The Pnebleu Blog

Well it’s halfway through the second week of class and I definitely feel overwhelmed. I had to talk to Brook before I refocused and took on the challenge. I don’t know how I’m going to manage everything. But! But, I will! If there is anything I know about my life, it’s that God has given me the ability, so far, to excel in school. So, I will proceed with all of my wits about me to focus hard on the goal of continuing my 4.0!

Also, I still am in pain with my teeth, gums, and cheeks. I am stilling eating really soft foods. It hurts to smile. I don’t handle swallowing pills very well. (My subconscience keeps my mouth and throat from allowing the pill down.) Hopefully, it’s healing correctly and as fast as it can. I want to be done with it all!

Here’s another update about my condition. I haven’t taken anymore Vicodin. I didn’t really help too much. I didn’t have any side-effects from it, though. I’ve stopped bleeding and drooling. Yea! Eating is still a challenge, but I have to eat something because I need food to take the antibiotic. My jaw is sore. There are big holes in the back of my mouth, which freaked me out quite a bit. I’m worried about getting food in them. Hopefully I’ll be back to mostly normal on Monday.

Today, I went in for surgery to remove my wisdom teeth. I had all four of them removed. I have never had surgery or IV anesthesia. The IV didn’t hurt; it was just uncomfortable. They got it in my elbow on the first time. When they put in the medicine after a few seconds the ceiling started to shift up and down like sliding panels. Then I was gone; I don’t even know how it happened. When I woke up I felt ok. I was able to walk to the car. I wobbled from side to side a little, but not too much. I was giddy when I woke up and very talkative in the car, giggling occasionally. After I got home the anesthesia wore off and it started to hurt. I’ve been bleeding quite continuously, but it’s finally starting to slow down. I’m taking Vicodin, but it’s not too effective. I don’t really notice much of difference. Maybe I will tomorrow. I can’t wait until I can finally control my drooling again.

Ok, so today is the third day of classes for me. Everything looks as though it’s going to be a challenging semester. I have 15 hours which is 5 classes. Management and Accounting look to be the hardest ones, meaning they will just have a lot of work and effort put into them. Information Management is going to awesome! That is what I’m probably going to change my major to. Economics and Psychology look to be just your regular read the chapter and take the exam classes.

One thing that hasn’t been so great is that I can only work 2 hours a day at my current job, because of the travel. I may have to get a different job sooner that I thought.

Tomorrow, I am going in for oral surgery to remove all four of my wisdom teeth. Two are coming in sideways and the other two are twisted really badly. Because of this I will be missing Thursday and Friday’s classes. Fortunately, I’ve talked with all of my professors and I shouldn’t miss much. I’ll just have to get notes from a classmate when I return on Monday. Now is better than later when they might really hurt badly in the middle of finals.

Wisdom teeth are annoying at least and excruciating at most. Mine lean to the excruciating side. I should have had them removed last year after I discovered that they are twisted and distorted in the gums. Each one is in a different direction. They haven’t bothered me all year until now. I never got them removed because I was always busy with school, work, or social events. I don’t want to be out of action for a week. That’s a loss of valuable time, but if they keep irritating me as they are, I’ll have to cut’em out before the fall. I’m not looking forward to that. I’m not scared, just not excited. I’ve never had a broken bone or had any surgery before. I don’t know what potent pain-relievers will be like, and the thought of anesthesia doesn’t sound too thrilling. But at least it will be better than it was in dental history.