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[a_t_rain]

What I have learned from getting my wisdom teeth out:

-- "Could I please have some more anaesthetic?" will not be understood if you have a mouthful of surgical instruments. "Nhgk!" will.

-- Dentists lie. About the cost of two extractions (to the tune of $150 more than they said it would be), about how long it will take, about when they're almost finished.

-- "You should immediately start holding this ice pack to both sides of your face, and you should also go to the drugstore and have this prescription filled, it will come in two bottles with childproof caps, and you should take some of the pills right away, and don't forget not to take the ice pack off your face for any reason" is the Dumbest. Advice. Ever.

-- There should be a law against calling a store a "drugstore" if it doesn't have a pharmacy. Such a business is a glorified convenience store, nothing more.

-- People who hang out at the bus stop yelling "JESUS LOVES YOU!" at passers-by are annoying. Especially if you have a mouthful of blood-soaked gauze and cannot give them the telling off they deserve.

-- Being allergic to penicillin is a really bad move from a financial point of view. Somebody should have told my three-year-old self this.

Comments

[jesspallas.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had fun...

I really don't know what to say but "ouch" and offer my sympathies! And someone actually shouted that out of a bus? Good grief...

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Not "out of a bus" -- he wasn't actually on the bus, just a random Bus Stop Evangelist. (For some reason all the crazy people in town congregate at two particular bus stops, and this was one of them.)

[crazysexy-cool.livejournal.com]

*relieved* Oh, good, I thought my dentist was doing all this just to laugh at me. I mean, not good.

I would've just flipped them off and spat blood at them.

[ajaxbreaker.livejournal.com]

Gee, this makes me feel so much better about my impending wisdom tooth extraction...

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's any comfort, the Lidocaine has worn off and it still doesn't hurt all that much -- I'm not sure I'm even going to bother with the pain meds they gave me (which were, fortunately, only three dollars, unlike the $110 Penicillin Alternative).

And apparently you can get the whole thing done under sedation if you're nervous -- I didn't see the point, as it doesn't actually keep you from feeling pain, and I would have had to badger somebody into picking me up afterwards.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you're feeling better. Just take it easy for a few days.

They knocked me out when I had mine done. The only problem was that my husband (who had come along to drive me home) nearly passed out when he caught sight of some of the bloody gauze. The dentist had to give him oxygen and orange juice before she would let either of us leave.

Lorelei Lynn

[ajaxbreaker.livejournal.com]

That is a comfort... I'm glad that you're not in pain :)

[hannahmarder.livejournal.com]

You poor thing! Hope it feels better soon.

[maple-clef.livejournal.com]

Eep, having your wisdom teeth out is a bugger, isn't it? You have my total sympathy - I had mine out under general anaethetic, and felt very sorry for myself with my hamster cheeks, drinking soup through a straw :D I hope things become less painful and swollen quickly.

[mafdet.livejournal.com]

Ouchies! I was completely put under for mine. I had a friend pick me up from the dentists. Whereupon I had ice cream and passed out in her bed.

I can't take Vicodin (opiates and I do not get along at all) so I had megadoses of ibuprofen, which worked fine. And lots of soup and ice cream.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

The only good thing about having your wisdom teeth out is that you get to eat nothing but ice cream for a few days without feeling guilty.

Hope it doesn't hurt too much. And even if it does, just remember, Jesus loves you and your pain.

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

I think I may be at last lucky in the wonderful world of teeth and will not need my wisdom teeth out. At least, they haven't said anything about it yet, and I can feel them starting to come in.

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

If they come in at all, you're cool -- even if they do have to be extracted for some reason, it's not that big a deal if they've erupted. My lovely, sideways, buried-under-the-jawbone ones were another story.

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Poor you. I hope you're feeling better now.

The only cheering sentiment I can offer here is that once your wisdom teeth are out, the dentist is never going to bother you about them again. Which is more than some other teeth I can think of.

[winding_path]

I was under "twilight sleep" for mine (with my parents to drive me home). I woke up in the middle of the surgery, could speak, or move my arms, and did the only thing my brain could think of which was to start to cry. It's the only thing I remember:
Someone: Can you feel that?
Me: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Someone: Oh God! She's awake!

And then more drugs. Which was a very good thing.

Hugs and ice cream to you!

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

I was under "twilight sleep" for mine (with my parents to drive me home). I woke up in the middle of the surgery, could speak, or move my arms, and did the only thing my brain could think of which was to start to cry.

Yeah, that was another reason why I didn't want to have the sedation -- it sounded scary, like that feeling where you wake up and you've still got a bit of sleep paralysis and can't move, and you think you're dying? I really hate that.