So I had the operation today. I went in without knowing much about what would happen. So I was a little surprised when I found out they would be completely knocking me out.
They injected me with the general anesthetic, and said I would be out in fifteen seconds. I didn’t feel a need to count it out, but I was more interested in an inventory of the sensations. After a few seconds my throat felt weird, maybe sore. Then my cheeks. I felt my eyes going next. I tried to fight it, but I was out. I may have dreamed, but I’m not sure. When I woke up, forty-five minutes later, I was cold. That was because they had an IV in me. It was at room temperature, which was colder than my body temperature. That was a weird feeling. The warm blankets felt nice though. The large thermometer/clock above me let me know the temperature was 31.5. Still, it felt cold. And my nose felt like it had been raped. They stuck a tube up there to go into my throat. I feel violated.
And nose bleedy.
There were two issues that they were looking at. The first, which actually got me there, is the bump on the roof of my mouth. They took care of that with a laser. Now when I look at my palate, it looks like someone shot me there.
The other issue was a persistent bump in my lip. That interested the dentist more. Since it was still there a month later, it came out to. That has been more traumatic. There are stitches in my mouth and my lip is turning a bit black. I need to apply pressure to it, via gauze. This has made typing a little hard. I should be using only one hand, but that would take forever.
I also need to apply cold. Things should be easier tomorrow. I am supposed to drink lots of fluids, specifically ones with sugar. The dentist actually told me that pop would be better for me than water. That is so cool.
And I’m not supposed to brush my teeth tonight. Weird.
Other than that I am alert, and in no pain. My mother thinks I should go to bed. Unfortunately I am a night owl. The Coke I had five hours ago is probably not helping.