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. And the dentist/oral surgeon refuse to do it unless I'm put under... using the Michael Jackson drug 
. Yay. Exciting.. Not :\.
You mean you were fully conscious when they removed yours?Chandlah wrote:And I refused to let them put me under for the removal.
Yep!Trent DeWhite wrote:You mean you were fully conscious when they removed yours?Chandlah wrote:And I refused to let them put me under for the removal.
During the consultation, the oral surgeon told us how my face was going to swell up badly, especially since I'm a redhead ("They swell up the most"). In reality, I went home afterward, fully conscious, and sat in a chair all afternoon reading "Nightmare Academy" while switching an ice pack back and forth on my cheeks. I looked perfectly normal the next day.Trent DeWhite wrote:I had mine pulled out a couple years ago... I'm pretty sure I looked like a chipmunk for about a week.
The rest are still hidden. I'm just randomly missing two teeth in my mouth for no reason. The bad part is that I look stupid when I smile, 'cause I have five canine teeth. But I have one less wisdom tooth to have out whenever they come in. Too bad you can't do that with noisy kids.Chandlah wrote:I probably got 50 shots in my mouth that day. They just had a huge tray of them sitting there so whenever I made a noise they just stuck a couple more in.
Well, good for you.Chandler wrote:The benefit of not going under? This:During the consultation, the oral surgeon told us how my face was going to swell up badly, especially since I'm a redhead ("They swell up the most"). In reality, I went home afterward, fully conscious, and sat in a chair all afternoon reading "Nightmare Academy" while switching an ice pack back and forth on my cheeks. I looked perfectly normal the next day.Trent DeWhite wrote:I had mine pulled out a couple years ago... I'm pretty sure I looked like a chipmunk for about a week.
Staying awake meant that I wasn't out of it afterward and therefore was able to several hours of an ice pack regimen that helped stop the swelling. Another benefit is that they didn't prop my mouth open for the whole procedure like they do when the person is unconscious so I didn't experience the typical soreness in my jaw either. 
Trent DeWhite wrote:Too bad you can't do that with noisy kids.Chandlah wrote:I probably got 50 shots in my mouth that day. They just had a huge tray of them sitting there so whenever I made a noise they just stuck a couple more in.
. The whole procedure was pretty quick even though I was more than a little concerned about being put under (would MUCH rather have had a dozen shots or 'laughing gas').. I had gauze shoved in my mouth and I was still really out of it. Put it this way, I can't really remember anything my dad says I said or did >_>. Also, I was literally shivering from being cold... Let's hope it stays this way. 
Haha, yeah- I'm doing great. I'm definitely not going to take anymore Advil, either. My dad bounces back from this kind of stuff real quick, so I guess I take after him, and I've always done great with pain (get that from both my parents- yayV-lady wrote:I glad things went well! And considering you wrote a long, understandable post, I'd say you're doing pretty well.
), so I'll just suck it up 
.She'll probably come by here tomorrow and wonder who hacked her account.V-lady wrote:I glad things went well! And considering you wrote a long, understandable post, I'd say you're doing pretty well.
And they will stay in mouth, thank you.I was quite resistant to getting mine removed as well but they fed my parents all the horrifying scenarios of having to have the teeth removed later on so they went ahead and had them removed anyway.Dr. Watson wrote:I still have all my wisdom teeth despite peer pressure from dentists!
