i have 2 holes in my mouth! Options

[jo3]

i got my top wisdom teeth out yesterday at around noon. the operation was fine because my gums were completely numb (there was a little pain here and there, but it wasn't bad at all). however, after a 2 hour nap, the pain hit me. good thing i had hydrocodone (a painkiller).

the operation did not hurt whatsoever (you can feel a LOT of pressure, however, because they pretty much yank out your wisdom teeth). i had to stick gauze in my mouth to soak up the blood and to help stop the bleeding. the bleeding wasn't that bad...it pretty much stopped within a few hours (but I kept switching out the gauze as a precaution).

the part that REALLY sucks is the fact that your diet consists of nothing but jello, applesauce, pudding, and ice cream (and mash potatoes and mac n cheese if you'd like). this is what i've eaten in the past 2 days:

thursday: regular breakfast (eggs, bacon, toast); half a thing of jello for lunch; a bowl of ice cream for dinner

friday: finished the rest of that jello and ate half of a snack pack (pudding) for breakfast; ate a little mac and cheese for lunch (which i thought tasted disgusting and it was hard to eat because i had to do all the chewing with my 2 front teeth), some ice cream for a snack, and more mac and ice cream for dinner.

i must say, i'm really loving this awesome diet (/sarcasm)....the worst part: because i'm a guy, i'm a carnivore. i need meat to survive. the problem is, meat requires you to chew, and that is something i unfortunately can not do. and to top it off, i can't really go outside or anything because 1) i'm swelling a little, so i kinda look like a chipmunk, and 2) talking too much makes me bleed. so i'm pretty much stranded at home, on this stupid laptop of mine, and waiting for my mouth to heal so i can enjoy these last 2 weeks of summer

just so that this isn't just a stupid rant and a worthless post, i have a few questions to ask those who have had their wisdom teeth removed.

1) how long did it take before you were able to eat normally?
2) when'd you start brushing your teeth again?

i didn't brush my teeth yesterday, but today i started rinsing my mouth with warm salt water (it sucks), and tonight i tried brushing my teeth (my bottom teeth are sparkly clean, but i'm not too sure about the top teeth near my holes). i just don't wanna open up the holes again because that might result in dry sockets. and i definately wanna avoid that.

and...
3) when'd you start working out again?

my doctor told me not to engage in any physical activity for 3-4 days, but i don't know if i can last that long. i'm a workoutaholic, and i need to either work out, run, or play basketball every day....otherwise i'll die!

if you got down this far, then thanks for listening to my crying and whining and complaining haha