I'm scared and I want my Mommy!

[Udie]

 I'm about to pass out with fear as I write this.  This morning I go to have my final 2 wisdom teeth, the bottom impacted ones, cut out.

 So if you see me in the arena later on today and I'm acting strange or like a bastard, I'm either drugged out on pain killers or hurting like a mo'fo.

 at least their going to give me an IV and hit me with dimerol to knock me out.  Maybe I'll get lucky and be able to talk them into a shot of valium first, to "calm" me down    Being a big popsicle has it's benefits  

 No food or drink 12 hrs b4 surgery!!!!    do you have any idea how thirsty you can get when you don't get a drink of water in the morning?!?!?!?!?!


MOMMY!!!!!!


Udie

[Degas]

I put up with the misery of having all four wisdom teeth go bad on me over the space of 3 years, and put off having anything done about it.

I finally went and did exactly what you are doing.  They knocked me out with IV drugs (wow, that's some good chit, man).  Three of mine were impacted, had to be cut out, broken up with a chisel, etc.

I woke up about an hour later with my mouth packed full of cotton, and my girlfriend drove me home.  I pulled out the cotton, started rinsing with warm salt water every 15 minutes or so.

The next day I was kicking my own bellybutton for putting it off as long as I did.  They gave me a killer prescription for Darvons to help the pain.  I took one, and flushed the rest.

You're gonna be fine, Udie.  No sweat  

[blur]

Strange, I just had two wisdom teeth pulled last week; left side top and bottom. Mine weren't impacted though so it was just a lunch time crank and yank. Since I was awake I could hear that "Hollywood crunching lettuce" sound when they were being pulled. Eeewwww!

The only time I got worried was when the dentist put his left foot on my forehead for leverage.

Just kidding!

You'll be fine.  

[Cobra]

Oh boy, I had all 4 of mine done at once.

The bottom two were impacted and the roots had somehow wrapped around a nerve in my jaw  

Anyway, I took the happy gas, got the IV and was sleepy time.  Woke up an hour later, got driven home and then rinsed out those gaping holes in my mouth  

Actually its not too bad, but just don't look at that craftsman chisel and hammer beside the chair  

The Dentist did have a hell of time chippin' those bottom ones out though.

Cobra

[Ripsnort]

YOu better hope they get every fragment out, they didn't in my case, and I had fragments pushing thru for 3 months after, which made any other sort of pain insignificant compared to sharp shards of tooth working their way thru infected gum tissue.

[GRUNHERZ]

Interesting story about gettin wisdom teeth pulled and AH....

I started playing AH last summer. The reason I finally signed up was that I had nothing to do but stay home and rest after all 4 of my wisdom teeth were pulled out. So my first days of AH I was flyin half numb on painkillers with a bunch of bloody gauze stuck in my mouth.   hehe

[Dowding]

Ouch.

Do all Wisdom teeth end up causing you problems? And how many are you supposed to have?

I think I've got my last one coming through now - I really ought to see a dentist, I haven't been to one for about 1 year but she said the other wisdom teeth had come through fine (she said I had a big mouth, the cheeky cow  ).

Hmmm... I'll go book an appointment now. Thanks for such an informative thread.  

[This message has been edited by Dowding (edited 06-01-2001).]

[Ripsnort]

Dowding, if your wisdom teeth have come in straight and fine, there will be no need to have them removed.  The reason folks have them removed is usually because their jaw line won't allow for the proper grow of the said Wisdom tooth...now, in your case, where your shoe fits just fine in your mouth, it should be no problem (Just kidding!  ) <S>

[flakbait]

Pain? What are you guys talking about? You must have picked a bad dentist. I got all four of mine (impacted) removed at once, without IV drugs. I just told the guy there's no such thing as too much novicane and he went to work. Sounded a lot like Rice Krispies every time he broke one up, but I couldn't feel a thing. Went home the same day with a bottle of painkillers. I only took two the first night because the cotton balls in the back of my head were getting into the holes in my jaw. After that it was smooth sailing. Hell, I was smoking a cigarette in the car on my way home, and even stopped off at Fred Meyer's for a Mighty Mighty Boss Tones CD!!

I can't take IV drugs to put me out because I get violently ill from them. Hence the 5 vials of novicane. All in all I've had more pain from a root canal than from getting four teeth busted up and torn out. I talked to the guy, as best I could anyway, while he worked. It didn't bother me in the least, and he was cracking jokes to boot. A bled a little more than usual, but it wasn't anything to be concerned about. Not a bad experience for me in the least.

Udie, don't drink ANY cold liquids. They cause a pain spike from hell (I know, I tried a soda two days after I had them pulled. OUCH!!!!). Don't eat anything that can easily get into the holes that WILL be left in your jaw. French fries, mashed potatoes, anything along those lines is a no-no. Kick back, relax, pop in a good movie or play your guitar. And make DAMN sure they give you painkillers just in case. Don't take them unless you actually NEED them, and if you don't need them the first week, toss 'em out.


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Richthofen's blood and celebrate his death."
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[Dowding]

 

now, in your case, where your shoe fits just fine in your mouth, it should be no problem (Just kidding!  ) <S>

Heh, I set myself up for that one, funny man.  

I understand the word 'impacted' now - I understand even more the pain that must cause. Thanks for the info.  

[Eagler]

ask for novocaine and gas. Then start hyperventilating  

Eagler

[AKDejaVu]

Had mine out when I was 18.. all 4 at once.  Went with the gas and IV... was eating Pizza the next day

My dad had his out when he was 45.  His face was black and blue for 2 weeks.

AKDejaVu

[buhdman]

Good luck, Udie.  I remember when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.  They gave me novacaine and laughing gas.  My teeth were so impacted it felt like they had to use dynamite to loosen them up and when the oral surgeon stood on my chest to pull out the last pieces, well, that was more than I could take.  Damn near killed me.

Hope yours came out easier than mine!

Buhdman, out

[Udie]

I'm asking for GAS, NOVACAINE AND NARCOTICS!!!!!

 What kind of stuff can I eat?  I didn't have any problems with the upper 2, but those holes where at the top of my mouth not the bottom.


 PS.  Thanks for the stories guys it's helping me be less worried  

S!

Udie

btw otw there now to get it done!@!!!!!  

[SeaWulfe]

Apple sauce, ice cream, and maybe yogurt... not sure on yogurt because that has a bacteria catalyst.

I have 4 wisdom teeth I need pulled... and I am NOT looking forward to it. I keep putting it off.
-SW