The Aftermath And Better(?) Living Through Chemistry

I went to the surgeon's office this morning for removal of my impacted wisdom teeth. They gave me an IV with some kind of sedative in it, so I wasn't completely out, I just had the sensation that there was some kind of activity going on, but not what it was. They also gave me a long-acting local anesthetic, so I'm still numb (my lower lip in particular, which makes drinking an adventure).

However, the local is supposed to wear off in the next few hours, and I'm already starting to get the first distant early warning inputs of coming pain. They gave me a prescription for Vicodin. I've had it before and I want to avoid using it unless absolutely necessary. Just one dose taken at night will leave me out of it well into the next day. However, given the early warnings I'm getting, I just may give it a try. But if I should post something incoherent and rambling (at least more so than usual), it's probably just the Vicodin.