Update on wisdom teeth healing

So, my mouth feels a lot better -- still sore when I open it too far or swallow much, but I can drink soup with only mild discomfort.

On the other hand, my whole body feels like I was worked over with a baseball bat. Every muscle I have is sore, and it feels like I rented extra muscles in which to have soreness.

I suspect that I'll be pretty much fine by tomorrow, though. That's why we planned on TWO days of doing absolutely nothing after the extraction.

Wisdom tooth healing, day 2 update

So, it basically feels like the worst flu I've had ever. Muscle aches mainly, with some headache which feels like a stress reaction to the muscle ache in my neck. It feels as if my body is cannibalizing the protein it needs to fix my gums from muscles and joints all over my body. So I'm doing my best to eat as much protein as I can, without chewing. Yogurt drinks, chicken soup, a soy protein drink Lis got me from Wild Oats (man, that was nasty, but it had 18 grams of protein in it), two eggs blended into two cups of milk with a bunch of honey.

I still can't really open my mouth very far, and my mouth and jaw is still a little sore, but not too bad. And if I don't move, it doesn't feel too bad. But when I try to move -- like getting into or out of bed, or standing up, or sitting down, well, THAT hurts. I have found ways to get out of bed, but it's a procedure -- rolling this way, sliding my legs that way, using my hands to pick up my legs to slide them that way, then sliding out of bed onto the floor in a mostly upright position, then pulling myself standing using the bed for support. It's not too bad as long as I take it slowly and carefully.

It's always weird seeing what gets traction and what doesn't

So, people have been linking to the post where I tell my parents about the Octopus Designer. Which, y'know, is a good post and all, and shows how my parents are cool and scarier than I am. . .

But here's the thing. . . I'd assumed that everyone who reads my LJ had already been aware of the Octopus Designer theory, because I blogged about it back when I came up with the theory.

And, y'know, people did read that one and chuckle nervously, and I told mabfan that if he wants the idea for a short story, he can feel free to swipe it. It got nineteen comments, which is a lot.

But the one where I tell my PARENTS, that's the one that people link to, that's the one that gets a mention on _octopus_, team_tentacle, and metaquotes.

So, why does one get linked around more than the other? Well, for one thing, the latter one has quotes from my parents in it, who are generally much, much wittier than I am. It's just a better post. It's funny, as well as creepy.

The first post -- well, that was posted at 11 at night, as a way to exorcise the Midnight Creepiness -- THAT post actually had weirdness and fear behind it. I mean, I'm not saying I BELIEVE that theory, but, when I came up with it, it scared me, and I posted about it out of weird freaky fear.

The more recent one, though, that was one where I was sharing a weird and funny idea with my parents. So it's a little more human, a little more accessible. As well as being, well, funnier.

If I'm rambling and not making much sense, please blame the lack of two wisdom teeth; I'm only half as wise as I used to be.