Come with me

Hi everyone,

Well the past few weeks have been pretty crazy with my wisdom tooth extraction and travelling between the city and the country. I'm now all settled back into my house in the city and it feels great to be back with all my friends :) Here are some pictures of my travels/adventures/happenings over the past 2 weeks - come with me!

1) A pamphlet my surgeon gave me about wisdom teeth.

2) Me in my highly attractive hospital gown pre-surgery. Sorry it's a bit blurry was in a rush to take it before the nurse returned.

3) What I looked like post-surgery.

4) Delicious fruity and icy treat to soothe my swelling jaw :’(

5) Having to drink EVERYTHING from a straw = no fun at all.

6) Mmmm raspberry jelly and custard!

7) This super fruit smoothie helped me lots! So tasty!

 

8) A marshmallow overloaded hot chocolate I made myself whilst recovering.

9) I finally cleaned my fishtanks (i have 3) it took me hours.

10) Went to see Australia Vs India at Adelaide Oval with my family.

11)  Trying to decide what dress to wear......

12) My first attempt at making a cheesecake. I made Oreo and white chocolate cheesecake. Delish!

13) Oreo’s ready to be blended up for the cheesecake base.

 14) Had a bit of time to do some baking whilst on the mend from surgery. I discovered my favourite ‘go to’ cake Apple and Cinnamon Teacake.

15) I made Choc-bananna and Walnut & then an Apple and Cinnamon Teacake. So good! 

 

16) Strawberry Magherita.

17) My favorite – avocado and tomato on toast

18) Fortune Cookie time!

19) Rediscovered my love for creaming soda! Enjoyed one of these with my friends at my local Vintage and Antique Fair near my house. We felt transported in time as we sipped on our creaming soda, listening to old-time classic music at cute little tables with checkered tablecloths :)

 

20) Driving in my car back to Adelaide in the rain.

21) Breakfast with my boy, Angas :)

 

22) Mwah!

23) Random shots whilst out celebrating a friends birthday.

24)  I spy with my little eye.....The Phantom of the Opera.

25) A young fresh-faced Anthony Warlow :)

 

26) My new iPhone cover arrived – it’s so sparkly.

27) A cute little lamp I found in a thrift shop and restyled. Fits in perfectly with my bedroom decor.

 

28) I bought some Spanish Rioja wine to try. Love trying new wines. I'm thinking Argentinian or French next. What do you think? Any recommendations....

29) My February Lust Have it! box arrived in the mail. Will post about the contents soon, promise.

30) The cute wrapping paper that my elf cosmetics arrived in.

31) Some new ‘elf’ purchases: New eyelash curler, Cool Bronzer, Blush Bronzer Duo and Candid Coral Blush.

32) One of my favourite nail polishes in the new year - a happy canary yellow. Used it many times already! 

 33) Beauty desk :)

 

34/ 35/ 36) Behind the scenes photos from a photo shoot I was a part of this weekend. 

 

37) Love this shot from the shoot!!! Will do another post soon about the day.

Hair/Makeup by me. Model, Bridget. Photographer, the very talented Matt from Matt James Photography and also seen on Tumblr at Milkseeds

Keep in touch!

x.K.

Wisdom no more

Hi everyone,

Pheeewwww! Okay, so it feels so good to be back after my wisdom teeth surgery. Luckily for me I only had less than 2 days between finding out I could get a spot in surgery after a consult with my surgeon. I think this was a blessing in disguise and I'm so happy it worked out that way.

I had all four of my impacted wisdom teeth removed. Impacted wisdom teeth occur when the wisdom tooth is beneath the gums surface and covered by bone. My bottom 2 wisdom teeth were also laying horizontal and very verrry close to my facial nerve. I went into my local hospital as an outpatient in day-surgery and was under general anesthesia. I even had to get changed into a very attractive hideous hospital gown including foot booties and a shower cap style hat. The peak of hospital fashion! I was the last patient in surgery that day and had to wait in a teeny tiny little room with 5 other patients (in attractive gowns) whilst watching 'Grey's Anatomy' on TV, including surgery scenes. Really?! Yes, really! *sigh*

 The days events were all made easy by the fact that my Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgeon was smoking hot and had a charming accent to boot! So as the anesthesia raced up my arm in a cold flurry I drifted off to the land of slumber listening to this mysterious yet comforting man's voice.

Whilst I was under I did not dream - instead waking up in the hospital bed feeling like I had only closed my eyes for a moment. Until. I heard the nurse say "You right there hun? Let me just wipe the blood from off your face." Ohh my god I thought, how hideous I must look?! But really I didn't care, I was just happy it was all over with. After about 2 minutes I saw a familiar familial face pop around the corner of recovery; my brother. He works at the hospital, and wanted to check in on how I was doing.......hahah sweet hey! I thought so too until I saw a big grin spread across his face as he said "WOW! Look at your face pup!" (my nickname) and from that moment on he named me Alvin. Thanks bro! I lay there, on the hospital bed as my brother gazed at me in horror staring at my pasty-white, mumbling-self with blood dribbling down my mouth. Charming!

 

So overall, it all went well with no problems apart from the horrible/unsightly swelling. But that was expected. Over the next few days I had both pain medication and antibiotics to keep me on the road to recovery : ) It was not until the 2/3/4 days did I feel the full effect of the surgery. The bruising has nothing on the swelling - I looked like this for over a week:

I am finally now after 2 weeks feeling nearly 100%. I only have one of my four stitches left in my mouth and can eat mostly anything in sight.

I have lots of exciting things to blog about in the next few days including a 'Monthly Favourites' post, 'NOTD' and I was lucky enough to do hair/makeup for a photo-shoot this weekend. So keep a look out! I will be busily tapping away at this laptop for you :) Keep in touch!

What are your experiences with wisdom teeth removal?

x.K.