hardynova's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wisdom teeth i suppose the last entry i had isn't the last one for awhile right now my right cheek is a bit swelled up due to surgery i had yesterday, which i shall recount in full glory first i arrived at the office and didn't have to wait long before i was led back to the room by the nurse i had been told previously that they would be using nitrous, but that ended up not being the case what she gave me were two sticks dipped into a topical gel that numbed me up (i was having both upper wisdom teeth removed) then she left while i sat and waited for the numbness unfortunately she hadn't told me that it was ok to swallow and i continually found myself having to spit big mouthfuls of spit into my little pink, paper, dentist bib there's no real door to the rooms they have, just curtains that they always keep open from where i was sitting i could see into the break room, which was a tad frustrating to watch other people gabbing and drinking coffee while i'm there, helpless, with two sticks protruding from my mouth which was full of flavored spit but then i was rescued by the dentist who removed the sticks, suctioned my mouth and gave me a new bib then he gave me four novocaine shots (two on each side) they weren't very painful, though i did feel them on the left then i was left alone as my palate and cheeks grew very numb i should mention that my brother was in another room also having the exact same procedure done on him and we were sharing the same dentist well not exactly the same procedure, he had two simple extractions and i had one simple and one partially-impacted so anyway, when i was good and numbed up, the dentist came in to start working on my he told me that if at any point i felt a sharp pain that i was to raise my hand immediately he said that i would feel a lot of pressure and pulling and would also hear some cracking and popping he was a very nice dentist too, he always let me know exactly what was happening so anyway, he started with my right side which was the partially impacted tooth, which was way high up and had no intention of every coming down anyway, so he had to cut into my gums i swear, he was chiseling at me (i wonder how many pieces he broked my tooth into) it was very hard to keep my head straight, i had to keep straining my jaw and neck he instructed the nurse to hold my head but still i was being pushed part way through, he let me have a break and worked on the left side, which was the simple extraction (the tooth was already completely out) and that was really easy then he resumed the pushing at my right tooth, my eyes were shut tight and i had tears streaming down each side of my face, dripping into my ears my hands clutching the armrests of the chair thankfully, i never felt the sharp pain, but my neck and jaw alone were killing me, my jaw had so much pressue on it, my right ear began to hurt and the sounds, the noise! the nurse kept telling me i was doing great, telling me to breathe through my nose, telling me it was all right there's nothing they can do about the pressure pain but when i t was over and he'd finished stitching my right side (didn't need it for the left) was when i really started sobbing not from pain, but from the nerves the dentist told me that was common and told to try to take deep breathes to help calm me down so much pressure, so intense...i hate crying in front of people but sometimes it's the only way to relieve that tension then the dentist left and the nurse gave me instructions and led me out to the waiting room i told my mom and nearly started crying again i had my bottom wisdom teeth removed when i was in high school, but i had been knocked out completely for that one now i know what i missed, and am thankful that, at least, i didn't have to do this twice my brother and i were glad that we had this procedure done at the same time, because sitting at home with gauze in your mouth and ice packs on your face...well, misery loves company though my brother's surgery was easier than mine, that was more than made up for by the fact that my brother had a bad reaction to the pain medication nausea and dizzy spells he tried to go to the bathroom for fear he might vomit, but collapsed completely before reaching his destination he couldn't eat for the rest of the night but he's feeling much better now, so that's good i have to go back next week to have them check on the stitches so i'm probably just going to stay at home the entire time rather than go back to the apartment and have to come back *sigh* i just want the swelling to go away but thank god the surgery is done and i'm not bleeding anymore it's all behind me now 9:31 p.m. - August 15, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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