I left the house for the first time in six days yesterday! I spent those six days eating, among things, jelly1, mashed potato, yoghurt, pumpkin, and soup.
That’s right, I had my wisdom teeth removed! All four of them. My week in recovery involved minimal chewing, and a lot of relaxing. The extraction process wasn’t too bad. I had not really thought about the process of extraction prior to my dental appointment, and therefore was somewhat taken aback when confronted with a huge needle that was to be inserted into my mouth at least six times. As a result, however, the procedure was relatively painless, and one and a half hours later I was ready to be driven home with a bunch of gauze (to stop the bleeding), and a sachet of wisdom teeth, which I uploaded a photo of.2 They were described as being “big and curvy”.
The recovery was quite quick and painless, too. My face hardly swelled up at all, and the bleeding stopped in under 24 hours. Painkillers were required for seven days, with the number I required daily gradually reducing over that time.
