So it’s the day after the work was done because Tuesday was just totally work and sleep, wake for pills, then sleep again. I can’t believe it’s Wednesday afternoon!

Yea- I got a swollen face. Not to too bad but enough that I can certainly see it and feel it. I’m on 4 different types of medication but have only taken 3.

Meds as follows are: Anti-inflammatory – Antibiotics – Pain Killers and an anti-bacterial thing. The ones I haven’t taken yet are the Pain meds. Haven’t needed them.

Ok so this procedure was completely difference experience and I knot know why. I don’t wanna frighten people with it but believe me it did not frighten me at the least bit.. it actually gives me hope that one day I can do this without sedation.

As will my first visit from my bottom teeth I was told to take 2 ativan before my appointment topped off with nitrous. I remember very little about that day. Just some bits and pieces.

Yesterdays appointments was nearly the same way. But I took 1 tablet 15 mins prior and then another tablet at 10am…. layer back and they set me up with the nitrous. For some reason I wasn’t falling off into lala land like I had before. I still let him proceed as I felt numb enough and out of it enough for him to start. Plainly saying “Go ahead… I don’t care”… so he numbed my upper mouth both sides and proceeded to clean off all the junk/tartar etc. then prepped a couple of teeth he was keeping to secure the partial bridge with. Then he went to clean the back teeth and the water pressure tickled my palate and I giggled out loud. Everyone stopped and asked if I was ok.. I said yeah, just tickles… they tried again and I giggled again. So he asked if he could inject me to numb those areas. I should sure…. well as it turns out in the process of numbing the upper pallate triggered my gag reflex and off I went…. tried to rip the nitrous off my nose , tears streaming down my face as I heaved about 4 times. Trying so hard to control it. AFter finally getting it under control and taking some deep breaths they decided to give me another 1/2 tablet of Ativan. Well…. that was funny because I couldn’t feel my top lip or my teeth so I had to ask them if I swallowed it or not. I laughed… felt a bit more relaxed… the needles were starting to take care of the numbness on my upper back palate and I was ok to go. Back on with nitrous I also requested if they could up that as well as I said that I feel very alert to everything being done today although there was absolutely no pain at all… it was a relatively good experience for me. Might ween me off sedations slowly. Just gotta watch that gag reflex!!

Next step was my teeth… they removed 5 teeth. As to which ones I don’t know, although they did rip out the 1 front tooth that was sideways but they kept the other front tooth to use to anchor the bridge with along with 2 other teeth that I felt them file down.

As for the teeth pulling…. ok, so that was a bit weird because that was my first experience with it. I felt the tug – left-right-up-down-twist… a bit of a little crunch and rip with a little tiny pinch and it was out. 5 teeth and I only said “ah! once. Just a minor Ah! But alls good.

Then came the bone grafting… I don’t recall much of this, I may have drifted off but when I finally came too… it felt like a had a bag of wool and plastic cups in my mouth.. The wools is the stitches which are dissolvable and the plastic cup is actually the full mouth bridge. Now in my before and after shots I have 2 natural teeth mixed among the bridge. I didn’t notice it till this morning.

Granted I don’t like the way the look, but then again I am still swollen from the extractions and the bone grafting and Dr. Nirav was very unhappy with the way the bridge was made and tried to modify it. Thank the gods these are only temporaries. As for talking, I”m still struggling with that especially with a mouth full of string all tangled up in my upper lips and in-between my bridge. I can’t even pucker to give kisses… 😦 Aww we’ll, all in time.

So…. all I have to say is I DID IT!! I FUCKING DID IT! Sedated or not enough sedation… gagging and the lot!  I did it!!

On to the photos…. Please excuse the “after” photo. I’m still swollen from the bone grafting.