Life publish gum graft surgical procedure – UGH!

^^ How I’ve spent many of the week.
Final Wednesday I needed to get a gum graft for a receding decrease gum line. They took gum from the roof of my mouth and stitched it to the decrease gum line.
The precise process wasn’t that unhealthy. I used to be anticipating enormous needles and plenty of blood, however the needles had been tiny and painless, and I by no means tasted blood! It wasn’t as unhealthy as having a cavity drilled. (Lorazepam helped!)
I’ve what appears/appears like foolish putty on the roof of my mouth defending that space (which hasn’t bothered me one bit) however my decrease proper gums the place the graft is has been AWFUL!
I’m on day 6 now, and to not be too dramatic, however I’m declaring this restoration worse then both of my births. If I get behind on ibuprofen, my complete jaw simply begins to burn and throb. Between my foot surgical procedure, knowledge tooth, and my two births, I by no means had this a lot constant ache for this lengthy, day and evening. (I do know it’s good that I haven’t had different horrible procedures, I do know). Sheesh!! Consuming is getting simpler although, and hopefully the worst is behind me. (Besides that I’m purported to have the opposite aspect finished sooner or later – ugh! I would simply not do it.)
The Journey House

Clearly consuming has been troublesome, and I’ve been on a mushy meals weight loss program. I’ve one other weblog publish coming about how I navigated diet throughout this time, so keep tuned for extra particulars on that within the coming weeks. I’ve had numerous smoothies and ice cream.


Splendid Spoon smoothies are able to drink, no prep, and so they’re constructed with actual protein as an alternative of simply being juice in a pleasant bottle. They’re GOOD! There’s a one-time reward field of 10 smoothies with no subscription required — it’s slightly hidden, so go to Uncover, then Reward Store to search out it. I’ve despatched these to new mothers or these recovering a common surgical procedure, too.

I additionally had this native juice grown on a small farm in Entrance Royal, Virginia. Nice strategy to get greens when you can’t chew! If you happen to’re on the lookout for native greens this season, try Robby D’s Lil Greens.

Been consuming this for therapeutic!

The Final Suppers
However right here’s the whole lot I ate the week earlier than after I might nonetheless eat the whole lot: burgers, corn on the cob, crunchy bread, sandwiches, numerous granola!

Mazen made burgers for dinner, and I had one for lunch the subsequent day.

Blue Apron Buffalo Tacky Hen + The World Cup!

Blue Apron Salmon + Smashed potatoes

Fancy Pleased Hour at Aster


Hugh Jass Salads with Fishwife Salmon
(These salads had been consumed earlier than the cyclospora information was actually peaking. I’m not likely in a position to eat salads proper now, in order that timing labored out nicely.)

Yogurt Bowl Parade
It’s been a recent + yogurt kinda summer time! Or was…




I’ve been obsessing over nectarines!

Ultimate breakfast on the best way to the appointment:

Another person had dental information this week
B misplaced his fifth tooth!

Ultimate Soccer Recreation
I timed my surgical procedure with the top of soccer season since I can’t train for every week 🙁 It was a heck of a season – summer time is the very best!

Hope you may have a beautiful week!


