On Saturday, I got my bottom two wisdom teeth taken out. I was awake throughout the procedure and opened my eyes every few minutes to see various metal tools — a drill! a sharp pick! long tweezers! a needle! — make their way into my mouth. It was loud and bloody and totally reminded me of Little Shop of Horrors. After it was all over, I walked out of the oral surgeon’s office $500 poorer and my cheeks stuffed with oozing gauze.
“Wah-Huh-Wee-Oh-Kah-Ha,” I said on the car ride home.
“Shhh,” Matt said. “You can IM me when we get back.”
The swelling was very minimal, thanks to pineapple juice, and the pain wasn’t awful, thanks to Vicodin. We actually went to get Thai food that night. I slurped some glass noodle soup and a little bit of rice and yellow curry. Today, I had pasta twice.
Hopefully, no complications will occur and I’ll be on my way to scarfing down Flaming Hot Cheetos once again.
So that was my weekend. Not too awesome, huh?
13 responses so far ↓
1 andhari // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:26 am
LOL i think it isss awesome seeing all sorts of things came in your mouth with blood and you’re okay with it. I might pass out on the spot, I’m a wimp like that.
2 Amanda // Mar 23, 2009 at 7:32 am
Aww. At least it’s over right? All I remember from getting mine out was putting a hood on and stuffing bags of frozen peas in the sides to avoid swelling. I looked crazy, but it worked!
3 Alyssa // Mar 23, 2009 at 8:26 am
Wow I can’t believe you were able to eat so soon. It took me a week to eat normal foods!!! And neither time that I had mine taken out did they put me to sleep, lucky! :(
4 Miss Musing // Mar 23, 2009 at 9:56 am
I hope you feel better soon! I have to have my wisdom teeth extracted soon and I’m not looking forward to it. I want to be awake for the procedure too so I can watch, even though I know it’ll be gross (seeing what’s going on helps me feel calm and under control–even though I’m neither!)
5 Shaba // Mar 23, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Ah man! Don’t tell me you didn’t have the good drugs! That was the best part of the whole wisdom teeth experience.
6 Stealthnerd // Mar 23, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I’m glad the pineapple worked for you!
7 m@ // Mar 23, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Take it easy on the Vicodin. When you’re done we can sell the remaining pills. That’s a hot commodity.
8 Jamie // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Owww. I hope you feel better soon!
9 Kitty // Mar 23, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Yuck. I had to have all four out, only the I kept waking up scared and confused. After I attempted to bite the dental assistant, they decided I would have to come back and be completely knocked out (and maybe tied up) before they’d risk resuming operations. That was like a year ago. Honestly, did they really think I’d come back after I figured out how badly it was going to hurt? Warning: I was fine for the first two days. I thought, “hey, this isn’t so bad.” Three days later I was in agony. Be kind to your self and take it slow, even if you think you’re ok. Good Luck!
10 nicoleantoinette // Mar 23, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Oh God. You were AWAKE?? I had all four of my wisdom teeth out right after high school and was so glad they put me under. Until I woke up vomiting everywhere from a weird reaction to the anesthesia…
11 SoMi's Nilsa // Mar 25, 2009 at 11:00 am
This reminds me of oral surgery I had as a teenager. My mom scheduled it the day before Christmas. Why on earth she did that, I don’t know. Next time I’ll schedule it on a Saturday. Or something. =)
12 julieann // Mar 27, 2009 at 4:08 am
helloo from asia, man you were awake?!?!?! thats insane michelle! i dont think i could handle seeing all that happening. truly gangster. hope things are going well! =) saw the modeling pics a while back you guys all look amazingggg
13 nashe // Mar 29, 2009 at 2:09 am
LOL…
I have yet to get mine out! Hope my jaw doesn’t swell =\
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