How to lose 10 pounds in 3 days
The answer is simple: Get a badly infected wisdom tooth that prevents you from chewing and, at times, even talking, and let it play out.
For those of you who don’t know yet, I have a wisdom tooth that needs to be pulled. It’s right next to the tooth on which I had a root canal performed two years ago. I’ve set up an appointment with an oral surgeon for tomorrow at 3pm, but this thing has been killing me since the weekend. Since Sunday, I’ve managed to lose about 10 pounds because I haven’t been able to eat anything. I’ve been gobbing on Oragel and taking Ibuprofen religiously every 5 hours. Today, for now, it’s bearable. I’ve accidentally bitten down a few times and nearly put myself in shock, but it’s much more tolerable than it’s been the past few days.
Needless to say, this has been one more link in a long chain of really unlucky events for me. To add to it, I just found out the surgeon isn’t covered by my parents dental insurance (only insurance I have), only the dentist in the office is, so I have to pay full price. I know, I should look elsewhere, but you don’t understand how bad this pain has been and how badly I want to get this taken care of.
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