An early good morning Bitcoinland.
I see we had a nice little leg up late yesterday and it's seeming to hold... currently $6749USD/$8822CAD (Bitcoinaverage).
Hopefully we'll continue with these moderate increases until they develop into a nice run up.
I had one sinus lift and multiple bone graft for only 3 implants and that has taken almost 2 years so just letting you know that 12 months sounds pretty conservative. Of course I was a smoker that caused multiple failures and issues. I eventually quit smoking and just had my last graft a month or so ago and if this one doesn't take will have to have this last implant removed and start over again.
It's quite the thing when one guy is holding a foot long chisel in your head while the other is smashing it with a sledge hammer. I would have thought things were a little more mechanized by now. When that sinus bone breaks you can really hear it!
My experience was nothing like that at all. They sedated me into what we used to call "twilight sleep" with a mixture of benzos and opioids so I barely remember anything. There was absolutely no pain involved. The insertion of the anesthesiologist's IV needle was probably the worst part. They gave me some opioid pills and antibiotics for the first week but the painkillers were really unnecessary.
I learned how to stop participating in pain years ago. I still feel immediate "feedback" pain that lets me know if something's wrong but I don't do ongoing or chronic pain any more.
I had to sleep almost sitting up for the first week or so, to prevent nosebleeds. I also had to wait that long before I got the stitches out. That was the worst part. I had to puree all my food. I lived on Ensure Plus and blendered real food.
Ever had a taco smoothie? Just throw a half pound of al pastor pork into the blender along with half an avocado, handfuls of chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro and shredded Manchego cheese and a few still-warm fresh corn masa tortillas straight from the tortillaria. Yum. A drink that tastes like tacos al pastor and feels like tacos in your stomach.
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Maybe my recovery was eased by the fact that I quit smoking tobacco over 33 years ago and have strong bones. I read somewhere that the more you stress your bones, the stronger they grow. Having had my arm and leg bones screwed back together several times might have helped. The 7 broken ribs I suffered from the seat belt in a head-on highway crash might have helped too. That was what really taught me to ignore pain.
It may have also helped that I have an extremely healthy high-protein, high-fiber, low-carb diet... lots of rare meats, poultry, seafood, and raw or barely cooked fruits, nuts, vegetables and cheeses. I avoid rice, white bread, peeled potatoes, sweets, etc. Alcohol is my main carbohydrate. I also eat no eggs. Good food builds strong bones.
Maybe it's also a reflection of high-tech Mexican dentistry. Everything is ultra-modern. They don't take x-rays. MRIs are standard.
Some North Americans have a weird image of Mexico, fostered by the media. They have no idea.
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