Care to share your experiences with oral surgery recovery?

I had 5 teeth taken out last Friday morning, 3 wisdom teeth and 2 more because of crowding. One of the wisdom teeth was severely impacted and is definitely going to be the hardest recovery.

I’ve been prescribed 800mg ibuprofen, an antibiotic, and 5/500mg Vicodin every 6 hours. I had planned to be back at work today but it turns out that was overly optimistic. This is what my face looks like. I woke up at 3am when my last round of painkillers wore off and couldn’t get back to sleep without taking more.

I have a post-op appointment tomorrow morning so I can get official advice then. But, in the meantime, I am wondering about other people’s experiences with…

—how long it took you to recover?
—what you ate during the recovery period?
—if you tapered off your pain meds slowly, or just waited until you felt all the way better to stop taking them?
—what movies or tv are good to watch while zonked out in bed all day?