Gum Graft

So I got the gum graft done on Monday. Wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I brought my mp3 player along and luckily they let me listen to it while they performed the operation. Yes, I listened to 311 the whole time. After I was all back in my chair they gave me a couple shots of novacane to the spot where the new gum went and the roof of my mouth. That was probably the worst part of it all. I sat there for a few minutes as the numbness spread across my mouth and part of my face. It caused my nose to go numb which was a bitch. I felt like I had a runny nose for hours. So the operation itself. I closed my eyes and felt some poking around inside my mouth. I only opened twice; the first time they were just looking into my mouth with the mirror thing and scraper. The second time I looked I saw a pair of scissors at the edge of my mouth getting ready to cut a piece of gum out from the roof of my mouth. Whoops. I quickly shut my eyes and proceeded to listening to more 311. I almost fell asleep during the operation (ironic?). It only took about 40 minutes and there was almost no bleeding after, although the spot where the new gums were was really bruised. You can still see where they cut and moved the original gums back and put them back down. Hard to explain. There was little soreness and I only needed to take two of the pain pills they presribed me. I could only eat Jell-O and pudding the day of but now I can eat semi-soft stuff as long as it stays on the good side of my mouth. Glad I had it done.