Do I get cool points?
Jul. 6th, 2005 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bethlakshmiOK... this little personal anecdote is a little icky, as it involves mouths, post-oral surgery, and stuff like that. There is no maiming or blood or even personal damage of any kind, but if you are very easily squicked, just move along.
So... I'm sitting in a group meeting. A general "let's get a clue" meeting, where we are reviewing some work I've done (use case development) and I'm explaining and getting feedback from my lead. As I'm talking, I feel something pea-sized floating in my mouth, and have sudden tearing sensation - not unlike the pain associated with tweezing your eyebrows (esp. if you don't regularly tweeze). So, not mind-boggling, flesh-ripping pain, but enought to notice.
Unsurprisingly the pain is where I had the tooth removed. I spit out the pea-sized particle, realizing that it is the cap the dentist stitched on over the extraction site and think - "what would Emily Post say to do with this situation?"
I mean - do you?
A - explain that your dental surgery has just had an issue and excuse yourself to see if you have massive oral bleeding
B - explain in more detail than that and excuse self
C - yell "dude! this is gross!" and show off the pea sized cap particle, which still has the stitches stuck to it, looks like a little bit of cement, and is kind of stinky.
D - go "aherm, excuse me", spit the particle into your hand, like it is a peice of remnant food, and go on with what you were saying as though nothing happened. Hope there is no bleeding, gaping wound.
I'm pretty sure that A and D are acceptable options, B is a little questionable, and C is right out - at least if you are a computer engineer, and not a doctor or health professional of some sort.
I elected that last option. Pretended like nothing was wrong, stuck the cap that came off in a pocket, and continued with the meeting. Over time (when I was listening, not talking), I carefully surveyed my mouth and determined that there is a tender, but not bleeding or highly damaged, divet where the cap was, with no signs of anything that isn't my gum. So... basically, everything is OK, if a little tender.
In fact, my mouth feels better than before. My cheek was irritating that cap when I talked or yawned - stratching cheek, and jostling the extraction site, making that side kind of ouchy. The more I talk (or sang), the more ouchy. Also, the cap was sticking up above the tooth line, so biting often hurt, even if I was careful not to chew on that side. Now talking and biting (with no food around - haven't grabbed lunch yet) don't hurt, and the itching has stopped. So... generally an improvement.
And the yucky taste is out of my mouth. Apparently the underlayer of the cap has a yucky taste - which matches the stinky smell of cap, upon it's exit from my mouth. I suspect more the cap wore away than intended, and that I wasn't supposed to be privy to this yuckiness. Now my mouth just tastes like... mouth.
Called oral surgeon's office anyway. They talked to the doctor, and he says it's fine. I have the post-op appointment tomorrow, so he'll check on my mouth then, anyway.
Still wondering if that was the right way to handle dental surgery letting go in a corporate meeting. Things my ettiquitte class 6 years ago didn't cover.
So... I'm sitting in a group meeting. A general "let's get a clue" meeting, where we are reviewing some work I've done (use case development) and I'm explaining and getting feedback from my lead. As I'm talking, I feel something pea-sized floating in my mouth, and have sudden tearing sensation - not unlike the pain associated with tweezing your eyebrows (esp. if you don't regularly tweeze). So, not mind-boggling, flesh-ripping pain, but enought to notice.
Unsurprisingly the pain is where I had the tooth removed. I spit out the pea-sized particle, realizing that it is the cap the dentist stitched on over the extraction site and think - "what would Emily Post say to do with this situation?"
I mean - do you?
A - explain that your dental surgery has just had an issue and excuse yourself to see if you have massive oral bleeding
B - explain in more detail than that and excuse self
C - yell "dude! this is gross!" and show off the pea sized cap particle, which still has the stitches stuck to it, looks like a little bit of cement, and is kind of stinky.
D - go "aherm, excuse me", spit the particle into your hand, like it is a peice of remnant food, and go on with what you were saying as though nothing happened. Hope there is no bleeding, gaping wound.
I'm pretty sure that A and D are acceptable options, B is a little questionable, and C is right out - at least if you are a computer engineer, and not a doctor or health professional of some sort.
I elected that last option. Pretended like nothing was wrong, stuck the cap that came off in a pocket, and continued with the meeting. Over time (when I was listening, not talking), I carefully surveyed my mouth and determined that there is a tender, but not bleeding or highly damaged, divet where the cap was, with no signs of anything that isn't my gum. So... basically, everything is OK, if a little tender.
In fact, my mouth feels better than before. My cheek was irritating that cap when I talked or yawned - stratching cheek, and jostling the extraction site, making that side kind of ouchy. The more I talk (or sang), the more ouchy. Also, the cap was sticking up above the tooth line, so biting often hurt, even if I was careful not to chew on that side. Now talking and biting (with no food around - haven't grabbed lunch yet) don't hurt, and the itching has stopped. So... generally an improvement.
And the yucky taste is out of my mouth. Apparently the underlayer of the cap has a yucky taste - which matches the stinky smell of cap, upon it's exit from my mouth. I suspect more the cap wore away than intended, and that I wasn't supposed to be privy to this yuckiness. Now my mouth just tastes like... mouth.
Called oral surgeon's office anyway. They talked to the doctor, and he says it's fine. I have the post-op appointment tomorrow, so he'll check on my mouth then, anyway.
Still wondering if that was the right way to handle dental surgery letting go in a corporate meeting. Things my ettiquitte class 6 years ago didn't cover.
