wisdom teeth

BAM! what precious little pieces of calcium.

my wisdom teeth were impacted. that means that they hadn’t erupted yet (did not break the surface of the gums). some very lucky people can let their wisdom teeth grow in without a hitch but i couldn’t. according to the xrays, mine were angled directly towards my last molars. uh oh bumper teeth! MAY DAY!!!
if i hadn’t gotten them out, all sorts of ugly and miserable things could have happened. but yipee! never fear because today they went bye-bye.

i do not like doctors. i do not like dentists. i do not like medicine. biology bores me. shots scare the crap outta me. i hate how unnaturally cold it always seem to be in doctor’s offices. so, understandably, i had been dreading 9:30 am on friday, july 10th, 2009 — the day i was scheduled to get my teeth extracted.

but you know what? the whole procedure wasn’t that bad!!! the nurses were very nice to me (they gave me lots of drugs). i took some anti-anxiety pills… although i swear those were sugar pills to mess with my mind. they didn’t stop my heart from being like a jack rabbit.
however, when the doctor told me he was going to give me some laughing gas beforehand, i got pretty excited. oh silly nitrous oxide. how taunting you are to me. when the nurse put it over my face, i didn’t feel any different at all! i guess it only works on certain people because it didn’t have a very big effect on me. finally, i told the doc just to go ahead with it. he sprayed this freezing cold substance on my arm and stuck the anesthesia in (ouch!). again, nothing happened to me.

all these horrible thoughts started running through my head. “what if i’m allergic to it? what if it doesn’t work? what if i’m awake but i can feel everything they do to me but i can’t say anything about it like in that one movie? what if…? what if…?”
then i heard the doctor say, “do you have a nice dream planned out for yourself?” ohhh yes. cute guys… jonas brothers… you know the usual.
but of course i didn’t say that. i meant to say “yeah, disneyland” but i don’t think the words ever came out.

FABULOUS! the whole operation lasted 40 minutes to the outside world but to me… it was a glorious nap time. i dreamed i flew over buildings completely weightless.

when i woke up, i was groggy and sleepy but i’m 90% i was completely sane. i apologize if you were expecting a “david after dentist” video. i was too.

anyways, the moral of the story is anesthesia is your friend. people wait on you, spoon feed you smoothies, and you get to take fun drugs like vikadin and ibuprofen.

ahh good day. =P

P.S. the nurse said i requested to keep my teeth. i do not recall this.