Healthier, Happier, B

They’re only extracting 3 wisdom teeth. The 4th one is deeply lodged into my jawbone still and he said he didn’t have a good enough reason to remove it when weighed against the risks (permanent nerve damage) because it’s really close to a nerve. He doesn’t think it will cause me any issues in the future to leave it. They redid my xray to re-examine it and they’re glad they did because you couldn’t see the proximity to the nerve on the original xray.

They don’t do the PRF thing here but he said he does a minimally invasive suturing process that gets his patients back faster than normal.

Got prescriptions ready to be filled.

I will be under IV sedation and got a Valium to take morning of. Said I should be in and out in less than an hour and most of his patients only take 3 days to recover.

And I should only have to pay $612 total! They’re able to bill all of the sedation and one of the teeth to my medical insurance. It’s just an estimate but the billing coordinator said she was pretty confident.

Anesthesia: I need to be fully unaware of what’s happening. Can’t see anything or hear anything or I will panic. Preferably an anxiety pill to take morning of, numbing for IV insertion site, and IV administered anesthesia.

Can I receive PRF platelet rich fibrin? Extra cost? Can they do the blood draw for this after I’m knocked out?

How early can we get me in to have the surgery? How long will the procedure take day or?

How will my insurance be billed, and can I get a pretreatment estimate before the procedure? Can medical insurance be billed to cover anything particularly IV sedation since 2 are at least partially impacted?

Recovery time? Leave for Iceland September 11

Specific instructions - give to me and Clay, when stitches dissolve, irrigation of holes, medications available (I don’t want to be in any pain), timeline for eating solids

Medications - can we get scripts to fill ahead of time? Pain? Nausea?

Stitches? Can I get dissolvable ones?

After hours number to call with questions or an emergency? What constitutes as an emergency/ should worry us?

Do I need to book a follow up appointment?

Homeopathic - pineapple juice and arnica tablets? Would they hurt or impede recovery?

Return to gym time? Long walks?

Lunch is more blended cottage cheese and tomato soup with soft bread.

Which makes me wonder if my constipation was SIBO

Breakfast pizza this morning. I have 3 sola bagels left and wanna eat them up before I leave so that might be dinner again. Lunch is going to be tomato soup and bread.

Trying to get lots of work stuff done first thing today. The oral surgeon is 45 min away so we will need to leave around 12:45 to get there early. The consult shouldn’t take more than an hour since I already got X-rays done and I confirmed with my dentist that they faxed them over there yesterday.

Stepped on the scale this morning for the first time in a while and it said 139.8. About 4 pounds up from my LW but tbh I’ve not been tracking since this whole wisdom tooth debacle started and it’s day 3 of my period so I’m actually pleased. I mainly got on so I could tell them my actual weight for anesthesia.

I’ve never bought a dress so fast???? This is almost identical to some of the options I was looking at online the other day for like 1/4 of the price. I may have ordered a couple already to try on but I’m not sure I’m going to like them better than this.

That boutique was so lovely. I’ll definitely be going back! The ladies were all so nice.

The material is so soft and stretchy and comfy. This would pack so well and I can just see myself glowing and in love and celebrating being engaged in this.

Did an open face cheesy egg parcel for dinner so it’s easier to eat and I don’t strain my mouth. I love calling things funny names 😆 I fold the eggs onto the cheese like a parcel and it sticks in place ergo 📦

Wasn’t feeling super hungry but needed something to eat to pair with my meds.

Chicken and dumplings for lunch + I prepped some brown butter chocolate chunk and homemade toffee cookie dough to hide in the freezer for Clay to have while I’m gone on my girls trip. I bet he thought I wouldn’t feel like doing it and I’m gonna surprise him with it hehe

Reminding myself that I’ve got a girls trip to look forward to in 3 days that my wisdom teeth issues didn’t interfere with, I’m getting a consultation tomorrow to get them out after the trip so I can be healed and healthy for my Iceland trip in September, and I’ve got the best man in the world who stays patient and gentle and kind with me who I know is going to take the best care of me while I’m recovering.

And I’m so very privileged enough to not have to weigh finances vs comfort. We can afford to choose the best care possible with some out of pocket elections to maximize my comfort/anxiety before/during the procedure by getting medications, IV sedation, and the PRF healing matrix to get me better faster. Yes it will suck having to pay this out of pocket but we can do it.

Things I’m doing today to keep my mind of it and prep for my girls trip:

- redoing my pedicure at home to get the iridescent bright white color I wanted

- taking an everything shower and using my purple shampoo

- packing my cutie outfits and bikinis that I feel confident in

- going to this boutique that just opened downtown to look at dresses for Iceland! They posted one very similar to an option I shared earlier on their IG so I’m going to go try it on