Cubicle of the Mindless

This was perhaps on of the single most daring experience of my life. Why did I choose to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth extraction?

Time was running out for me as I'm flying back on Feb 22. In Australia, dental care isn't that affordable, and wisdom teeth extraction alone can set you back for a few hundred $$$. Imagine how much more surgery would cost.

The dentist at the National Dental Centre said the best option for me, was to do all 4 under local anesthetic. General anesthetic, which puts the patient to sleep requires a much earlier advance booking.

Not having much alternatives, this was prob the best. Fortunately, after much pleading, the staff nurse was kind enough to slot me in on Valentines' Day, which was already overbooked. Enough time to rest before my flight.

On the day of the surgery, I had my last proper meal, a plate of CharSiew Rice. Can't believe I'm gonna survie on cereal & porridge for nearly 1 whole week... 8``^(

Anyway, in the operation room, I was getting jittery. When the dentist injected the anesthetic into my gums, I actually teared. Argh! Freaking PAIN!!! The feeling of the liquid entering my gums wasn't all that unbearable, but the piercing was. He pierced my gums for at least 10 times, since each tooth required about 2jabs.

The pain and the tears just made me even more nervous about the operation. With all the horrible accounts of pain I've heard from friends, I was beginning to wonder how much pain was I gonna get.
I started feeling cold, which wasn't a good sign, since the nurse said it actually isn't that cold.

So it was my nerves acting up. HarBis la! Someone who's been true shit in army, but now so damn scared... sighs.... But at least I knew I wasn't gonna say "ehh... Doc, think I'll do it some other time??"

The nurses helped calm my nerves by giving me a hot water bottle to hold on to. Awww~~ haha, and it worked, coz it was so hot! The heat distracted me from the pain, and gave me something to focus on, since they had to cover my eyes during the op.... Felt like a guinea pig, so helpless....

The dentist gave no warning at all. He just asked me to open my mouth, & the next second, he was drilling away. At least he was quick about it, would have been worse if he was gossiping with the nurses while doing the op on me....

I din lose all sensation on my left gum, & still knew what he was doing. I could feel him digging out the broken roost of my lower wisdom tooth, & I felt some pain, but it was still bearable. & I felt my upper left tooth being forcefully pulled out.

But the worse came when he started on the right side. I guessed by this time, some of the anesthetic began to wear off, so it was *@#^@*&!# painful when he try to pull out my upper right tooth. I teared again, and let out a loud "OUCH!".

So he gave me another 2 jabs to increase the numbness... But he didn't do so for the lower left tooth, so when he started to drill and cut that.. you guessed it, OUCH! sighs.... Thankfully, that was as bad as it got for the surgery.

I realised the empty gum sockets were bleeding like mad after I got home and change the gauze. Yucks! Since the nurse said that vigorous rinsing and spitting could encourage more bleeding, I had to swollow it.... Bobian la... & I was taking like an idiot coz my tongue & lips were numb...

The worse Post-Op part was when the anesthetics totally wore off. !$!(#^@(^!@#()!! Damn bloody PAIN! WahLau! It had nothing to do with the intensity, but the type "longevity" was unbearable. Imagine someone giving you a really hard pinch, & not letting go forever!

What a sad Vday for me..... Anyway, its the 2nd day after my OP, & I now look like a cockster, coz both sides of my face are swollen, like as if I got mumps. Sighs....

--Note to Self:
-Pharmacist at NDC was rather good-looking, hahaha
-Try not to lose too much weight this wk.. Already 58-59...
-Muz watch diet, need to recover ASAP.