In which Sky is in massive amounts of pain.

[cerulean_sky]

• My left bottom wisdom tooth is moving around again. About two years ago, it broke through the gum and I took pain killers for a few days, but that was it. Now... I've been taking pain killers for... almost a week. OW. I just don't have time in my life right now to go to the dentist, be put under and have it removed, and then spend however long doped up on the opiates they'll give me to get rid of the pain. I have school. On the other hand, I also don't want to get an infection or anything, and it hurts like a bitch. I know I'm going to have to get them removed sooner rather than later.

• That visit to the dentist will be the first time I've gone in... probably like 8 years. I just know they're going to find other things in my mouth that they want to fix. And while I'm all for having good teeth, the dentist scares me and so do needles, and it's expensive.

• AUGH OH GOD MY MOUTH.

• In other, less painful news: Nyx learned how to use the cat door. So she's been wandering around outside for the last few days. She always comes back in at night—I'm not sure she actually goes outside at all once it gets dark, so that's a plus—and my mom and I figure that the earlier she learns about the outdoors, the better prepared she'll be than when we would have kept her inside for the first several months. My little bitty kitten is growing up!

• I've decided I'm not going to dance tonight, and since I went last night, I feel somewhat justified in this. Instead I am going to come home early and do lots of homework and be very prepared for all my classes and get a good night's sleep. I feel all mature, having made this decision. LOL with me now.

• Faust Party (aka S&C) is this weekend, and I am actually looking forward to it. Mostly I am looking forward to dancing and hanging out with friends. And hopefully not doing anything stupid. And since I'm not a freshman, I feel somewhat justified in my decision—what is it with me and needing justification for my decisions lately?—not to wear tons of white. The upperclassmen can suck it. I'm older than mostly all of them anyway. (Gotta love how like... one person on my flist has any idea what I'm talking about here.)

Comments

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I... think I would rather be knocked out, than just have a local. This sorta stuff scares the everliving bujeebus out of me. I don't want them to poke me with needles until only one part of my face can't feel anything. i wanna not be able to see what's going on or hear it. (I mean, I guess there's always blindfolds and earplugs, but....)

Our family dentist is a god guy, and a good dentist too apparently. He also happens to be the father of a girl I went to hebrew school with for a few years and goes to the same temple as my parents. So there is that.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

When the hell did they start calling it Faust? We called it S&C. We actually got in huge trouble in 96 when I was a senior because someone distributed porn.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I think it was only a couple of years ago. They "cancelled" S&C. So now we have Faust Party/Senior Party, which is basically the same thing, but since it's name something else they look the other way, I guess. Ahahaha, this school.

Last year was fairly tame, from what I remember. I mean, there was a girl who was wearing a "dress" made of part of a sheet, and when she'd wiggle in her dancing it would rip up the side until she was basically wearing a tunic. But.

I hope when I am a senior we step up on the seduction and corruption part of this party.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

One year people came in body paint and nothing else.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I am terrified and intrigued... Wonder if I can get some of the seniors this year to do that....

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

One year some one handed out nuts and bolts too, which was kind of hilarious.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

... what did you guys do with them?

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

People went around screwing. :D It was low on subtlety.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is about as subtle as a sledge hammer to the head.

(...and yet, I still had to have it spelled out for me. Good job me.)

[ashes-to-roses.livejournal.com]

bad tooth! =( 8 years since the dentist?! oh my! i go once a year and that's apparently too little.

i was scared enough when getting numbed for fillings (injection scar), but had to be knocked out for wisdom teeth/12 years as i technically had 5 removed. if you're scared, request being put to sleep. you may have to recover longer, but at least you won't remember lying there while they do things to your mouth. and if they refuse to do anything but novocaine, relax knowing you won't be able to feel it and the current pain will be fixed.

this is my limited dentistry. =/ not meaning to make you nervous. i'm just telling you my experience.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I hope they give me the option to be totally knocked out. And I think I have a long weekend coming up. Which is so not how I want to be spending my long weekend, sure, but it might really be something I have to do.

I probably need some fillings as well. I've been avoiding sweet things for a few years now because my teeth ache when sweet stuff gets caught in them. >.> I am an idiot about this, I know, but in my defense, I was living in NYC, and my dentist was here in Santa Fe, NM. (Totally a flimsy defense.)

Yeah, it's really really time for me to suck it up and be an adult and go to the dentist. My mom has had a bunch of stuff fixed in her mouth recently, too. The biggest concern for me right now is the cost, but it might just be something we have to deal with.

Ugh. Ow. Ugh.

[ashes-to-roses.livejournal.com]

(Totally a solid defense. I don't live at home any more, either, and only see the dentist when I'm visiting and my mom makes me.)

If it can fix the hurting for sure, it's probably worth the money.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much resigned to having to do it soon. I just dun wanna. D:

[exrpan.livejournal.com]

I put off getting my wisdom teeth out for a good long four years...until finally they drove me so nuts with all the infections and inflammations I was getting that I just decided to suck it up and get them out. And then the procedure ended up taking a total of twenty minutes, and I was fine the next day -- back to eating most of the same foods I would normally eat. I didn't even take pain killers the first night.

So I think it varies for everyone...I've also heard horror stories of like 3 weeks' worth of recovery time. Your doctor will probably be able to give you a good idea of how long you'd be recovering for, simply based off what s/he sees in your mouth/x-ray. My doctor told me before the procedure that I should recover in a day, while my friend's doctor told her she would be out (of work) for probably a week and a half, and for both of us that was spot on.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

CRAP. I can't be out of school. I can take a long weekend, if I need to. But AUGH OH GOOD. I haven't gotten an infection—yet—but I am pretty much expecting one. Ugh.

Today the pain is significantly less, so that's nice. But I'm still resigned to getting them out. D:

[blondebebop.livejournal.com]

augh! wisdom tooth pain is no bueno.

i got mine popped out a year ago by Dr. Urig here in SF and it took me maybe 2 days at the most to heal. the pain of them coming in was actually worse than healing afterwards. i was woozy for maybe half a day? so i'd say pick a long weekend and you should be fine - totally conscious and all.

but if not, i feel like all your reading would just be hilarious on painkillers.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my family goes o Dr. Lakind. As in Alexandra's dad. (LOL with me now.) But he's super nice, so that's a bonus.

I feel like classes would be hilarious on painkillers, but not necessarily conducive to learning anything. XD