Well THAT was exciting

[cupcake_goth]

Today involved a rapidly-scheduled dental appointment to get a tooth extracted. I had cracked a tooth a little over a week ago, and over the weekend finally fessed up to the Stroppy One that I probably needed to go to the dentist. He called our super-fantastic dentist this morning and got me an appointment for noon.

Everything went really smoothly*. But as I've never had a tooth extracted before, it's all kind of weird for me. I am hyper-paranoid that I will do something wrong with the aftercare; the Stroppy One is doing his best to reassure me, but part of my brain is being unreasonable. So in order to shut up that part of my brain and distract myself, I am sitting on the couch, loopy from pain meds, indulging in Labyrinth. Hi, David Bowie, hiiiiiii.



*Also, my dentist gave me my tooth. He knew I'd want to keep it. One of the many reasons Dr. Ryan is awesome.

Comments

[damiana]

Where is Dr. Ryan located, and what's his number? We're in need of a good dentist, and a recommendation by a friend is always a good thing.

[cupcake_goth]

Dr. Ryan is up on Lower Queen Anne, and is a fantastic dentist.

Dr. Ryan M. Tennant
200 W Mercer St., Ste 205
Seattle, WA
98119
206-281-8300

[damiana]

Thank you!!!

[spotzle.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm one of my favorite movies of all time.

I hope your recovery is swift!

[theda.livejournal.com]

Poor thing, heal swiftly

[bork.livejournal.com]

So glad that it all went smoothly!

And I'm also glad for the recommendation for Dr. Ryan; he's my dentist now as well.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

very nice. and you will be fine.

also... are you busy next monday?

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Unreasonable part of Jilli's brain - shut up! She is perfectly capable of following directions, and if she is too loopy to do so, her incomparable husband will remind her.

*HUGS*

Feel better soon!

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

Dear Unreasonable Part of Jilli's Brain - SHUT UP! She is perfectly capable of following directions. If she is too loopy from drugs, her incomparable husband will remind her.

*HUGS*

Feel better soon!

[phoenixfire12.livejournal.com]

I've had a couple of extractions before. They're no fun. Last one they took my upper left fang. *sniffle* Makes talking a little ackward. Get well soon. Snuggling with Stroopy One and Clovis Bunny during the movie will definately help.

[ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com]

Get well soon!

[maiaarts.livejournal.com]

I wish you good healing. I hate the whole tooth extraction thing.
I get to go back for surgery on Thursday. wheee NOT

Totally cuddle in and take many many meds. I took some advice and
iced/heated my jaw and that helped.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

How did you crack your tooth? Was it from unconscious grinding/clenching, or an accident of some sort?

I'm gad you were able to get it taken care of... and got a little memento out of the deal. I still have a "glass coffin" filled with 8 of my own teeth. In high school, I wore a camel tooth as a necklace ;)

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

bonus, it's a lovely way to celebrate the Thin White Duke's birthday - he was 65 yesterday ;>

[reddheart.livejournal.com]

Countdown to when Ms. Jilli makes the tooth into a fantastical piece of jewelery starts....now :D

Feel better soon! Getting things pulled out of your head is never fun :(

[divatwk.livejournal.com]

Ow I know that pain. I was in middle school. Dentist kept marveling at the size of my tooth's roots.

[brockulfsen.livejournal.com]

They make awesome cores for wands...

[redhead69.livejournal.com]

??Are you cupcake goth of the puffy cheeks?? hope the pain pills work well and the healing is swift...heck get loopy enough you might dream you are in the movie O.O

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Aiyee! Emergency dental stuff is the worst. I hope you feel better soon!

[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

Glad to know you are starting to feel better!

I loved it when I got to keep my teeth, don't know why, just did.

[deadrose.livejournal.com]

Market Spice tea is wonderful post-extraction. All that lovely clove oil :)

[fyrdrakken]

Oddly enough, I had a tooth pulled Monday afternoon, too. I'd broken a chunk off a week and a half before Xmas, and then the filling fell out that night, and I wound up calling a dentist a few days later and deliberately scheduling an appointment for after Xmas so I wouldn't have to deal with it during my vacation. (I could get away with waiting a bit because it never hurt. It was a tooth that a dentist had wanted to root canal years ago and the nerve was probably already dead.)

I'd had a number of teeth pulled as a child, though -- my canines were all yanked (permanents included) in an attempt to make more room in my tiny jaw for all my teeth. Not a new experience, and the dentist was great about numbing me up -- I ached a tiny bit that night and not at all the next day, and by now I'm even eating mostly-normally. The worst part was twenty-four hours of no carbonated beverages or tea -- caffeine withdrawal.

[munin-and-hugin.livejournal.com]

Yay for amazing dentists!

And even not loopy on pain meds Labyrinth makes me go "Hi, David Bowie, hiiiiiiiiii."