Golfing Results, Wisdom Teeth, and Pain

Wednesday was golfing day and I had a blast this time. We played the front nine at Carnation Golf Course. Previously, we’d only played the back nine. The highlight of my half round was shooting a bogey on a par 4. If I would have been able to find the tee shot I would have made par. I also hit a nice tee shot on a par 3 but overshot the green by about 15 yards. All in all, I shot better than the last time played and I finished with a final score of 62 on a par 36. It’s not great by any means, but it is better than the previous week’s 72. I think by the end of the summer I’ll be shooting in the 50’s and I’d definitely be happy with that. My score counted for my team (the top 4 scores count) and we won our match up and we sit in third place in league play. I’m not sure if I’ll be playing next week or not. It’ll depend on how I’m feeling and if I can get a cart.

As the subject says, I got my wisdom teeth plus an impacted tooth taken out this morning. Some of my friends over on the Mazda 6 Club Forums said I should take photos and then write a how to on the modification process. Since I’m a smart ass I replied with the following:

Step 1. Have someone drive you the surgeons office.
Step 2. Lie back in their chair and then will give you some NOS to soup yourself up. (not joking. I thought about making a wisecrack about whether or not this would damage my pistons or internals or if I should up the shot to 100)
Step 3. Try to respond without laughing to the silly small talk
Step 4. Almost fall asleep before the doc comes in and puts the tourniquet on.
Step 5. Doc says there’ll be a little pinch on the back of your hand.
Step 6. We’re going to put some medicine in here and its going to make you sleepy.
Step 7. Pass out until you wake up about an hour later.

Turns out they made some mod’s to my mouth. They had to break my jaw in four places to remove the wisdom teeth and when they did that they also broke one of my sinus cavity bones so I have a dissolvable sponge up there and I can’t blow my nose for two weeks. As an added bonus, any food, water, or liquid I drink may trickle up into my sinus cavity.

Maintenance after the mod’s include heavy doses of drugs to alleviate pain and a silly looking ice pack on your head. See, here’s me with the ice pack:

And this one:

Hopefully I’ll be feeling good as new really soon. I’ve got Monday and Tuesday off of work so I’ll able to rest some more. I’m mostly looking forward to a meal of Chicken Teriyaki from my favorite teriyaki place and a big giant pizza once I can eat regular food again. Yum-Yum!