apologies if I haven't responded to all; I have gotten way behind!)
Well, it was somewhat surprising to me, because the remedies I'd
expected to help her didn't, but a couple of others did indeed.
Bellis-p 30, once I finally thought to try it, did the things I'd
expected Arnica to do: her energy quickly picked up and brightened,
and the swelling in her cheeks went down dramatically. She had 3 or 4
as-needed doses over a few days' time.
At other times it was Calendula 200--once I'd thought to try it--that
helped so very much, during times when the problem was not about
swollen, mangled cheeks, but instead about incision (and extraction)
sites, pain in those areas and emotional upset from the pain. For some
days she sort of hopped between one and the other, according to the
site and type of discomfort.
At a couple of points early on she had pain in some uninjured teeth
(together with a heavy, mopey, depressed frame of mind) which quickly
yielded to calc-c (12 or 30, I think). (This was before we came to
bellis and calend, and I wonder whether one of them would have handled
that?)
At a couple of earlier points, Puls helped when she got weepy,
hopeless, pleading for help with the pain. I'm not certain how far
Puls went beyond helping her mood; definitely some, tho. This too was
before coming to Bellis and calendula.
The ones that did nothing were: Arn 200, Ruta 12x, symph 12x, and I
know I'm forgetting something...--all of which surprised me. Of course
I might have tested higher potencies of these (and lower *and* higher
of Arnica), but didn't have them, was limited both by time and
accessibility, and once we got to Bellis and Calendula, nothing more
seemed needed--which would possibly not have been the case in the first
couple of days, but who knows!
My biggest take-home less from this, tho, is the next time a dentist
says to your kid, "You might like to think about getting your wisdom
teeth out", ASK QUESTIONS, look at the x-rays, ask whether waiting is a
reasonable option. I did none of this because, uncharacteristically, I
took the dentist's word for it, and the surgeon chose to ask *my
daughter's* opinion about going ahead, rather than mine. (Rats, she's
not a "minor" now...)
The surgeon told us (me, at least) after the fact, when she was in the
recovery room, that he'd wondered whether it wasn't a bit soon to take
them out, as they were very deeply buried, and had not formed any roots
at all. ("Which is good, actually, because if there are long, deep
roots it's a much more elaborate surgery.") So he asked whether she
wanted to wait, or wanted to go ahead, realizing that it would be a
more "eventful recovery" because the teeth were so deep. Well, she was
there, she was psyched, "everybody's done it" (her remark
later--meaning that so many of her friends have already had *theirs*
out--tho at age 19 I don't know why this would be the case!)... So
they did it, and the results were not happy. She was in *agony* for
the first 2 or 3 days, despite all the drugs (and failed remedies,
argh), had to go back to school on the fourth day, when she was really
*not* ready--could barely talk, barely eat, and both caused pain and
bleeding; still very easily exhausted, still having plenty of pain--but
by then at least we had finally got bellis and calendula on board
(barely), and they showed their mettle admirably. So now, nine days
later later, she still has to be very careful about talking too much
and about eating, but at least is finally using remedies instead of the
drugs, and doing okay, tho still recovering. She's upbeat, and I'm
working with my "attitude". :-p
In the future I will not be so slow to think of either Bellis-p or
Calendula! (I meant to also have her use calendula mouthwash, but
wasn't able to lay hands on it...) And if my son is told to have his
out in the future, I'll ask a lot more questions first. (Mm, he'll
love that!
)So, that's our story!
And again a huge thank you for the suggestions people sent!!!
Cheers,
Shannon