So I just got my wisdom teeth pulled and now I'm house-bound for at least today. Does anyone have any recommendations as to something to watch or play? Or a nice uplifting story of how you got through toothache?

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, what the surgeon told me (about two months prior to the surgery actually happening) was to record a bunch of shows. I ended up watching, for three days straight (basically), 2 seasons of Pokemon, when they were actually pulled. And because I was on a bunch of medication, the simplistic and repeating plotline was good for my head - it didn't force me to think much. I was sick of it the third day, though, but the first twoish days it was good.

Hopefully this helps you fight boredom!

Trust me, the pain you're feeling now is nothing compared to what it would have been if you hadn't had it pulled out. Chances are you already know but damn, when a tooth hurts it's hell.

uplifting tooth stories?

when I got my wisdom teeth removed, it caused my teeth to start sliding backwards, so I get excruciating toothaches at random every now and then

After I got my six wisdom teeth out (yes, six), I was pretty grumpy. My jaw was sore, I gained chipmunk cheeks, and I couldn't eat anything harder than mashed potatoes or soup. I mainly just played video games to distract myself from the unpleasant stuff, like how I started to spit the blood into a cup because the gauze was annoying and kept getting soaked. Oh, and later on after my jaw recovered enough where eating became more or less normal, I noticed my cheeks were swelling again, and that there was pus leaking from the incisions. It turned out a tiny piece of food got into them at some point. I went back there so they could pump out my gums. That day just happened to fall in the middle of Anime Expo, and in my panic I decided to skip it.

 

Oh, an uplifting story? Uh... eventually I was able to physically open my mouth wide enough to finally jam something bigger than a spoon in it.

 

Well, okay, it actually wasn't that bad outside of the first day, and I overreacted with the swelling's return -- it was easily resolved and, if I recall, is somewhat common. And skipping Anime Expo wasn't a big loss since it was boring that year, anyway (incidentally it may have been the last time I went). It sucked on the first day, since the surgery was fresh, but I took my pain medication and resigned myself to soft foods, and the rest was a minor annoyance. Though I'll never again take my jaw mobility for granted.

Thanks everyone, I kinda feel better knowing that I could have had it way worse than I do now. Hurray for schadenfreude I guess

I got lucky.  I thought I didn't have them, but I can feel new teeth coming in.  The good news is they don't bother me so I don't have to do anything.

I got mine taken out when I was like 18 or 19. The surgery went great and I was put on painkillers. I don't remember those two weeks very well 'cause the painkillers had me feeling weird and I would sleep a lot. I would just try to sleep as much as you can so your mouth will heal faster.