12-30-2008, 06:23 PM
Just don't make the mistake I made. They wrote me two prescriptions, one for "pain", one for "moderate pain". Once the anesthesia started to wear off, I decided there was nothing "moderate" about this pain, so I told my wife to just get the "pain" medication. Nobody thought to tell either of us that "moderate pain" means more severe than "pain". (And I suppose no doctor would ever think of using the term "severe pain" in front of a patient.)
Other than that, and other than the disgusting surprises that arose until the tunnel between one upper socket and my sinuses healed up, the recovery was uneventful. I wasn't interested even in mac and cheese for several days, though; I stuck with Ensure, which worked like a charm, and some sort of Twinlab energy drink that I'd used when I was biking a lot.
Good luck!
Other than that, and other than the disgusting surprises that arose until the tunnel between one upper socket and my sinuses healed up, the recovery was uneventful. I wasn't interested even in mac and cheese for several days, though; I stuck with Ensure, which worked like a charm, and some sort of Twinlab energy drink that I'd used when I was biking a lot.
Good luck!