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What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
I had oral surgery last Friday that I'm still recovering from this week. A coronectomy of my lone wisdom tooth (bottom right). They take only the crown off and leave the root. It laid down horizontally when I was still a teenager, so no one ever wanted to try full extraction because it threatened nerve damage and wasn't bothering me anyway. At my latest dental checkup, they started poking around a lot and suggested a consult with an oral surgeon, and before I could even schedule that, it got infected and was causing me a bit of pain. So that accelerated the whole process.
This was the first time I had been under general anesthesia since 2004. The procedure itself was straightforward, but the recovery has been rough. Although not quite as bad as the gum graft I got 5 years ago. Oral surgery sucks. I can't wait to have some chips and salsa again. I bought myself some cookies yesterday as a soft treat.