Update from the ACRS Picnic: Ken, Stephanie and I all ended up on the Employment and Citizenship Team. In addition, I was the team captain. We won the event that I was in but the Admin team took the sparkle ball of victory.
However, the more important thing in my life is the wisdom tooth related pain that has been prominent for the past few weeks. It's been coming up for a few months but recently, it has really been cramping my style. Since I have dental coverage now, I thought I would get it taken care of. No use living in pain if you don't have to, right? Well, I made an appointment for Friday afternoon so I could take the weekend to recover. It turns out that the dentist did not have the supplies she needed to do the procedure. She wrote me a scrip for pain killers and set up an appointment for this morning. The procedure isn't even what I thought it would be. Instead of taking the tooth out which isn't really necessary in my case due to my large mouth (yes, it is fitting), she wanted to remove the gum tissue that is still on top of the tooth that causes the pain every time I bit down. I figured this would be done old school by cutting away the tissue. I was wrong!
She initially tried poking at stuff with just a numbing cream on which was not flying for me at all. I need Novocaine if you are removing live tissue from my mouth. She used laser cauterization to remove the tissue. Among other things, this meant that I could smell my own flesh burning while the procedure was done. I also have a significant portion of my gums burned black. It's really uncomfortable for the time being. I have some more pain killers but I don't know if it will get me through the healing process. I will be using Benadryl to be able to sleep tonight even with the Vicodin.
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