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It differs so much from person to person! I got over it really easily when I was a teenager, but my 17-year-old son had a horrible time. He missed an entire week of school and did not feel like running at ALL. Playing it by ear is about all you can do. Good luck!!
+1 here. I had an impacted WT pulled when I was in HS and went to basketball practice that afternoon with no issues. Everyone is different. See how you feel, but I wouldn't recommend running while on the pain killers.
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
Thanks for the advice guys.
Just woke up on day 1 and it felt like someone had come into my house overnight and punched my face repeatedly while I slept, to make sure I you know, felt it. I now think Vicoden is overrated, and novacain is the drug I really want. Numbness is a great feeling.
Yea, dry sockets are the main issue. I feel fine enough to go run right now, but I don't want to fuck anything up. So, you think water running would be less likely to cause dry socketing than say, running? I guess the impact would be more likely to dislodge a clot, wouldn't it. Perhaps I will do that on saturday instead of running, to hopefully remove the chance of horrible pain.
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I lack wisdom teeth and my recovery time was a big fat zero. I just simply do not have wisdom teeth. There is nothing there in the x-rays. My dentist says I'm genetically superior because I don't have useless wisdom teeth.
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I've got a fever...
Yes, but if you lack wisdom teeth, does this mean you lack wisdom?
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
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I don't want to fuck anything up. So, you think water running would be less likely to cause dry socketing than say, running? I guess the impact would be more likely to dislodge a clot, wouldn't it. Perhaps I will do that on saturday instead of running, to hopefully remove the chance of horrible pain.
dude, for real. just take a few days off running. it will not make the work come to an end.
take a few days off, get better, then get back out there.
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Ditto. My poor hubby had braces (twice) and wisdoms pulled. Unfortunately our kid is destined for braces, too, just like his dad. But neither of us wear glasses, so we're hoping that we can get by cheap on the vision correction front.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
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Runners run
I lack wisdom teeth and my recovery time was a big fat zero. I just simply do not have wisdom teeth. There is nothing there in the x-rays. My doctor says I'm genetically superior because I don't have useless wisdom teeth and I was born with no appendix.
There!
It's wisdom teeth, not open heart surgery. Stop being such a baby.
Thats what I said. The dentists, surgeons, etc, were however very adamant that running immediately could cause untold pain from those cracy dry sockets and like complications. I think they just need to get better at the surgeory, really.
@Greg: I wish I had your magical genes. You are the future of the human race, sir. You best breed lots to remove as much of that terrible Wisdom Teeth gene from the gene pool as possible. It is your duty.
Genetics and evolution are cool. One of my parents had 2 wisdoms, one had none. None of the 3 of us kids have had wisdom teeth. I'll be interested to see if my son has them. I think my hubby had 4.
I believe my complete lack of those extra molars is proof that I should eat more meat.
My parents have wisdom teeth. My brother did. My sister had 2. I had none. Yay me!
Someone lucked out. I still say you should act as a modern day Khan, and spread your lack of wisdom teeth to thousands of children. Only without all the rape and murder, that wouldn't be so good.
So I for some reason decided to start icing this balloon face of mine. Its my normal route to fixing anything wrong with my body, and apperently it works rather well. I now only look 300 pounds from the neck up, instead of the 500 pounds before. Improvement.
Maybe I should start trying to ice away other ailments. Like the flu.