[Magdalen] Tooth prayers again

Lynn Ronkainen houstonklr at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 19:36:32 UTC 2015


Glad to hear everything went well.
I also use nitrous and that's happened a few times with me - I always 
thought that *maybe* the valve was opened just a little too much...
Lynn

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From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:35 PM
To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Tooth prayers again

> Thank you all, I'm home and the procedure went very well.  The tooth came
> out without disaster and the surgeon removed a lesion that was probably 
> the
> source of a lot of the infections.  The nitrous worked very well though I
> had a strange experience of drifting into a dream like other scene or
> story, not an especially pleasant one but nothing to do with the surgery.
> I must have showed some distress because I came back to the room with an
> assistant patting my hand.  I got re-oriented and by that time the
> procedure was nearly over. It wasn't very disturbing, just like a dream 
> but
> different than I've experienced before with nitrous.  Usually I'm just
> deeply relaxed.  Anyway it's over, I've taken a pain pill as directed and
> plan a quiet day with cats for company.  I'm supposed to use cold packs 
> and
> stick to cold food today.
>
> Thank you for the prayers and support.
> Susan
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Prayers for you as you go through this. I can't do nitrous as it makes me
>> sick, whether I eat or not. For something like you describe, I would 
>> either
>> have to be VERY numb or entirely out.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Arthur Laurent <ALaurent at npr.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Praying for you and your surgeon.
>> >
>> > I've had success with two implants and wish you the same.
>> >
>> > One of them needed a bone graft, which came out well. I wish I was more
>> > patient with these procedures; at least for me, it takes more than a 
>> > year
>> > to go from hurting tooth to finished implant/crown.
>> >
>> > A few weeks ago, I had another implant installed (after bone graft)...
>> > It'll be at least January until the bone has grown into the implant.
>> >
>> > Still, it's so much better than bridgework, or endless root canals and
>> > whittled bone posts.
>> >
>> > And, yes, LOTS of Nitrous Oxide! My surgeon says he's always a little
>> > loopy after any procedure with me. HaHaHa  And Hydrocodone, too. Take 
>> > as
>> > many meds as it takes to be safely comfortable.
>> >
>> > Arthur
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > >>
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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