I take it your procedure went well then, Shour.
Purely from a scoreboard perspective, yes.
There were no complications to my knowledge.
I felt no pain (because I wasn't awake).
I have four less teeth.
I woke back up.
The final "went well criteria," I will likely not know until I allow the pain meds to wear off, which the surgeon does not want me to do. Even not doing so, he says I will feel pain for sure on Wednesday, and at that point, the 800mg ibuprofin will no longer be sufficient, and I will then be taking acetametophin dosed with CODEINE. I have been prescribed my first opiate. (I may also take them for sleepy times if needed.) As I mentioned, I have been instructed to not "allow the pain to point me to the meds, but to medicate proactively," but with the codeine, I have only 20, so I don't if I should try them later tonight, or wait for the pain to overtake the ibuprofin first. But I will be looking forward to that pain.
Oh, not because of the opiates, of course. So that I know that the mandibular nerve that runs through my jaw was not damaged during the surgery, and I won't have to live with a permanently-numbed jaw for the rest of my life. As most of you know, this could have a pretty significant effect on my career and livelihood. So until I can add THAT to my list above...no nerve damage to the jaw...then I will be 100% certain that the procedure went well.
I'm a pessimist, I know. But I'm also a wind musician, who just voluntarily knocked himself out of commission for a few days, and hopefully not forever. :/