So, today I had gum surgery. It was to remove the "excess tissue" that grew in my lower right wisdom tooth area after the tooth was extracted and which has been getting irritated and infected every so often since then. (Some of you may recall the horrendous nightmare of a wisdom teeth extraction I had a couple of years ago. They were very infected and difficult to remove. In some places I had big lumps of tissue grow back where teeth had been--because of the trauma in the extraction? I don't know.) The surgery went well--just local anesthetics, and it only took 30 minutes or something.
..but THEN, I went out to the car to drive home and pulled out of the spot in the parking garage. I guess I was distracted by the fact that half of my face was numb and my mouth was stuffed with gauze, because I failed to notice the large post on my left and ended up hitting it with the front bumper as I swung around. There was a horrible crunching noise, and then the bumper fell off! Well, almost--it was still hanging on by one corner. I called Kevin and he came and helped me tie the bumper back on with some rope and then drive it straight over to the body shop where we had the door fixed just a few months ago.
*Sigh* The gum procedure is turning out to be pretty pricey after all! I guess it could have been worse, though. At least I only damaged my *own* car and not someone else's. It sure was embarrassing, though. I couldn't even smile at the people who stopped to ask if I needed help due to my half-numb face and droopy mouth.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness! I am SO sorry about the bumper and not being able to smile at people because of your numbness but that is HILARIOUS!!!!!! I'm LMFO (did I just make that up? Laughing My Face Off?) Anyhow, I hope you are to that laughing point on this now and I'm so, soooooo sorry about the accident. Rotten, really! That surgery better solve your gum issues for GOOD!
Oh no!!!!! :-( I'm so sorry about the bumper! What was that post doing there?? Seriously. Well, I'm glad your surgery went fine anyway. I am always embarrassed about numb-face (I guess it's been ten years or more since I've had to do that) ... but yeah -- it's embarrassing enough just being with a family member or something. SORRY!! (It is a pretty good story, though!)
Coming out of my apt complex there is this 18 inch tall ceramic box with a grate on it. I think it's like a water box, or a power box or something (we have a little "power station" right there by my house) and I've hit it TWICE with my car. Not once, BUT TWICE. It happens when you are trying to beat traffic on 9th east and you speed out too fast. You misjudge the angles and there is a horrific SCREACH of metal. Luckily, BOTH TIMES it only scratched the rim of the back tire. But still, you feel dumb.
And what were you doing driving yourself home from gum surgery!?!? I think you should blame Kevin for not being there to support you and drive you home in your semi-catatonic state.
When I was driven home from my wisdom teeth surgery (when I was 15) I passed out several times and when I woke up I had puked without knowing it!! Luckily, I had prepared for this and I passed out over a plastic bag.
Teeth surgery sucks!!
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