While on my trip, my wisdom teeth started acting up and I was getting intense pain so when I returned to Trinidad I went to my dentist cuz I just could not bear it anymore. So at the visit, he noticed that the two at the top were growing outwards instead of downwards and the two on the bottom were "erupted" (I googled that to understand what it meant).
So the only choice was keep up with the intermittent pain OR remove those bad boys. I opted for removal cuz I think NO pain is better...on checking his schedule he originally thought October would be soonest as I was starting school the next week but I decided the sooner the better sooo I was put on schedule for the next Tuesday!.
So the week went on as normal, the pain died down until Sunday night when the throbbing returned which made my decision seem even better. Tuesday morning I got my X-ray and went into his office. Looking at all the tools on the table I started to get psyched out: long needles, drills, scalpels etc. After looking at the x-ray and deciding how to start the procedure, I was injected with anaesthesia which was the WORST!!! its like shooting needles through your gum, I wanted to cry (I eventually did during extraction).
When that was done he started cutting, and I felt it (AAAHHH) I raised my hand to signal for more anaesthesia which was immediately administered...after checking again with another weird tool, the procedure continued.
It was not bad except for the pressure of all the pulling & tugging and fighting the urge to spit and swallow, what was incredibly annoying was the pain afterwards with the gauze stuffed in my mouth to curtail the bleeding. My face was swollen and I looked like a chipmunk, it was awful!!
My mom was in the other room waiting on me and I wanted to go home IMMEDIATELY. My face hurt to the extent that I couldn't even talk! It was sooo bad. When we got home I went straight to bed cuz I didnt get painkillers yet.
