Yes, this is me. The second day after getting my wisdom teeth out actually. Not too badly swollen if I do say so myself. But no I will not get family pictures done looking like this. Although most of you have already gotten your wisdom teeth out- I thought I would instill some do's and don'ts I learned through this wonderful experience. Do: Have your mom come and help you for the day. Well this is especially so if your mom is Sharon Barrus- it makes having your wisdom teeth out something you could do more than once in your lifetime. :)
Don't: Get your wisdom teeth out when you're nursing. You have to fast for 6 hours before the surgery- and you sign something that says you did it or the side effect could be DEATH. I know you think fasting 6 hours that's not too bad- but really it was from 11:30 PM the night before until 1:00 PM the next day that I had to fast. To you pregnant and nursing moms- you know this is hard. Needless to say I had chinese food the moment I came home because I needed nourishment- not some chicken broth or anything weak sauce like that.
Don't: Leave your car running the whole hour and a half that you're in the oral surgeon's office. (Especially when you have remember where your keys are 5 seconds after you wake up from being put to sleep.)
Do: Get knocked out!
Don't: Expect when you get knocked out that they will make you count down from 10 like you heard in everyone else's stories. (All they had me do is breathe deeply- and then I woke up and the first thing I said was- "You didn't have me count backwards from 10"- major disappointment. I hope I can get over it.)
Do: Realize when you get knocked out- it's not like a nap where you're conscious of the time that passes- I think I didn't really exist for 45 minutes. Much better than my friend though who didn't get knocked out all the way and the dentist found an extra wisdom tooth that he had to dig in and yank to get out needless to say she was traumatized for life. (And her recovery was two weeks- yikes!)
Don't: Do anything for 3 days.
Do: Have a husband who forces you to not do anything for 3 days. I couldn't go running or do yard work on Saturday- and I have to say it was fantastic for my recovery.
Do: Have Eric as your husband, he's fantastic
Don't: Have Eric as your husband- he's actually my husband.
Don't: Let Eric make you laugh when it hurts like hannah to smile.
Do: Enjoy the experience. You only get your wisdom teeth out once in your life. (Well unless you only get them out one or two at a time. Or they find a 5th wisdom tooth later in your life.)
Ta ta for now.
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AND, your hair looks great! (for real. ;)
Okay, so your sister in law Mandi? I swear I know her from somewhere. When I saw her face I thought of this concert I saw at BYU-Idaho where CDT was dancing to the orchestra playing Stravinksy and this amazing dancer was a red bird. Was that her?! (I know, totally totally random. But she was INCREDIBLE.)
I'll keep in mind to have and not to have Eric as my husband.