I had impromptu oral surgery yesterday, and am now in a lot of pain with no real meds to kill it.
This is typically where I’d say I was just going to down some beer and konk out, but the wrong person might read this and I’d end up in ADAPT, so for all you know I’m going to bed stone-cold sober to sleep through the pain.
From what I gather, this is the only time it’s acceptable to wake up groggy in a puddle of your own blood. Paints a pretty picture, doesn’t it?
-Farva
Montezuma’s REVENGE…
hhhmm thats not the right gravatar
Barbie needs to take Coffman for a Fam ride and demonstrate many outside loops to him.
After grabbing him a cup of coffee, of course.
Hey I know you! You’re the other token Airman on Terminal Lance right?
Yep!
lol everyone is like “where did the other Air Force guy go?”
Man up Farva, the pain is all in your head
Sounds pretty nasty. Get better soon, man.
damn, hang in there, Look on the bright side, at least you didn’t wake up groggy in a pool of your own blood with stitches where your kidney should be.
So what is “Impromptu dental surgury”? The smartass in me wants to imagine that you got punched in the grill by a Dental Tech at the NCO club. Not for any particular reason, but it would make a very funny euphemism.
Along with his other comments, I have a sneaking feeling that he was a little too enthusiastic in downing a good bottle, and either broke/knocked out a tooth, or ripped the hell out of his gums….If I’m right, Farva, and you get the chance, shoot me an email. Heal quick, bro.
Nothing as cool as that, I’m afraid. The procedure was scheduled for next week, but I went in and got a call that they could fit me in (STS) the same day, so while it was coming (STS again, LOL) it was still a bit sudden and I wasn’t exactly prepared.
Farva, the doctor I work with (I’m a medic) said just the other day that ibuprofen is often more effective for dental pain than narcotics, sorry you’re in pain, but it was nice to see another awesome comic!
When I had my wisdom teeth removed (presumably because I was already too much of a wise-ass at 17), they gave me two little paper baggies (nothing says “legit medical practitioner” like medicine in paper baggies), one contained ibuprofen, one contained penicillin. Lemme tell you, my acne cleared right the hell up for a few weeks there, but I don’t think a penicillin cluster bomb is really the most appropriate method of dealing with typical high school acne.
…Well, that is a pretty picture.
That’s it Coffman, start slowly. If you go straight in with the Chinese laxatives, what are you going to do for an encore?
… more Chinese laxatives?
KLINGON!
Hope you get well soon.
Ay Carumba, man. Hope you get to feelin’ better.
Your med group must suck if they didn’t have painkillers for you. I had some really good drugs when my wisdom teeth were pulled.
When I had mine done, I was lucky that the docs knew about my history of building a fast tolerance to narcotics….although the doc was a bit upset when I came in asking for a refill….she thought the pills should have lasted a bit longer, but taking them as per the instructions on the bottle, they ran out a little faster….
Theres a SSgt Justin Coffman comm guy in my history class… wonder if its the same guy o.O
Ask him… if it isn’t, you might have just gotten Farva a new reader.
The SSgt Coffman of AFBlues fame is not in the US at the moment.
Neither am I, its an online course
He should’ve brought some of that water…Mexican laxatives and water in the coffee can make for an interesting morning…
ugh…… dental can sometimes be really cheap with the drugs.
Luckily I had all the teeth that needed to be pulled long before I got it. Even got to experience laser dental surgery. Didn’t even feel the last tooth being pulled. Then I smelled the inside of my mouth when they cauterized the opening. Surprisingly I didn’t even take any of the meds that day.
Hey, is Coffman’s SrA friend gonna make Staff this year?
Maaaaaaaaaayyyyybe…
I know a few other people who made Staff. *does the happy (select) dance of joy*
Line Number 2291!!!!!!!!!
Hope you get to feeling better soon Farva.
Groggy in a pool of one’s own blood… shades of having three wisdom teeth excised in one sitting. Got home and dozed off watching Dr. Strangelove to be awakened by our tomcat that had snuggled up only to be rewarded with a shower of drool and blood.
A later root canal drew a scrip for some good painkillers, though the steroid pack for inflammation seems to have done a better job.
Hope you’re feeling better.
ferret out
Congrats to the soon to be SSgts(maybe next year for me)
My first time at dental surgery they were supposed to pull out my wisdom teeth. Problem was they hit an artery on the first one, and decided to reschedule the others…at the hospital, just in case. They gave me a bunch of pills, including percocet. That evening, in a moment of lucidity I flushed them down the head, since the pain was far less bothersome than the effects of the narcotics!
OUCH, I feel your pain (Literally) Farva.. I had my 4 impacted Wisdom teeth pulled at Shephard while I was there in Tech School. I received 48 hours worth of narcotics and woke up every 5 hours with a migraine from the pain. I was so out of it, I didn’t even THINK about asking for a refill. I went to the BX (not a plug) and bought the extra strength tylenol. Whoever says that works just as good for dental pain is crazy.