I had two wisdom teeth removed yesterday. I was a bit blindsided to be honest, I was supposed to be on a waiting list to have them removed under a general, but one of them got infected (fairly frequent occurrence!) so I got an emergency dental appointment, only to get there and the dentist to whip them out there and then. I'm not sure why I agreed to it, three dentists in the past have told me they will be a tricky extraction hence the need for a general, and to be honest the whole ordeal was awful, the dentist was like a butcher and it was horrid.
Anyway, it's done now, however I feel absolutely horrendous. I am on amoxycillin (I'm guessing to treat the infection that was there?) and been told to take paracetamol and ibuprofen, but I can't take the latter because I haven't eaten since yesterday morning and my stomach is really sensitive to ibuprofen when I haven't eaten. I can't eat, I feel so sick, my mouth is absolute agony and my face has swollen up like a balloon, so much so that my skin hurts from stretching. Before he took the teeth out he asked if I had eaten recently and I said not for 11 hours, but he still went ahead, so I'm not sure why he asked.
Is this normal? I had to cancel work today and have just had to cancel tomorrow too (self employed so this is problematic and if I had known I'd need 2+ days off work, I would have refused and rebooked for a time when I could plan my work accordingly)
I feel so awful I don't know what to do with myself. I'm utterly miserable and paracetamol isn't touching the sides. I can't take anything stronger because of another medication I'm on long term, so I'm stuck.
This can't be right, surely?!