I can't believe it's been a week since I blogged! So much has happened and so much has stayed the same. No, I am not over my tooth pulling yet. At times I am still in horrible pain, but those times are getting farther apart. Monday I have my third post op appointment, one is the norm. The surgeon keeps telling me the wound is healing, it's just healing very slowly. I wish someone would tell the wound it's healing, because it sure feels like it's not healing at all. But enough about that...
I will be going through my pictures and get some posts about my week ready for publishing but for now here are some quick observations and advice from my week away:
Never, EVER have oral surgery four days before you have major vacation plans, you will not recover in time no matter what THEY say.
When you are taking Percocet and you go on a tourist outing with your out of town friends, you will forget your camera.
When you are taking Percocet and you go to the Pike Place Market, where you used to work and have many friends, you will not remember one of those friends names.
Unless you like to feel like you are hallucinating, you probably should not take Percocet.
After years of telling a friend, I'm going to Anderson Island this weekend and I can't wait, and her saying, That's nice. Then take her to said Island and she says... Now I understand why you love coming here. There are no words to describe this place... You will feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Going into the Ape Caves (which is actually a lava tube) at Mt. St. Helens on a 100+ degree day is a fabulous idea, until you have to come out.
While taking pictures when the sun is directly above you remember to use the glare shield!
Drinking a banana Margarita at a Mexican restaurant really can help numb a recently pulled tooth wound! Who knew!
When you are in pain you will not take as many pictures as you normally do.
You can still be very emotionally moved by visiting Mt. St. Helens even though you remember it happening and you visited all the areas just 6 years ago.
People will come to a BBQ on the hottest day of the year in Seattle on a week night!
When it's 104 in Seattle it's shocking!
When you say good bye to your friends at the airport you will be sad when you drive home and for the next few days, especially when you think about how much fun you all had together (even if you were in horrible pain most of the time) and how much you will miss them.
Aren't they adorable?
I swear the sun fried my brain this week... I totally forgot about the BBQ until i was sitting at the pub tonight.
I suck.
Posted by: Asthmagirl | July 31, 2009 at 07:44 PM
I hope a cool front soon comes through Seattle.
I took Percacet once and will never take it again as I too, experienced very strange days.
Posted by: deb | July 31, 2009 at 08:07 PM
Some drugs are your friend, Percacet is not. Gawd forbid there's a next time but if it happens .. ask for Emprimum w/Codiene ..
Posted by: Daryl | August 01, 2009 at 08:20 AM
Poor thing...but percocet was all that saved me. I almost died without it!
Posted by: noble pig | August 01, 2009 at 10:17 AM
It's too bad the timing on the visit wasn't better--the solution to a slow recovery is a week in bed. I speak from personal and painful experience.
It sounds like you made the best of it though.
Posted by: Jenn @ Juggling Life | August 01, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I hope your tooth gets better soon! I love Percacet ;0)
Posted by: ♥Tracey♥ | August 01, 2009 at 06:29 PM
YIKES! Hope you get better soon and the wound heals quickly. Happy Belated Anniversary! and yay for vacations!
Posted by: Stacie | August 01, 2009 at 10:42 PM