeth this was not an option.

Now I learn that the root canal was not as successful as it could have been. I get to have another procedure. They say its not as bad as the root canal but at this point none of its good! So today I am having the below done, with my braces on..

I'm having an apicoectomy or root-end resection. This procedure relieves the inflammation or infection in the bony area around the end of your tooth that continues after endodontic treatment. In this procedure, the gum tissue is opened, the infected tissue is removed, and sometimes the very end of the root is removed. A small filling may be placed to seal the root canal.

 What this really means... more time off from work,  more drugs, more time on the couch, more mushy foods and more weight loss!

Save the Teeth!

Well since I dont wanna loose more teeth, I have to have a root canal... 2 actually! 


Sucks! I heard the nightmare stories about how bad root canals can be and I was scared. I cant deal with pain and mouth pain sucks! I would know!


So at least I can watch the Olympic's but its 9 am so the only thing on is curling.. the dumbest sport ever.. (at least the doc and nurse both agreed) Why do they try to talk and ask you questions when their hands are in your mouth? Do they really expect you to answer? I could try but I doubt it would make any sense or be understandable. 


So I get laughing gas (why is it called that? ya cant laugh when ur on it) I got some topical Novocaine on to lessen the pain of the local anesthetic shot going into my gumbs! But it still hurt. The actual procedure is not to bad, now and then you can hear the drill going, yuck and then the smell of the tooth burning away. (ahhhhh) 


It lasted about an 1.5 hrs in total but at least I got to watch some tv and I think i fell asleep during it. 


The numbing feeling after is odd. I was def out of it and a little fuzzy. They gave me super strong ibuprofen but i knew that wasnt gonna cut it... so I got more Vicodin!


Then came Walgreens... dont go in there if you have no patience or are in a lot of pain! One woman brought a refill for her kid, but she had the wrong bottle with the wrong doc blah blah blah and im still there! Shes nice about it and knows i'm waiting..so she gives me a nice smile. Well I cant smile back bc my mouth is still numb and swollen. I dont have my teeth in and im in a shit load of pain so talking or smiling back is not an option! 


Ahh give me my drugs! What feels like forever, who knows how long it actually takes but omg when ur in pain its forevers! Walgreens was def not on top of their game, one person sent me to one window i waited, and waited and then had to hail down a pharmacist to find out I had to go back to the other window! OMG! 

Implants..

Everyones asking and confused about the process... 

Im gonna make it simple...  implants are the part that thats in gum that no one sees...

The metal wont be seen, it goes into the gum and takes about 6 months to heal.. ya it looks and sounds painful but that why I will be under and drugged!  

After that I'll go back and get the teeth aka the bridge. It will prob be 2 implants for 3 teeth. 

August will be a rough mount as I will be at the Doc's weekly to make sure the gums grow and reshape the way they should, and how we want them to.  In the end you'll never know! 

Metal Mouth

its all gone! I am offically free of metal in my mouth, and I plan to keep it that way.

Oh do I love laughing gas.. that stuff fun, not funny though.. hm wonder why they call it that? They gave me local anesthetic which kind of hurt but has a nice after effect. I cant feel my mouth or lips! eating is kind of out the door till that feeling comes back.

Now that the metal is gone, you can see my bottom theeth and gums, which sadly dont look good. Due to the metal/wax I couldn't brush well down there or floss at all. My gums are nice and raw.. oh so pretty. If it was a piece of steak it would b rare with a little blood, but it not and its my mouth! yummy! But at least they are nice and white.. oh wait no they not... the saltwater mouth wash turns them yello! oh its so nice!

My font bottom teeth are still kind of sore and I have to stick to the mushy food diet! More weight loss!

Minus 2 Plus 3

Its been a long ass week and day time tv sucks! I've caught up on all my shows and even found new ones!

My office is holding my laptop hostage, I've had a few vistors and im usually high on drugs aka meds when they come by!

I had to go back to the doc to get stronger drugs and 1 vicodin wasnt cutting it! I can now take two vicodin or a percocet! woohoo! If ya thought I was loopy before... man O man..

The scabs are getting better and some stitches are falling out.. I'm starting to look a little more like my old self, as long as I dont open my mouth. My lips are still swollen, which isnt a bad look!

I go back to the doc to see how my 2 front teeth are doing...
Not so good!  :( Since the bone behind my teeth is shattered its hard for the teeth to hold and they arent getting better fast enough. So its time to say goodbye to my two little friends. Not knowing what the procedure involves Im there alone and about to get put under.

I was originally gonna fly out to Chicago for Thanksgiving on Thrusday 6am flight, but since I'm not working and injurded I might as well go earlier, so the flight is changed to Tuesday red-eye. But bc of the teeth removal and getting put under I cant fly out that night and I dont have time to get my "photo" teeth created.

Dentist & Oral surgeon kick ass and work together to get everything done by 5pm that day so I can fly out wed morning.

I get the teeth removed, the laughing gas was fun & I wake up with no front teeth! I have a cold/hot moment again and am very light headed. But I get a wheel chair ride to the car.

Before getting to the car the elevator gets stuck as I'm in it... SERIOUSLY!

I get refills on my meds, a quick nap before going to the dentist for my "photo teeth"

I also now know that all I want for Hanukkah is my 3 front theeth!

The Aftermath

I wake in the am to find I have metal on the top teeth holding the 2 teeth in place, a gap for a 3rd tooth. There is metal like braces on the bottom because while I didn't loose any down there the bottoms are loose and need to be held in place.

My lips are swollen as shit... , have huge scabs and enough metal that i could set off metal detectors just by being with in 10 feet of it.