Preparing For After The Surgery
Oral surgery can be traumatic, even if you were asleep the whole time
. When you wake up, you will feel groggy and later you will feel pain.
Before you went to sleep, you did not have any of that. Of course, being asleep during the procedure can be much less traumatic than being awake.
However, after surgery you will definitely want to take care of yourself. Taking proper care of yourself after the procedure may be as important as the procedure itself because it is critical to proper healing and recovery.
It is best to know what to expect after the surgery before you go into the procedure. That way, you can know what to prepare in advance.
In other words, you will not have to run to the store to buy soft foods to eat when you only feel like lying down. In addition, you will not have to wait in the waiting room for someone to come and pick you up because you did not know you were not allowed to drive after the procedure.
Following the procedure, you will need to make sure that the bleeding is stopped correctly. You will also want to make sure that you give your body something to eat and drink so that it will have plenty of energy to begin the healing process.
Even if it is hard to eat, it will make you feel a lot better if you eat soft things. This is especially true as you are told not to eat before you come in for the surgery.
You are going to be very hungry after you have lost blood and undergone a lot of stress related to the procedure. The blood should clot and stop running about a half an hour after the surgery is complete.
There will be some seeping and sporadic bleeding after this, but the blood should not be flowing. The clotting will be helped by placing gauze on the surgical site which is firmly pressed down on the wound with your teeth, gums, or cheek.
This gauze may need to be replaced periodically in order to have effect. While it may be tempting to drink from a straw in order to avoid the gauze, this should not be done.
The sucking motion of the straw will loosen the clotted blood and encourage the blood to flow again. This would hinder the healing of the surgical site.
When you go home, you are going to want so particular foods on hand. You are going to want juices, Gatorade or other sports drinks, milk, soups, pudding, cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, ice cream and so forth.
Choose some of your favorites to have on hand. Even though it is important to eat, it will be difficult to eat or drink until the numbness wears off.
When the numbness wears off, your mouth will be in pain and it may still be hard to eat. If you decide to eat while you are numb, do not eat anything hot.
If you eat something hot, you may burn yourself pretty badly without knowing it until the numbness does wear off. In addition, be very careful not to bite your cheeks or tongue.
The best option is to wait for the numbness to wear off and the pain medication to kick in to start eating. However, you should eat as soon as possible.
There are several other things you can do to deal with the pain. It is no fun to undergo surgery and therefore you want to make it as painless as possible.
Take pain medication when the dentist or surgeon says it is okay to. Cold packs or frozen vegetables applied to the sore spot can help reduce bleeding and provide relief from pain.
Even if you feel fine, it is best to take the prescribed medication for pain for at least 12 hours before letting it wear off. If you are not given a prescription of pain medication, it is usually okay to take 800 milligrams of ibuprofen every 4 to 6 hours.
Be sure to take to your surgeon if you have any potential complications though. If the bleeding does not stop relatively quickly, you should call your surgeon again and ask for advice.
However, if you properly take care of yourself, you should be on the track to a fast and healthy recovery. Do not take any risks that are unnecessary and soon you will be up and running again.
by: Ignacio Lopez
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