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For: The 52 Week Project (Emotions)
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Hi everyone sorry I've been gone so long after what I thought was the smoothest wisdom teeth removal possible with barely needing any pain meds I was sadly mistaken. On the day when your allowed to start rinsing your mouth with salt water I made an alarming discovery, when I leaned over the sink to spit water came out of my nose,I called the dentists office on Monday but the oral surgeon wasn't there but they said that happens sometimes, don't blow your nose or drink through a straw, it should heal on it's own and he wants to see me back in two weeks, to make a long story short apparently my the roots on my top wisdom teeth were so long that they grew into my sinus cavity and I now have two small holes linking my sinuses to my mouth. YUK! So me being the queen of Googling things decided I needed to google this and find some information, TERRIBLE idea!!!! The horror stories I read literally gave me nightmares about it never healing and having bone graft surgery to repair the holes and using skin from the inside of my mouth to create a flaps to stich over the holes. I have anxiety to begin with but this information just gave me full blown panic attacks I couldn't eat (can't ya tell) I couldn't sleep, I couldn't function at work (they actually sent me home early one day because I was so upset). So yesterday while crying hysterically on my luch at work I called the dentist again to see if the oral surgeon could see me sooner, they said I could but I'd have to travel about and hour away and that I could call him before he went into surgery an talk to him directly and hopefully calm my fears. So I called him today and I feel so much better, he explained that since I'm young and in good health and the holes and rather small there is no reason to believe they shouldn't heal on their own in about two weeks and that even if they don't heal on their own I don't need bone graft surgery, thats only for large defects that usually happen in elderly paitents and for those with underlying medical conditions that won't let their bodies heal properly, he'll just inject my holes with collagen and stitch them up if they don't heal in two weeks. I actually was able to eat dinner, now hopefully i get some sleep! So that's where I've been. If you read all this you're the best!
Anxiety
Stomach in knots
22/52 Emotions
For: The 52 Week Project (Emotions)
Please Read:
Hi everyone sorry I've been gone so long after what I thought was the smoothest wisdom teeth removal possible with barely needing any pain meds I was sadly mistaken. On the day when your allowed to start rinsing your mouth with salt water I made an alarming discovery, when I leaned over the sink to spit water came out of my nose,I called the dentists office on Monday but the oral surgeon wasn't there but they said that happens sometimes, don't blow your nose or drink through a straw, it should heal on it's own and he wants to see me back in two weeks, to make a long story short apparently my the roots on my top wisdom teeth were so long that they grew into my sinus cavity and I now have two small holes linking my sinuses to my mouth. YUK! So me being the queen of Googling things decided I needed to google this and find some information, TERRIBLE idea!!!! The horror stories I read literally gave me nightmares about it never healing and having bone graft surgery to repair the holes and using skin from the inside of my mouth to create a flaps to stich over the holes. I have anxiety to begin with but this information just gave me full blown panic attacks I couldn't eat (can't ya tell) I couldn't sleep, I couldn't function at work (they actually sent me home early one day because I was so upset). So yesterday while crying hysterically on my luch at work I called the dentist again to see if the oral surgeon could see me sooner, they said I could but I'd have to travel about and hour away and that I could call him before he went into surgery an talk to him directly and hopefully calm my fears. So I called him today and I feel so much better, he explained that since I'm young and in good health and the holes and rather small there is no reason to believe they shouldn't heal on their own in about two weeks and that even if they don't heal on their own I don't need bone graft surgery, thats only for large defects that usually happen in elderly paitents and for those with underlying medical conditions that won't let their bodies heal properly, he'll just inject my holes with collagen and stitch them up if they don't heal in two weeks. I actually was able to eat dinner, now hopefully i get some sleep! So that's where I've been. If you read all this you're the best!