Well, I'm not really suffering from wisdom tooth related pain anymore, which is a blessing. It was weird, but I was totally fine on Friday (the last time I posted here) and the first half of Saturday, but then Saturday night I was dying. My jaws/cheeks weren't really all that sore, but I felt this enormous pressure in my head, like a massive headache (and earache, on the left side). I took Tylenol-2, but it didn't really seem to do anything.
Anyway, after Monday the pain was pretty much gone, which was perfect because I went to work on Tuesday! Eating is still a hassle, though. It's not that I can't chew, it's that I'm afraid to use my back teeth to chew because I'm worried that I'll get food in the wound and get it infected. So even though I can have solid food, I'm still sticking to relatively soft stuff because chewing with only your front teeth gets very tiring, so it's easier if you can just mash the food with your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
SIGH I miss good food. My parents have promised me that once I'm able, we'll go out to Le Bifthèque for steak again, but my friend said that probably won't happen until at least a month--not only for steak, but pizza and burgers/sandwichs too! Gah. I've never considered myself a big food person--I tend to not care too much about food and eat really quickly and not savour--but since I've lost my wisdom teeth, all I've done is think about food. =Þ Natural, I suppose.
The good thing about this whole experience has been that because I so desperately want a speedy recovery, I've taken a lot of time to relax and really rest. Usually I fill my free time with email, internet, softball, etc. etc., stuff that isn't really work, but isn't exactly restful either. For the past few days though, I haven't been on the net as much (which is why I didn't blog ^^;;), and have slept a lot more. Until I got all that R & R I didn't realize how worn out I really was. Little things took on huge importance because I was feeling so busy and stressed. Hopefully after this epiphany I'll be able to strike a balance between doing and not doing stuff.
Oh, and just because I haven't been blogging recently doesn't mean that I haven't been thinking about stuff to blog about! A whole bunch of interesting discussion topics came up while I was resting, so, once I get a chance to put my thoughts in order, I'll be writing like mad! ^_~
