6.18pm
I am proud to announce that I have successfully pulled through the painful ordeal of having both my wisdom teeth (lower jaw) plucked off. I'd like to sincerely thank those who sent their regards & w/o them I wouldn't have survived this operation :) I am making a great big deal outta this :P
So after ChenNing left yesterday night I went into depression counting down to 9pm which I'd have to head down to Q&M for my appointment. I was trying to get my mind off it by indulging into Twilight (yes, grab the DVD now, its out plus it comes with special features & behind the scenes oh & Popular gave me a notebook with charming Edward Cullen featured on top. Do you hear me say HAWT?).
Almost pee-ed in my pants while waiting for my turn. When I was called in I requested Mum to follow me. Dr Chan told Mummy to hold on to my hand & press onto my palm to distract me from the needle with anaesthasia. The first few injections were excruciating, I could feel the needles jabbing into my gum & the medicine flowing into my blood stream. The following few were okay since I was already half-numb.
After injection Dr Chan took a couple of x-rays to see where exactly my wisdom teeth were. FYI they weren't entirely protruding out yet, just partially on the left & totally hidden on the right. But Dr Chan warned that once those nasty lil' teeth emerge, my ortho will go to waste so I'd better extract them now.
The left one is my right wisdom tooth, right one my left. Left on is growing in a weird angle.
This was taken way before my ortho, showing my four hidden wisdom teeth.
By the time I finish taking my x-ray my entire lower gum's numb so if you slapped me then I wouldn't feel a thing. Dr Chan continued by injecting a couple more tubes of anaesthasia & then the surgery begun. According to Mum, she first slit my gum using the surgical knife, a few slits, & then pulled the entire teeth out using a spanner. Okay I do not know the correct medical term for that instrument but that was just how it looks like. The nurse had to hold my face down so that Dr Chan has enough strength to pluck the stubborn tooth out. Right wisdom tooth was easily extracted. Then comes the left side, which was a way more difficult procedure as the tooth was slanting perpendicular to the neighbour tooth. Dr Chan had to saw the tooth into smaller pieces before she could extract it out. But besides the pressure exerted I could hardly feel anything.
I am advised not to engage in any vigorous exercises nor shout so that means I cannot dance tomorrow & I cannot yell commands for drills for the time being. How great is that?
Okay so now its day 2 already & I'm feeling tons better. Except the painkillers are giving me side effects, which is making my stomach feel naseous & I'm feeling soft like tofu. Upchucked a couple of times earlier on but my affectionate mother made Milo & bread for me & I feel like a baby once again :D
P.S: I have another two more wisdom teeth hidden beneath my upper gum so yayness, I'd have to go back once I heal. DANG!
P.S.S: ChenNing if you see this, I can talk already so don't even think of bullying me in class tomorrow :P
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