26

April

2010

Bwahaha! No more pain!

Posted in : LOL, Life

In theory.

Right now, I’m pretty bitchy because of the pain.

You see, I had the third of four wisdom teeth removed today. I’m rather excited it’s gone because it’s been causing me a LOT of pain. Excruitiating, headache, face numbing pain. The dentist was just like “So, you want this out today?” And I nodded.

Now, of course, with no freezing, I almost want it back. Except it hurt more when it was in. I think. We’ll see. Here’s the story:

This tooth was always the trouble tooth of the wisdom teeth. I’d had the right teeth, top and bottom, ripped out years ago, but had left the ones on the left side alone because they weren’t a problem at the time.

Mistake No. 1.

The top tooth was actually jammed so hard against my jaw that I couldn’t open my mouth properly, nor could I brush the tooth on the outside or on the back side. Consequently, and with how tight it was packed, food got stuck back there all the time, and I had to pry it out with a finger at times.

You’d think that would have been a hint to me once the headaches started.

To be fair, I KNOW tooth pain, root pain headaches. A doctor fucked up one of my teeth, and I had to have Dr. Morris pull it. It was that sort of pain, but I didn’t want to go all the way out to Lively, so I went to a nearby dentist. Who also happened to be my friend’s dad. No offense to my friend, or her dad, but he was overly cautious. Next!

Dr. U told me I would need a specialist. The specialist said “July!” and I said “WAUGH!” Keep in mind I’m chugging an extra str. advil on the 4 hour timer, if not cheating a bit earlier. This is unkind to your stomach. But I had to; the pain made it impossible for me to function.

So I made an appointment with Dr. Morris. Who is pretty cute, fyi.

He yanked it out. I was trying to not panic. I panic when something is being done to my body that could hurt. Panic! Panic! And he was awesome, reassuring me the entire time. If he wasn’t busy yanking my tooth out (or in this case, pushing it until it came out), he would have been holding and petting my hand, I’m sure, talking in a sweet, soothing voice. I told him I loved him.

I also got to say ‘numtung’ like Kirk!

So, the long and short story is, my sinus cavity is fine, I have a hole in my mouth, and its burning.

And my dentist is hot.

Did I mention I’m getting the last one out next week? Yay.

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