So, one horror is over at least. The (now confirmed) Wisdom Tooth has been extracted.
After a long train journey and a ridiculously long cab journey I arrived (just on time) at the Fylde Coast Primary Care Trust which smelled just like a hospital (ugh), filled in a form and then was told to wait. The painkillers I had taken earlier were wearing off and Mum (yes, I took my Mum) was doing her best to distract me, but the fact that I hadn’t eaten since yesterday lunchtime was starting to make itself evident - good laugh about the rumbling.
Anyway.
A quick x-ray showed that this was no ordinary tooth. It curled round at the end bending towards the nerve sack at the base of the jaw. This meant if the extraction went badly and the nerve sack was damaged I would lose feeling in some of my bottom lip. I smiled as sweetly as I could with the local anaesthetic they had already pumped into me, and asked them to not screw up. Then the pulling started. I mean, I couldn’t feel anything but I could tell by the fact that he kept saying ‘this is a bad angle’ and ‘this is a tough one’ that things were not going well.
Loose feeling in my bottom lip? What would that mean? Would I become a terminal dribbler? Would I not be able to speak properly? Because I really like talking… These were the thoughts running hrough my head as he said ‘done’ and moved away.
The nurse/assistant packed a load of gauze in to stem the bleeding and started telling me all the do’s and don’s (luckily they come written down because I wasn’t really listening). Then she asked if I wanted to keep it? Hell, yes! she said something along the lines of that’s one for the trophy cabinet but all I was thinking was ‘that’s one for the blog’. So here it is.
The cause of so much pain… with the curly bottom.
My tooth.
Evil little bastard.
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February 21st, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I feel your pain. I had mine removed at 23 and they had to be broken and dug out under general anesthesia. Two of them did that exact same thing at the base!!
Now go have some codeine and lay (lie?) down!
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February 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
WooHoo! I got mine removed at age 34 with no anesthesia! I hope this helps you start to feel much better
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February 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 am
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February 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
Kris - And there I was thinking I was all unique in my twisted base pain! They threatened me with general and hospital… I willed that sucker out!
Hilly - Other people feeling more pain than me? Always I feel better at that! How on earth did you not scream the world apart?!
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February 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 am
So glad it’s all over. No wonder it hurt, it looks like a hook. Hope you feel better.
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February 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 am
Owwwwchhhhhh!
Was I the only person reading this with my hand across my mouth, my teeth clenched and with eyes squinted up so that I could barely see?!
I am so glad that’s over for you!!
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February 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 am
You should hit it with a hammer just to teach it a lesson.
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February 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
What the hell is that thing?!?! It looks like an elf shoe.
BTW, I’ve found that “blog” does equal “trophy cabinet” in many instances!
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February 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
OMG! OW!!!
Ya mutant freak!!
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February 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Selma - Am so glad it’s out it’s scary. Now I just have to decide what to do with it. Am thinking of having a ritual burying so in the future archaeologists will find it and assume a race of aliens lived here.
Penelope - I was certainly doing that as I wrote it!
Dan - I like this idea. Actually I like this quite a lot more than another idea I had which was to have it bronzed and wear it round my neck to become one with the pain…
kapgar - What the hell was an elf doing leaving shoes in my mouth?! No wonder it hurt?! Bloody elves!
Miss Britt - Yeah, I don’t get special powers like telekinesis - no I’m the rubbish X-Man whose mutant power is having weird shaped teeth!
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February 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
That’s not a tooth of a person. I think that belongs to a saber tooth tiger.
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February 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Avitable - damn, did I get the tooth taken out while I was in tiger form? Damn these spontaneous transfigurations. Yes, that was a Harry Potter reference. How terribly last years of me!
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February 24th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Poor baby! Thank God it’s over. I got mine out at age 20, with no real drama. I’ve since learned how very lucky I was.
Sorry for the belated well-wishes, and I’m so glad you’re feeling better now!
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February 25th, 2008 at 1:43 am
SJ - I want the drama to be over, and I want the drugs to be out of my system… Mostly I want to be able to stop taking painkillers! They are really messing with my head!
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