See! Dental AND Legal Clearance!

How wonderful! Dental is complete! And I checked the ToolKit later in the day, just for that wonderfulness again, and even tho I knew I'd been legally cleared, the legal was now checked! It hadn't been in the morning, but it was then! What a nice little surprise! Now I wait for Medical Clearance which could take a couple days to a few weeks! Lets cross our fingers for a quick clearance! :)

Dentally Cleared!

After all that frustration and craziness yesterday, I'm dentally cleared! It seems like nothing ever happens in life until you have a good freak out, then it happens immediately! I woke up to an e-mail saying my online ToolKit had been updated. I only expected something about having received the package, but no! I have been Dentally Cleared! How wonderful!

My medical personal screening assistant called about 45 minutes later, returning my call. I made sure she got my faxes, yes. Do I seem to still be on par with leaving in August, yes. Then 2 things I was confused about: she said they had received my dental, but not my medical. I said I had been dentally cleared, but my medical should be there because it was sent together. She thinks it must just be on its way to the office or not been seen yet. I also asked about my Gardasil shot. Now I swear the paper in the medical kit says 2 things. First, it says that PC doesn't supply shots to you if you arrive at your country after March 31st; second, it says PC will supply your last shot to you in country, as long as you had your first shot before March 31st--like me. She told me that no, the PC won't give the shot to you because I am arriving after March 31st, and it doesn't matter that I got my first two, but if I felt strongly about it, I could request to go only to a country that has Gardasil so that I could get my 3rd one. She seemed to imply that only a few countries had it. I said no, that wasn't necessary, I didn't want to restrict myself based on a shot. ...even tho I'm sorta irked...plus I'll already have an epilepsy restriction! I'm going to re-read the sheet they sent out, because I really feel like it said if you STARTED the vaccination round before that date, then they would still give you the remaining ones in country. 

But, this is what's important. I AM DENTALLY CLEARED!

Wisdom Teeth

Yesterday, my wisdom teeth came out.  Supposedly everything went smoothly.  There was an aftershock to the earthquake just minutes before they started working on me, but luckily it was before and not during.

I had some very odd thoughts during the surgery, I guess not so much odd since they had to do with what was going on, but I guess it was odd that I was wishing I could've been blogging them at the time.  I guess some thoughts included:

• I can't taste the blood, but I can feel the warmth from it, and that grosses me out
• Don't move my tongue, don't swallow, don't move, I don't want it to get cut off
• What in god's name is making that loud noise in my mouth...
• Oh good, they have both the left ones out...oh wait, they only have the bottom left out, damn...
• Oh! John Mellencamp is playing on the radio!
• Flap, he said flap...operculum! 
• Well, glad you are saying that went surprisingly easy
• Ew that was a nasty noise
• wtf is going on, breath deep, breath veeeeeery deep through my nose--laughing gas
• Thank god the nurse is patting my shoulder
• *tenses up immensely* *loosens up* *tenses up immensely* *loosens up*
• oh sick, that movement is actually them cutting into the gum, how nasty
• no way in hell I am NOT doing the Peace Corps after this ordeal!

Stuff like that. The gauze changing was really nasty yesterday, but it is out now. Sleeping was hard last night because I was so damn uncomfortable--I like sleeping in the fetal position on my side, not stretched out on my back with my head elevated. It still doesn't hurt* but feels like it is starting to about now. Yesterday all I took was ibuprofen. Today I took half a Lortab around noon, so maybe I'll take the other half since the ache is starting to pick up. It was just sore, but now it is at an ache. Also, the bottom right ...hole...seems to be bleeding on and off. I feel like maybe it is getting bumped easier. Although its my left side of the face that is really swollen, not right. I should probably get the other half of the lortab before it starts hurting, just in case, and rinse with salt water again.

The things we do for the Peace Corps.