Post Surgery Experience

In my post before, I was scared having to go through implant with local anesthesia. However, contrary to what I initially thought, this was an easy one. I didn’t feel anything at all. My surgeon gave me a pill that I had to take one hour prior to the surgery so I could feel relaxed.

Indeed, I felt relaxed and sleepy during the surgery. The surgery itself was 1.5 hours. It was longer than my previous one, but the experience was totally opposite. I took vicodin only a couple times right after the surgery. I didn’t feel like I needed them because there was no pain at all. In fact, I was able to eat like regular the next day. Of course I still had stitches in my mouth, but hey, it wasn’t that bad! At least this time I didn’t have to starve for three days

Everything seemed to be smooth until it hit the sixth day. At 10:30pm I suddenly felt blood was flowing in my mouth. I was scared and a little bit panic. The rest of the night was filled with episodes after episodes, anxiety, and panic as the blood didn’t clog as fast as it should. Finally I was able to sleep around 4am with no more episode. My poor husband had to suffer with me that night

We woke up around 7:30am thinking I had to call into a meeting. Things seemed to be looking good. I thought I could work like normal even though I was completely exhausted from lack of sleep. Little did I know that 15min later I would have another incident. My plan to work like normal was busted. I couldn’t talk since it might trigger another incident. My loving husband got me an emergency appointment with the surgeon office (Thanks hon!!)

I was devastated when the surgeon told me he couldn’t do anything since the hole was too small for a stitch. FYI, this is not my doctor since he was practicing in another place that day. I left the office feeling betrayed for he underestimated the anxiety that I had. Though I could understand that he couldn’t do anything, I would feel better had he believed my story rather than brushed it off like it never happened.

To cut the story short, I was fine but was afraid to talk and eat for the next couple of days. Ever since then, I had a regular follow up once every few weeks. The surgery heals really nice considering I don’t have enough bones just last year. I am excited and looking forward to doing the crown in the next couple of months.