Had my follow-up appointment on my tooth today. The doctor and I did not sit down and have a long talk about best practices in dental medicine. But he did assure me that the tooth socket is healing up well, the gum tissue looks healthy, and the bone graft looks good. So that's reassuring, at least. I think it would have been just my luck at this point to have things go horribly wrong with the healing process.
I've still got to be careful with it for another ten days or so, though, until the wound is completely closed up and there's no chance of the artificial bone stuff inside washing out and making a bid for freedom.
Sigh. I miss being able to do things like chew and brush my teeth without having to think about them. That was nice. I did not properly appreciate those days when they where here. Isn't it always the way?
Anyway. After this, it's going to be another three months before they can start the process of giving me a fake tooth, thus taking me the first step of the way on my journey towards becoming a cyborg. (Hey, I have to look on the bright side and make this sound cool somehow, right?)
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Wouldn't the fake tooth have to be electronic or something to count towards you becoming a cyborg (cybernetic organism, emphasis on "cybernetic")?
ReplyDeleteCan't I be a low-tech cyborg?
DeleteI dunno, if mere prosthetics make you a cyborg -- no matter how inarticulate or technology-free the prosthetics are -- then everyone with a filling or, for that matter, a pair of glasses might be a cyborg... :)
ReplyDeleteI'm okay with that. :)
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