Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Days 11 & 12

Teeth is still the same. Is it Thursday yet? I need to see the oral surgeon again to see what's going on with my gums, and I want my AC fixed! My room is like a furnace again! ARGHHH!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 10

More real food today! Yippee! Finally a day in which I had normal meals for both lunch and dinner! Still have to chew carefully with the teeth on the right hand side, but at least I can eat! Feels great! Now just waiting for the bottom left to heal. On a unrelated note, it's another hot day today (97°F) and of course my AC still hasn't been fixed because... they called on the day of my appointment last week and said the tech had a family emergency and had to reschedule! WTF! Ok I know nothing can beat a family emergency but don't you have other techs besides that one who was gonna come??!!! Oh well, my appointment is now scheduled for this Thurs. Hope they can get it fixed then! I don't know how much longer I can stand this heat!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Days 8 & 9

I was too lazy to update yesterday but I'm finally seeing some progress! Last night I tried the frozen fish filet again, with the coating, and I downed 5 pieces in less than 1 hr! And I had my first glass of wine in 10 days without my teeth or gums feeling any worse! Yay! Tonight, even more progress! I had... RAMEN!!! I went to Hakata tonight with my friends, finished one whole bowl of soft ramen, AND they didn't have to wait for me for too long! The bottom left socket is still bothering me but at least I can chew with my teeth on the right side. It felt good to be able to eat some REAL food again! Finally!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 7

Swelling has gone down pretty much. I finally got my chin back! That's a good sign! Although the bruises are still there and I still look like I got beaten up. Oh well. What can you do. Still on my bread and soup diet. I think 3 of the 4 sockets are starting to get better but I might have a dry socket on the bottom left one. Hopefully that will heal soon. I'm hoping that I can start chewing some semi-solid food this weekend. We'll see.

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 6

Didn't expect that I'll be writing this wisdom teeth story for so many days (well that's because it's still bothering me!) I got a new name at work today: "Alvina" (from Alvin the Chipmunk)! The swelling has gone down a bit actually, but the bruises are more noticeable today. Now I really looked like somebody punched me in the face! I'm also getting a weird pulling sensation from the gums and it hurts sometimes. I hope it's not dry socket. Today I just had a smoothie drink and bread for lunch, then a small slice of cake for dinner. No mood to eat anything else, but I've been taking Airborne to make sure that I get the vitamins needed. Well I sure hope I don't have to write about this for much longer!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 5

Face is still bruised. Still swollen. Still can't sleep like normal because my face is swollen so I can't sleep on the side. Still can't eat much solid food. Still have to chew everything with my front teeth (which can take a LONG time). I had Chicken Noodle Soup for lunch today and it was difficult to chew all those noodles with my front teeth. I got tired half way through and gave up. Had 4 pieces of baked fish filet for dinner. The fish is easy to deal with, but the coating took a long time to chew. Just eating those damned 4 pieces of fish took more than an hour! I guess I'll just skip the coating all together next time.

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 4

Well, it's the first day of work after my wisdom teeth extraction. Since my face is still swollen, as expected, I got teased as "Alvin the Chipmunk"! Ugh... should have taken a few more days off! The pain is pretty much gone and I've stopped the painkillers, but my gums are still swollen and so it's still somewhat uncomfortable. I tried having scrambled eggs tonight, but I guess I had been trying to avoid using my molars for too long, now it's like I don't know how to chew with my molars anymore. It's a very weird feeling! Oh god, when can I be back to normal???

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 3

Today I felt the worst ever since I had my teeth pulled. This morning when I woke up, I felt hot and my limbs had no energy. I thought I had a fever but turns out it wasn't. Maybe I was just having hot flashes. I had Campbell Cream of Chicken and Mushroom soup today for lunch. It was good to take a break from yogurt. I also made myself an iced Vietnamese coffee, but perhaps I shouldn't have done that because I had a really bad stomach ache afterwards. Not sure if it's because of the coffee though. Dinner was porridge again, but I tried biting the roast duck pieces with my front teeth and then I just swallowed them. It worked out ok. I finally finished my supply of porridge so I think I'll move on to Campbell soup, and I guess I probably won't have porridge again for a good while.
The pain today is actually tolerable even without the painkiller. However, it seems like my face is even more swollen than yesterday. I also noticed a little bit of bruising. Hopefully it will go away soon. Maybe I should wear a mask to work tomorrow!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 2

It's pretty much the same diet today except that I had a real yogurt instead of that smoothie-like drink for lunch, then a few spoons of ice-cream in the afternoon, and porridge for dinner. I get hungry quite often, but there's nothing much that I can eat. My goodness, when can I have some REAL FOOD??!!!
My face is actually more swollen than yesterday. Ugh... don't tell me I have to go to work like this on Monday!

Post Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 1

My diet today consists of a Dannon smoothie (kind of like a yogurt drink), Haagan-Dazs ice cream, and the rest of the fish filet porridge from yesterday. I rarely eat yogurt, so I decided to go for the smoothie-like drink instead. In addition, this is the first time in I don't know how many years that I am buying ice-cream for myself! (Those of you who knew me know that I quit eating ice-cream many years ago because I ate ice-cream everyday the first 2 years I came to the States and I gained 20 lbs from that.) It's amazing how situations like these can force you to change your habits. Although I'm still the same-old lazy and so I didn't go get my milkshake today. :(

The pain is manageable with the painkiller. My face is a little bit swollen so I'll continue with the ice pack today and probably tomorrow. The bleeding has stopped (I think), so I'll also start rinsing my mouth with salt water as instructed by the oral surgeon. I hope I can at least chew some soft food like scrambled eggs by Monday.

Wisdom Teeth Extraction - Day 0

Well it's not exactly Day 0 since it's past midnight already, but I guess it's still within 24 hrs, so... Anyway, got all 4 wisdom teeth extracted today. The procedure itself was rather painless. I only had local anesthesia, and I actually started to feel something by the time the oral surgeon was working on the 3rd teeth, so I told him and he gave me another shot and it was fine afterwards. The bottom 2 were more difficult. The surgeon said they were moving but they just wouldn't come out. He was trying to pull them so hard that he was sweating although it was pretty cold in there. The whole thing took maybe 30 mins. I got done at about 3:15pm. At about 5:30pm, the anesthesia started to wear off, so I took some Motrin. Then at 6:30pm I realized the Motrin wasn't helping (although I took 2 tablets already), so I ran to CVS to fill the prescription from the dentist. He prescribed me Tylenol with Codeine and some antibiotics. Thanks to the Codeine, I'm not in too much pain right now, and I'm not nauseous. I'm actually looking forward to the next pill! LOL.
So what did I have for dinner? Porridge with fish filet... no chewing, just swallow. I didn't take the medication till after dinner, so it was hurting a bit when I was eating. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow. I have porridge that can last for another day or two, then maybe I'll move on to Campbell soup. I was reading about this topic on Chowhound, and milkshake and cheesecake sounds good! Maybe I'll go get some tomorrow!

Kyochon

After reading many reviews about Kyochon, I finally decided to give it a try (since I pass by it almost everyday anyway). I just got a medium order of their original wings to go. The wings comes packaged nicely in a cute little box, and there are about 15 small pieces of wings and drumettes in it. Too bad I forgot to take a picture before I ate it! :P I'll spare you with the details of the "remains" though.



Each order also comes with a pack of pickled daikon. I didn't try it myself since I hate everything pickled, but I've heard they are good. As for the wings itself, the flavor is not bad. It's a garlicky kind of flavor (and I didn't even like garlic that much), but it's definitely not bad. However, since I didn't get to eat it till more than half an hour later after I've picked it up, it obviously got cold a little bit... might be better to just eat there unless you can get home quickly. I'll give it a 3.5/5 for the flavor. The spicy wings seems to be popular too if you can handle spicy Korean food. I think I'll hit Bon Chon soon just to see if they're any different. One last thing about Kyochon (WARNING): that parking is a MADHOUSE!!!

Kyochon
3833 W. 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90020
213-739-9292

Quick alcohol fix

Since it's so hot at home, what's better than fixing yourself a little chilled beverage? Here's what I do:
1 part vodka + 2 parts Welch's White Grape Peach Juice
(adjust amount of vodka to your liking)
Stir well. Serve on the rocks.

It's getting hot in here!

It's a record-breaking 96°F today and guess what... my AC is not working! Very bad luck indeed! My room is like a sauna room now! Hm... is this gonna help me lose weight since I'm "steaming" all the fat out? LOL

First Post

Finally got my lazy ass off to start writing on my blog. I guess I'll start off by sharing some blogs and websites that I frequent (which can be found on the right). I'll be posting... I don't know... random thoughts, reviews, complaints, just about anything I came across in the future. Let's see for how long I can keep this up! HA!