As requested by my lovely mother, I'm posting my wisdom tooth removal story. A few weeks ago, my bottom left wisdom tooth decided to start growing, it pierced my gum and the whole ordeal very painful. I can now be more understanding of all those wailing teething babies! The pain got quite annoying, so I went to see a nurse, who have me Orajel, which is basically baby teething medicine (I'm unfortunately not being dramatic, this is a picture of what I got...). Orajel tasted gross, but did freeze me up well enough to dull the pain. Time went by, and the pain receded. Still, I had made an appointment to get my tooth removed today, so off I went!
I must confess that I was nervous, almost everyone I spoke to had a horror wisdom tooth related story to share with me. By the by people, sharing pain filled stories with a "pre-op" patient is not the smartest thing to do, just mentioning! So there I was, frozen from my chin to my ear, and half way across the face, still mentally preparing myself for what was about to happen, trying to figure out what exactly the dentist was up to, and all of a sudden there was a big pressure and the tooth was out! Incredible! I mean the actual removal of the tooth must have lasted 10 minutes top! The before and after part were long, tedious, and painful... but kudos to modern medicine, getting a tooth pulled out was a breeze!
Well, seems that today I lost wisdom, but I gained life experience, so I guess the trade was worth it! I still have two upper wisdom teeth left. Let us hope that they stay hidden.
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