Today I had to get one of me teeth pulled. Not just any one of my teeth though, but my wisdom tooth. Yuck! Over the past 10 days, it had really been bothering me to a point that four Advil a day wasn't helping to relieve the pain. So, last Thursday, I went to the dentist and we made an appointment to get my tooth pulled. Do you see #17 in the diagram?
That was my tooth! My wisdom teeth have grown in straight, so I was able to get the tooth pulled at the dentist's office. The entire experience was weird. It wasn't the dentist (he was nice), it was just the experience. I think it had something to do with me not knowing what to expect. They gave me nitrous, which made me relax and tingly all over (only when I remembered to take deep breaths though....I was having a hard time relaxing). Plus, they gave me two injections that made half of my mouth numb. Now, if you want to talk about weird, that was such a strange feeling. I felt that my face was swollen to a size of a basketball, when in actuality it was perfectly normal. It was funny because I kept on having to check myself to see if I was drooling this afternoon and I couldn't feel my ear to put my headphones in my ears. Needless to say, for about four hours this afternoon, I felt pretty bizarre. Overall though, it wasn't too bad. I just hope the recovery goes well.
Before I checked out, I was able to see my tooth. Those wisdom teeth are beasts. The roots are so long. I think the tooth fairy should start to leave money based on the size of the tooth. If that was the case, I would have been raking it in tonight.
Anyway, I'm hungry, so I'm off to deal with my new fear of eating.
Wish me luck!
-N
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