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[hel_ana]

As much as I am decidedly not looking forward to the actual procedure, I cannot wait to have these damned wisdom teeth out of my mouth forever.

That is all.

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[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Oh, amen.

Just believe them when they say "no solid food for X time" - I didn't.

The infection wasn't worth the food...

[hel_ana]

I got really lucky then with the first surgery, because I had no problems with that.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Happened to me with the second - piece got under the flap - you can intuit the rest..

[hel_ana]

Ugg.

Was that top or bottom?

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Bottom, as I recall (we are talking about 17 years ago, so, memory is somewhat less than reliable).

Became a secondary infection - headed down my throat along a blood vessel. My boyfriend of the time was told to stay up with me and make sure my breathing stayed regular while I was sleeping, as there was some concern that the swelling from the infection might push hard enough (umm...isn't that cartiledge - that's some serious infection, methinks)

[hel_ana]

This is actually the second time I'm having wisdom teeth out. The first time, they removed the bottom two, in a surgery, under general.

This time, it's a novocaine and yank for the top two, since they're much less complicated.

[holliemonster.livejournal.com]

it wasn't as bad as i feared...and it was something i had feared since i was about 8 and my stepdad had his taken out.

good luck!

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Good luck. I had mine removed years ago (I think it was an oral surgeon). Mine were not impacted, just had cavities the dentist (my mom's dentist that I hated) didn't want to fix.

[good-eeevening.livejournal.com]

Hey! Don't forget to make them give you your teeth back! They make fantastic Christmas gifts!

(or at least good disgusting prank gifts--I gave one of mine to my mother, all wrapped up in a pretty box--hey, I had to get her back for the time she gave me her toenail).

Good luck!