Thursday, August 07, 2008
It's been a while since I sat down to reminisce about life. As of now, it's been a month or so since I had a surgery done. And damn, it still hurts at times. I was having an abnormal growth at the lower right and left ends of my gums which has been the cause of my bleeding for years. [As illustrated by the picture below. The horizontal growth.]
I was scheduled a surgery soon after the appointments at Alexandra hospital and trust me, the surgery hurts real bad. I was placed under local anesthetic which means I'd be wide awake while the surgery goes on. The other form of anesthetic is the general anesthetic in which the patient will be sound asleep while the surgery goes on. The problem with local anesthetic is that, like duh, that you're awake. And it doesn't help much when they tell you to relax while they take out needles from behind you. 5 needles went through my gums. Trust me, I now know what penetration feels like. Might be as bad as an anal. Or even worse. I felt the needle go deep in. Just before she injected me:Me: You're gonna inject where?
Dentist: Relax. Just the veins around that particular spot.
Me: What? Into my mouth?
Dentist: *Laughs* Yes, just relax.
Me: Relax? Why not you lie here and I hold the needle up and tell you to relax?
Dentist: *Laughs* No it'll just hurt a little bit. Just the first injection. From then on, you'll be too numb to realize the other injections.
Me: You mean there's more than one???
Dentist: *Laughs* Yes. I need to inject around 5 times.
Me: 5? Did you just say 5?
Dentist: *Laughs* Yes, but only the first will hurt. Just relax.
Me: You sure?
Dentist: *Laughs* Yes. I do this for a living.
Me: *Wondering if it was too late to get up and run* Some kind of living.
Dentist: *After injecting the first and second* Did the second one hurt?
Me: *ARGHHHH!!!!!*
So there we have it. Never believe a dentist's lies. The second hurt just as bad and I felt the needle go deep into my gums. The next time you're going for a wisdom tooth surgery, expect a lot of pain. [Fucking dentist!] Adios.
Labels: Dentist, Surgery, Widom Tooth
