My mouth still hurts

Somehow I thought that it would be better by now. Especially since it didn't hurt as badly at first as I had expected. But, it really feels about the same on my gum. The roof of my mouth is better - though it still feels odd to feel like you have silly putty stuck to the roof of your mouth (and have to be very careful not to dislodge it).

The pain in the gum has given me a headache all day today too. Even with ibuprofen every 4 hours. Or maybe its partly from hunger. It's a pain to eat, trying to be careful, only chewing on the left side of my mouth, only eating soft foods. So I'm not eating normally, or even as much as normal. Believe me, this is a lousy way to diet!

I thought I had another week til I could eat normally (I go back for a check next Thursday), but the Dr said I would still have to be careful for a while more. Ugh. It's asparagus season and that's my favorite vegetable, but I don't think I can manage it now. And I have a pineapple that smells ripe. I LOVE fresh pineapple... I may have to try to eat it, but not sure whether I'll have to settle for sucking the juice from it.

I'd really like to just sleep for the next week....

Ouch, my mouth

Gum surgery today. Ouch. Actually the thinking about it and anticipating the pain have been worse so far, but I'm still on heavy duty painkillers. The side effects from those aren't so great either - about an hour after I take one I get VERY light-headed. This afternoon I managed to stumble/fall into the wooden edge to the fireplace mantel - luckily from only a foot or so away, so I didn't get hurt. But it convinced me to lie down in the recliner and stay put.

My mouth looks and feels like I've got silly putty stuck in there - very weird feeling. I've got one stitch that goes around the back of a tooth and my tongue doesn't like it.

I'm still trying to figure out what I can eat. So far - yogurt, chocolate pudding, oatmeal, eggs and grits. The kids had been hoping for spaghetti tonight, but the Dr. says I can "work my way up" to spaghetti - maybe by Thursday or Friday. I can't bite into anything - for 2 weeks or so - and I also need to do virtually all (of my minimal) chewing on the left side of my mouth.

Do you know how weird it is to brush half your teeth? Very.

This time I'm hoping to avoid the light-headedness by taking a pain pill right before I go to bed - soon!