I had a tooth pulled yesterday and subsequently a bone graft. This was the first time I’ve had an extraction in the chair without general anaestetic so I was surprised at how well it went. Mind you, there were something like 7 or 8 injections of freezing! I thought it went very well. Today the real pain began! I am very aware if I’ve passed 4 hours because my jaw throbs so painfully. I woke me up at 4 a.m. and again at 10. I am wishing the periodontist was here to still some more anaestetic directly into my nerves!
Excuse the lack of brilliance as my jaw throbs and distracts me from any creative energy. I am thankful that my pain will be going away soon. I know that if I just give it a few days, the swelling will die down, the agony will leave. My pain is only temporary. For many people there is no end in sight. They battle every day with chronic pain. How blessed am I. May every throb in my jaw remind me of that.
Shawn L. Bird 
Okay- the second day after the extraction was HORRENDOUS!! Ow ow ow. Hope it’s like working out, and the third day is significantly less painful!