Pain.

[angelak]

Just, ow.
Okay. Days 1,2,3 were not this bad.
I am just saying. Should I be on the upswing by now? I feel really not cool.
I took ibuprophen, 800MG, before bed. That helped.
I woke up I imagine, when this began to wear off.
I took some more.

I left my Roxicet at Jim’s. What. A. Fool.
I am seriously ow. And typically I have been known to have a pretty good pain tolerance. This may be post surgery pain, or else not. I have no way of knowing what is “normal,” but then I know for each person this differs.

All I know, is that for the last hour of my life – I have not been very happy. At all.
Ow.

I didn’t complain about the actual pain up until a day or two ago. And now I just want to say FUCK. This hurts.

The ibuprophen I took? Is it working?
I don’t want to be here at work, but if I weren’t at work – I’d be at home. Doing the same thing. Saying “fuck. This hurts.”

My swelling is 93% gone I think. (It’s hard to tell after all.)
I seriously would have taken Roxicet, which I did not take much of overall, if it were available. And because I am a damned fool it is 50 miles away.
I am so tempted to drive over there to get it later today if this doesn’t let up and the ibuprophen doesn’t help. Because this is just ridiculous.

I am on Day 6.
I really REALLY figured by Day 6 I’d be good to go, at least most of the way through all the pain. What somehow annoys me more is when folks are telling me “the worst is over with.” Everything that has happened up until now, has been the opposite. I think the worst is over with, and then I wake up the next day and it hurts more.

I have a checkup for this tomorrow at 10. (Standard week later checkup.)
So – as for the rest of things. I don’t look like crap, so people don’t really think I’m in pain. This is actually typical for me.

People do this a lot.
Oh, look. You aren’t showing it that much. You’re fine.

Right now I am short of finding a brick wall and slamming my head against it. This would fantastically knock me out and I could stay asleep and no longer feel anything. The ibuprophen I took over an hour ago is really. Kind of working. But I wish it were working more.


-Angela

Comments

[kdana.livejournal.com]

Hugs, and - yeah. I agree that many people act that way. It's like for them to get that you're in pain means you have to whine, bitch, moan, perhaps cry, look like crap and be dramatic. *rolls eyes*

Hugs, again.

Love you!!!

[thatcaptjim.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry! Post surgery pain can vary from surgery to surgery, even...and some folks just aren't cut out to deal with it (like me). You should ask clayshaper some day about it ;)

AND

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

You reminded me to add him to my f-list!
Yeay.
Done. Added. At last.
Congratulations on the handfasting by the way!!!

*hugsss*!!!

-Angela

[netharos.livejournal.com]

Going through a great deal of physical pain right now myself, I sympathize so much. It's very true what you say about people not being able to empathize with what they can't see, and then assume that you must be fine because you're not actively writhing in agony. There are times when I'm at work or around others where inwardly I'm screaming my lungs out with how much things can start to hurt--but honestly, who wants to vocalize that and: 1)Burden others with it. 2)Embarass ourselves by exposing our vulnerabilities.

I hope your pain lessens soon. You're right that it's different for everyone--I honestly don't remember my full wisdom teeth experience, so unfortunately I can't give you a realistic idea when it will be over. You're doing great though, and by all means express "Fuck this hurts!" in places where it's safe to like lj all you need to.

Pain.

[wayfarer-atlas.livejournal.com]

Pain is meant to be a warning system. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just answer that warning and say, "Yes, thanks, I got the message. You can turn off the klaxon now."

Well, in a way we can. Drugs, for example, when they're not in the next county. That wasn't a poke, in case you take it that way, just sympathy that you don't have that solution available to you immediately. Hopefully, at your checkup, you can get a new script for painkillers.

As an alternative, you could try the same kind of technique I use on myself for pain control - pressure points. You need to be either trained or very intuitive about your body, but you can reduce or eliminate pain this way.

I wish I could be of more help. All I can do now is just send good thoughts and virtual hugs.

*hugs*

CC

[herongrrrl.livejournal.com]

Hm. IME, extreme pain 6 days after wisdom tooth extraction seems a little irregular. All 4 of mine had to be dug out in pieces but I was pretty good to go in 2-3 days. Do you have a follow-up appt scheduled? Soon? If not, I would recommend you get one. Pain doesn't help you heal, y'know?

Tomorrow

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Luckily...
I have the follow-up tomorrow at 10.

-Angela

[tzaddi-93.livejournal.com]

Ibuprophen mostly works as an anti-inflammatory (which can relieve pain if it is caused by inflammation.) If your swelling is gone you need something that actually stops pain. Switch to Tylenol until you can get your prescription meds back.

The thing about managing post-surgery pain is that you have to stay ahead of the pain. If you get behind in the meds too early, it's hard to catch up. If you're in that much pain, take some maximum/extra-strength tylenol now and continue taking it every 4 hours (per package instructions) for at least the next 24-48 hours even if you don't feel like you need it at 3-3.5 hours after a dose. After 24-48 hours try slowing down the meds again, but don't be surprised if you're not ready. Especially if they had to cut/break the teeth out. They did that when I had mine removed, and I was in pain for about a week after.