 Saturday, January 07, 2006
Today, finally went for my long awaited (and long put-off) dental appointment! On the car there, started feeling the jitters and kept praying :] but thank God Joanne had gone through surgery a few weeks before and she assured me that there's no pain. But still was wondering how it would feel like to have a permanent tooth, roots and all, taken out. Was wondering if they would cut the tooth into 4 pieces like they did my friend and take out piece by piece. :P
Anyway, went in and found out that it was a different dentist. worst still, a younger one! Straightaway hope faded... a new dentist recently graduated from dental school or something.. But turned out that he was nicer than my dentist. Haha.. not that my dentist was mean, just professional to the point of not caring about the patient twitching in his chair -_=
Anyway, asked the new dentist if there was going to be anaesthetic and stitches. He said "No" to stiches and "Of course, we're not going to torture you" to the anaesthetic. Haha.. The anaesthetic was painful though..the injections.. 12 altogether on my upper and lower right gums - OUCH! Then he gave me 2 panadols which i had trouble swallowing since half my face was paralysed -_- Then he proceeded to use a vice to get a grip on one of my molars and started pushing it from left to right. The nurse had to come and help hold my head still from the side :D
At one point i squeezed my eyes shut and he stopped and asked if it still hurt. haha..nice dentist! :] The dentist told me that my teeth were very interesting and looked as if he wanted to keep them after that because the roots of my teeth were slightly hooked (hence the pain).
But the pinnacle of this experience was 2 hours after the extraction, after the dentist called up and asked us to pay him and take the medicine.. haha..turned out that we left too soon. Anyway, was lying down holding an ice pack to my jaw when i decided it was time to take out the gauze so i went to the toilet and took it out. But was really painful because the anaesthetic had worn off and couldn't really open my mouth. Joanne was helping me bite on new gauze when i suddenly felt giddy. haha.. next thing i remembered was Joanne shaking me and asking me to wake up whilst laughing. Turned out i was lying on the bathroom floor sleeping, i was confused because Joanne was laughing so when she said "i can't believe u really fainted", it didn't connect because 1. she was LAUGHING.. (-_-) 2. in those few seconds, i had a dream and felt as if i had slept for hours.
Haha.. think it did me good, fainting, because really felt much better and stronger. Haha.. guess it was just the body's way of adjusting :] Anyway, all that's left is another trip to extract 2 more teeth :]!
Dear God, thank you for protecting me and for my fast healing. Give me strength and aid the healing to be fast :] Thank you God for everything, love you much! In Jesus' Name i pray, Amen! :]
from Jeannette 2 u @ 5:46 AM
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