Ordeal

The oral surgery was an ordeal which is hardly a surprise. Multiple anesthetic injections, gum flayed like a dead animal, grinding of bone, injection with pig collagen, sutures hanging down--I am glad that yesterday is history. Now I just have to maintain a positive attitude even though the pain is pretty intense and I am not allowed to brush one side of my mouth. I am thinking that my breath is going to be pretty bad before the week is up. Lots of salt water rinses followed by that nasty blue antiseptic mouthwash that stains the teeth and makes food taste terrible.