Insane Ramblings

Well, my wisdom teeth are all gone and my gums are clean as a whistle.  So glad that’s over.

Tess was a trooper in helping drag my sorry ass out of the dentist’s office and even drove me to pick up my prescriptions.  I swear at the time, I felt lucid but now that I’m completely sober?  I realize that I actually don’t remember hardly anything between the time that she picked me up and the time that I crashed on the hotel bed for about 6 hours.  I do remember pointing out that I had the EXACT same Hard Rock Cafe shirt she wore except mine said “Rome” instead of “London”.  And I remember digging my insurance card, my credit card, and my driver’s license out of my purse.  I vaguely remember hugging her as she left my room and I definitely don’t remember changing in to pajamas and crawling into bed.  Though I did.

Today is the first day that I don’t feel woozy, in fact.  After flying back on Saturday morning, I slept for most of the day, got up, ate a soft food dinner with Howard and then went back to bed and slept for 12 more hours.  Yesterday was spent napping as well.  This morning?  I finally felt like I’d had enough rest.

I did have a scary thing happen while in the Costco parking lot on Friday.  I awoke at about 6:00pm that night and felt good enough to do some last minute shopping while in town.  In hindsight, I know I was in no shape to drive, but I tell you, at the time, I felt just fine.  Just think of how many other people do that very same thing. YIKES!  Aaaanyway, I began walking to where I thought I parked the car, and couldn’t find it.  I actually stood there for almost a full minute wondering where the hell I parked my car.  I had no recollection at all.  I was stumped.  I began walking in one direction and after about five rows, I turned around and went the opposite direction.  Finally, I came to it.  It weirded me out so bad that I got my dinner from the Outback to go and drove straight back to the hotel.

After eating and changing back into my pajamas, I began reading through all the indications on my meds and about the effects of local sedation (which is what I had):  My eyes stopped on one phrase: “May cause temporary amnesia”.

Who would have thought?

Now granted, it could have been my natural tendency to lose things, because let’s face it, I lose things A LOT.

But you know what?  I’m going to milk this whole sedation thing for all that it’s worth.

Or at least until I’m finished with the meds.