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| SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008
I just gave myself an Ion Spa Treatment-you should have seen the stuff that was in the water when I was done. Lots of toxins coming out, from the dental decay and the vacation:) and the hole from the wisdom tooth is healing nicely-here's what happened the day of the extraction;
JULY 10, 2008
I am one of those lucky people who has a story to tell about everything. Some look at "mild disasters" as "Why me?". I just keep thinking, "Thank God, I survived another one" and trust in the Yin Yang theory, knowing something wonderful will come of this:)
This morning's tooth extraction was going to be a "simple" one. Of course, that's what they all say. I didn't tell them "things" happen with me. I was hoping they were right. Even kept imagining the tooth coming out easily while the dentist was tugging, slowly but firmly. He pulled on my tooth for what seemed like 2 hours, probably more like 30 minutes, before it came out. What looked like a conical, single root turned out to be practically 3 roots. Mercy, he worked hard !
While he was taking my top left wisdom tooth out, he broke the already fractured tooth beside it and had to make an emergency repair mid-extraction. All this was after a couple of hours drilling to prepare the right top for bridge work. Hey, at least it is all behind me. Now all I have to do is pay the bill:)
I am taking it easy. I learned from the last extraction what NOT to do after a tooth extraction.
This time I am really doing exactly what I should do-because they took the time to tell me, very carefully what to do. I am going to keep the list short and sweet, cause there is a bath waiting for me and I just took a quarter of a Vicadin. Hey, I am a Natural Health Care Advocate, not a purist. Pain medicine was invented to help us relax while healing...besides, I think this is going to help me sleep too.
-The gauze they put in there needs to be replaced every 45 minutes or so until it comes out pink in color-not red. If you dampen the gauze before you put it in, it doesn't stick to the clot you are trying to form where the hole from the tooth is. Last time, I kept ripping out the clot and caused it to bleed forever. My new dentist in Chiefland took a great deal of time in post-extraction instructions.
-Taking it easy is KEY, at least for me. Last time I had to do a health smeinar the following day and did yoga all day. My circulation was working over time and I kept "blowing out" the clot.
-Once I the red gauze turns to pink gauze, the bleeding has slowed enough to swish GENTLY with room temperature water and salt, 1/4tsp salt to 4oz of water-and DON'T spit the salt water out-it causes suction when you spit and that pulls the clot out- hot water would increase circulation so cool is best.
-Ice for 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off-during that 20 minutes "not on" I am using my cool laser to speed up the healing. It is helping with the pain too.
-I have a bottle of colloidal silver to spray in my mouth occasionally, it has been used for 100s of years as a natural antibiotic. I know I can only use it for a couple of weeks at a time. You can over do with silver.
-I am well equipped with Sunrider foods to help me heal quickly-the shakes are liquid protein and the Stevia I put in them is anti-bacterial, anti fungal and anti-viral. Also, the Quinary I added has 50 Chinese herbs to help the 5 systems of my body operate efficiently, helping my body heal quickly. I know it helped when I was recovering with my spider bite, and I know it will speed up my recovery now.
and speaking of recovery-that's all for now,
being in the "healing business" definitely has it's benefits,
I wonder which crystal I will take to bed.
Oh, and I better drink extra Calli detox tea tomorrow,
they use some nasty tasting chemicals in the dentist office-
and I know they can't be good for me.
Here's to healing dreams,
Goodnight, Diane, Goodnight John Boy, Good night Everyone !
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