Update
So my surgery apparently went very well, I had my first follow-up appointment with the periodontist this morning. He says he doesn't think he's seen someone recover so well and so neatly. I attribute it to the fact that I've been absolutely meticulous about not disturbing the sutures.
That said, I have to leave them in for another two weeks. He's shown me how to clean around them, so I don't have to be so careful when I eat (so maybe I can start eating real food again, and find those eleven pounds I lost this week?), but I'm still nervous. I mean... since when have I healed fast? I was expecting it to be like my wisdom teeth, all pain and barfing and dry sockets. It's... too good to be true? I don't want to be doing so well, then bite down on a banana and have it all pop loose. Oh well, leave it to me to worry when everything's going as well is it possibly could.
Ok, I just had some potato roll. It feels really weird, and I have to chew like a giraffe to keep from rubbing it against my sutures. Looks like I'll still be eating in for awhile.
ADDENDUM - Jan 09, 11:19pm
I've decided to dedicate a portion of my time to politics. I don't know how any of you feel about the candidates, but I myself have grown rather fond of Barack Obama and think it about time to exercise my right to participate in the election process. My hope is that it will force me to look deeper into the process, and maybe help me see exactly what it all means. I also want to do something to get my fellow students off their butts and registered. In the last election I felt very much like my voice would mean absolutely nothing (some states are always red, and some states are always blue...), but in this case I feel like Obama has publicly recognized my demographic, and may very well force the other candidates to do the same thing. Maybe I was just too young and naive to really pay attention in 2004, but I feel like I'm being addressed as a student-who-has-opinions-and-needs instead of as a student-who-doesn't-understand-big-people-issues.
Anyway, that's my thought for tonight. Maybe as the primary continues I'll fall back into my disillusioned apathy, realizing the result of the Washington primary will have little or no effect on the nomination, it being so late in the game. But at this point, I still have a month and a half to scare up some initiative and throw in my two cents. Don't burst my bubble.
That said, I have to leave them in for another two weeks. He's shown me how to clean around them, so I don't have to be so careful when I eat (so maybe I can start eating real food again, and find those eleven pounds I lost this week?), but I'm still nervous. I mean... since when have I healed fast? I was expecting it to be like my wisdom teeth, all pain and barfing and dry sockets. It's... too good to be true? I don't want to be doing so well, then bite down on a banana and have it all pop loose. Oh well, leave it to me to worry when everything's going as well is it possibly could.
Ok, I just had some potato roll. It feels really weird, and I have to chew like a giraffe to keep from rubbing it against my sutures. Looks like I'll still be eating in for awhile.
ADDENDUM - Jan 09, 11:19pm
I've decided to dedicate a portion of my time to politics. I don't know how any of you feel about the candidates, but I myself have grown rather fond of Barack Obama and think it about time to exercise my right to participate in the election process. My hope is that it will force me to look deeper into the process, and maybe help me see exactly what it all means. I also want to do something to get my fellow students off their butts and registered. In the last election I felt very much like my voice would mean absolutely nothing (some states are always red, and some states are always blue...), but in this case I feel like Obama has publicly recognized my demographic, and may very well force the other candidates to do the same thing. Maybe I was just too young and naive to really pay attention in 2004, but I feel like I'm being addressed as a student-who-has-opinions-and-needs instead of as a student-who-doesn't-understand-big-people-issues.
Anyway, that's my thought for tonight. Maybe as the primary continues I'll fall back into my disillusioned apathy, realizing the result of the Washington primary will have little or no effect on the nomination, it being so late in the game. But at this point, I still have a month and a half to scare up some initiative and throw in my two cents. Don't burst my bubble.