Before surgery, I could only open my mouth 9 millimeters. That's less than this:
Yes, really. It made eating very difficult. However, two surgeries later, I can open my mouth as much as the "average woman" which is 35-40 millimeters. I can stretch to 36 whole millimeters, haha! That's like this:
While I still have a few more weeks of "recovery" (meaning, TMI, I have a big whole where the tooth used to be), I officially have pulling my wisdom teeth behind me!
This last tooth was a doozy, cause the tooth pain alone was worse than the others, but also the muscle was sore and the vicoden made me sick (side note: sorry for the week of weird Facebook updates, I'm blaming it on the drugs).
Now ... on the bigger and better things! ... Like the dentist.
2 comments:
That is CRAZY that your wisdom teeth were preventing you from opening your mouth very wide! I didn't know that could happen! Nuts.
Sorry you're having such pain. I hope you're feeling much better soon. I had my wisdom teeth pulled as part of a study for Vioxx (years ago, before it was recalled). So I got paid to get my teeth pulled and some really good drugs. :)
(and thanks for the mom comment, you're too nice. I'm not that good!)
I am totally measuring how far I can open my mouth now, thanks!
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