I had to go and get one of my big back teeth pulled yesterday. I have weird teeth. All of the back ones, the ones that normally have 4 roots, in mine, each of those 4 roots ends in 4 little hooked "claws" that anchor the teeth VERY firmly in the gum!
I had one pulled a couple of years ago. it was so hard for the dentist trying to pull it out, that he had to drill the last of the roots out of my gum. The day immediately after the extraction, I was in bed with a hot water bottle and literally, watching the clock until I could take the next load of painkillers. The pain was horrendous. I reckon it was about 4 days before the pain started to subside.
I had another one pulled yesterday late in the afternoon and woke up this morning - with NO PAIN AT ALL to speak of! It is incredible.
A few years back, my sister had to have a mastectomy followed by recostructive surgery. When she went back for the re-con work, she was a bit alarmed to see that a few of the women in there had a lot of problesm and were clearly in terrible pain. The nurse took her to one side and explained that ALL of the women who had problems, the ones who felt the most pain, the ones who didn't heal well or quickly, were the smokers. because smokers feel more pain than non smokers and don't heal nearly as well or as quickly.
Today, I can state quite categorically, that that nurse was right. And I am one very happy woman!
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[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/10/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 88
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,095
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �528
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
