After-math.

So, I got my wisdom teeth out this morning ... It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Although I did spend a really long time in the recovery room, apparently I bled quite a bit and I was really dizzy and nauseous every time I woke up. I also had to wear an eye patch on my left eye because everything was fuzzy. Fantastic, right? The doctors and nurses were discussing how pale I looked and I think the surgeon even dropped by to tell me I would have some discoloration/bruising but I was so determined and antsy to go home so I forced myself to feel better *lol* I think part of my motivation was because I was jealous of the guy that came into the recovery room and only had to stay for 30 minutes while I was there for 2 hours.

All I remember is lying down, being covered in a nice warm blanket, and discussing Stolen Babies (one of my favourite bands) with the nurse(?) because she was curious about my t-shirt. Then the anesthesiologist came in and asked me "How was breakfast?" to which he told me I had really expressive eyes and should go into theatre. I told him I couldn't act very well and my surgeon said that that would be a bit of a problem. Then I passed out and woke up 1.5 hours later in the recovery room ... it was great. =)

I got home and had to change the gauze, so I was in the kitchen with my mom (without a mirror) and tried to reach into my mouth to take out the old stuff and ended up grabbing my lower lip which happened to be REALLY swollen and numb. So I grabbed it and said "What the hell is this?!" it was the strangest thing ... then I tried to take my medicine and drink some juice but I discovered that my mouth wouldn't close because it was still frozen and not because of the gauze in my mouth. =\

After sleeping on the couch, my mouth can close fully, my lower lip is still a bit swollen, the bleeding has stopped, but my cheeks are a bit swollen as well. Though, I do look almost normal: my face isn't as swollen as I thought it would be =)

Please excuse the fact that I only have a swipe of eyeliner on (I needed to make myself at least a bit presentable before taking a pic of my swollen-ness ;) )





Like my shirt? ;)

Edit (9:38 pm): I'm WAY more swollen now ... >< Maybe another pic tomorrow.