Owwww. Owie. Ouch.

[raindroproses]

Dear pharmaceutical industry: I love you. I love you so very, very much. You are my new friend.

I am not the stoic type. I realized that fully today, when I whimpered my way through a wisdom tooth extraction. Seriously, I sounded like a kicked puppy.

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[cakemage]

Oof, my mouth hurts just remembering my wisdom teeth extractions. You have my complete sympathy. I hope you feel better soon! And I don't think you lose stoic credentials for whimpering during a wisdom tooth extraction, 'cause that is a special kind of hurt. By the way, out of curiosity, what kind of pain meds did they give you? I had Percocet after mine, which was just fantastic, and strong enough to leave me in a perpetual, happy fog, only dimly aware of slight discomfort in my gums. Simply marvelous.

[raindroproses]

The only sound more horrifying than that of teeth being cracked out of your skull is that of a dentist's drill.

They gave me Vicodin, which I only really need when trying to sleep--prescription strength ibuprofen is enough to get me through the day. Which is good, because I can't afford to take work off because I'm loopy. (I turn into Jayne Cobb when on Vicodin--I go crazy, then fall asleep.)

[cakemage]

No argument here! Brr.

Opiate-based pain meds used to just put me to sleep as well, but it was Ambien that made me into Jayne. Now I'm used to both Lortab and Ambien, so I don't go crazy or fall asleep anymore (unfortunately, in the latter's case...) when I take them.