My dentist experience
I had one of my wisdom teeth pulled two Mondays ago. I went into the dentist for a new patient evaluation, and upon inspecting my teeth, the dentist advised me to have that one removed right away as well as have a filling done. I agreed, thinking that the removal procedure would be relatively harmless and that I wouldn't feel any pain during the procedure or afterwards. It dismays me to inform you that I was wrong on both accounts. I'd never had a tooth pulled before, and I now dread any future dentist visits. It hurt so much while he was pulling it that I started to cry, and then it hurt so much afterwards that I was forced to take off work from Monday to Thursday. I should have stayed home again Friday, but I couldn't afford to, so I went into work anyway. The dentist had told his assistant to prescribe me some painkillers, but I forgot about it and the assistant evidently did as well, so I was not a happy person when I got home. My sister had some pills leftover from when she injured her neck in a car accident, so I took one of those and fell in love. It removed the majority of the severe, overwhelming pain, but it also left me quite drowsy. My dentist called me Monday evening to check up on me and after hearing how much pain I was in, he phoned a prescription in to the drugstore. Luckily it was for the same painkilers my sister had, but an even higher dosage!
I've had back surgery (which actually didn't hurt at all) and a broken leg. I've had a multitude of other injuries, for I am severely accident-prone. Everything else was a piece of cake compared to this wisdom tooth removal. My dentist advised me to have the other bottom tooth pulled (an oral surgeon will have to take care of that one though) and says that my top ones should be fine. I have to go see him again next week for a cleaning and another filling (I'm never waiting 4 years between going to the dentist again, and I'm now an avid proponent of dental floss and all that fun stuff), and I'm totally dreading it.
In happy news, it's now only 21 days until the next/final Harry Potter book comes out, which means it's also only 20 days until my 25th birthday!
I've had back surgery (which actually didn't hurt at all) and a broken leg. I've had a multitude of other injuries, for I am severely accident-prone. Everything else was a piece of cake compared to this wisdom tooth removal. My dentist advised me to have the other bottom tooth pulled (an oral surgeon will have to take care of that one though) and says that my top ones should be fine. I have to go see him again next week for a cleaning and another filling (I'm never waiting 4 years between going to the dentist again, and I'm now an avid proponent of dental floss and all that fun stuff), and I'm totally dreading it.
In happy news, it's now only 21 days until the next/final Harry Potter book comes out, which means it's also only 20 days until my 25th birthday!