Eye surgery and dental implant part 9: boredom punctuated with annoyance
Eyes still seem nearsighted, though it's something to kvetch about more than anything. I'm able to ride my bike at the ordinary (not bat-out-of-hell) pace that I used before surgery, so that's something. Night riding is still scary, especially since oncoming bicycle headlights give lovely starbursts that preclude seeing the rider of the bike. Why would I need to see that? To know whether the rider is distracted, or whether they are gesturing to me with their head.
It's month what, five? I worry that my far-sight is not coming back, so I make a point of more riding, to work on the distance muscle tone. Will it be enough? I don't know. I'm hoping to visit home in two weeks and difficulty driving would make that rough.
My neck is kinked up good from repairing the cat scratcher with a hot glue gun, and that can't help. I don't feel it in the neck itself, just in the numb spot at the tip of my right thumb and the overall wandering tension in my back.
Dental though...oh joy. Got the abutment put in tonight. The Novocaine shot went rapidly in, the doctor made the incision that didn't bleed much relatively speaking, and the sensation of a screwdriver in my mouth was almost amusing. The stitches were no fun, but with Novocaine they were no big deal...until it wore off, and it wore off pretty fast. I went to the grocery store next door to pick up something soft for dinner and...wow. Like papercuts from Hell, the pain seemed mostly on the surface but was irritated every time I swallowed. Mild nausea. It's possible there's pain up further but I've studiously avoided putting any suction in that area. Quite possibly that irritated it at first.
I took a Midol-like painkiller a few minutes ago so I wouldn't have to deal with the paiin, so I'm not trusting my memory on the gum-bone pain. There's a slight taste of blood. Happily I'm not hungry, and I've got a gallon of milk in case that changes. Time to sit back and enjoy my recliner and cat.
It's month what, five? I worry that my far-sight is not coming back, so I make a point of more riding, to work on the distance muscle tone. Will it be enough? I don't know. I'm hoping to visit home in two weeks and difficulty driving would make that rough.
My neck is kinked up good from repairing the cat scratcher with a hot glue gun, and that can't help. I don't feel it in the neck itself, just in the numb spot at the tip of my right thumb and the overall wandering tension in my back.
Dental though...oh joy. Got the abutment put in tonight. The Novocaine shot went rapidly in, the doctor made the incision that didn't bleed much relatively speaking, and the sensation of a screwdriver in my mouth was almost amusing. The stitches were no fun, but with Novocaine they were no big deal...until it wore off, and it wore off pretty fast. I went to the grocery store next door to pick up something soft for dinner and...wow. Like papercuts from Hell, the pain seemed mostly on the surface but was irritated every time I swallowed. Mild nausea. It's possible there's pain up further but I've studiously avoided putting any suction in that area. Quite possibly that irritated it at first.
I took a Midol-like painkiller a few minutes ago so I wouldn't have to deal with the paiin, so I'm not trusting my memory on the gum-bone pain. There's a slight taste of blood. Happily I'm not hungry, and I've got a gallon of milk in case that changes. Time to sit back and enjoy my recliner and cat.