you say over-dramatic, I say concerned and cautious...
I am not looking forward to this Wednesday...at ALL! Wednesday I am going to have three wisdom teeth removed. About two years ago my dentist was able to pull one of my wisdom teeth, that was about to give me some trouble. Well, now another one is about to cause some more damage. My dentist can not pull this puppy out, it has to be removed. Along with the other two remaining wisdom teeth. By removed, I mean CUT out of my mouth. Now this may be a ROUTINE procedure, but to me it sounds quite severe. Yes, I know that most everyone has had this done. I have not, so therefore, I will now start to freak out a bit. I am completely prepared to explain my key points of why I am nervous about this situation.
1. I HATE needles. I hate anything that punctures my skin. It hurts! And I swear, I can feel it, the ENTIRE time. Sure they say you will only feel the initial prick...they are wrong. I know it's there. I feel it. It's not a naturally occurring thing on my arm, so get it off! I hate getting shots. I hate giving blood even more. When I get a cavity filled and they get that HUGE needle out and start to stick it in my mouth to numb it, I sink so far into the dentistry chair than my body becomes a part of that chair. Yes, I am baby. I am in total grasp of this. I embrace it and try to avoid needle situations.
2. I am always afraid that I will NOT go to sleep when they put me out. I have had only one other surgery in my life. Before I turned 16, I had knee surgery where they removed more than half of the cartilage in my left knee. I still remember being wheeled into the surgery room scared TO DEATH I wasn't going to go to sleep. I had nightmares of waking up mid surgery. Well, let's just say, I am a bit worried of this also.
3. Dry sockets. Do I really need to say more. A friend of mine told me she got a dry socket after her wisdom tooth was removed. I asked if she sucked out of a straw or did something they advised against and she told me no, it just happened. GREAT! I read on the internet some woman described it as bad a child birth. So now, in my head, I am fearing terrible labor pains of the mouth.
4. I can't have anything to eat or drink before the surgery. So when I go to bed on Tuesday night I will not be able to drink anything until the surgery is over, and probably not for a while after that. I always have something to drink. Whether I am at home, work, or in the car I always have water or a soda that I am drinking. I don't really think I know how to function without having some liquid to refresh me. What happens when I wake up in the night and need a drink of water? This stinks.
5. Just what am I suppose to eat after? My entire mouth is going to feel like someone kicked it with cleats on. There are a limited amount of things that will satisfy your hunger that don't require chewing.
Ok, ok...I know this is a bit dramatic. I also know just about everyone out there has had this procedure done. I am just a little baby-ish when it comes to situations where I know it will be painful. For some reason I thought getting it out there in blog form would make me feel better about it. I have had some nice friends tell me that it will be fine and I need to stop worrying. This is true. I know it will all be fine. But me being me, I have to flip out about it for a little bit. So thanks for listening to my little rant.
1. I HATE needles. I hate anything that punctures my skin. It hurts! And I swear, I can feel it, the ENTIRE time. Sure they say you will only feel the initial prick...they are wrong. I know it's there. I feel it. It's not a naturally occurring thing on my arm, so get it off! I hate getting shots. I hate giving blood even more. When I get a cavity filled and they get that HUGE needle out and start to stick it in my mouth to numb it, I sink so far into the dentistry chair than my body becomes a part of that chair. Yes, I am baby. I am in total grasp of this. I embrace it and try to avoid needle situations.
2. I am always afraid that I will NOT go to sleep when they put me out. I have had only one other surgery in my life. Before I turned 16, I had knee surgery where they removed more than half of the cartilage in my left knee. I still remember being wheeled into the surgery room scared TO DEATH I wasn't going to go to sleep. I had nightmares of waking up mid surgery. Well, let's just say, I am a bit worried of this also.
3. Dry sockets. Do I really need to say more. A friend of mine told me she got a dry socket after her wisdom tooth was removed. I asked if she sucked out of a straw or did something they advised against and she told me no, it just happened. GREAT! I read on the internet some woman described it as bad a child birth. So now, in my head, I am fearing terrible labor pains of the mouth.
4. I can't have anything to eat or drink before the surgery. So when I go to bed on Tuesday night I will not be able to drink anything until the surgery is over, and probably not for a while after that. I always have something to drink. Whether I am at home, work, or in the car I always have water or a soda that I am drinking. I don't really think I know how to function without having some liquid to refresh me. What happens when I wake up in the night and need a drink of water? This stinks.
5. Just what am I suppose to eat after? My entire mouth is going to feel like someone kicked it with cleats on. There are a limited amount of things that will satisfy your hunger that don't require chewing.
Ok, ok...I know this is a bit dramatic. I also know just about everyone out there has had this procedure done. I am just a little baby-ish when it comes to situations where I know it will be painful. For some reason I thought getting it out there in blog form would make me feel better about it. I have had some nice friends tell me that it will be fine and I need to stop worrying. This is true. I know it will all be fine. But me being me, I have to flip out about it for a little bit. So thanks for listening to my little rant.
I completely understand and hope everything goes well! I have a great fear of being put to sleep - for some of the same reasons. Point in case, I took a couple of those Advil PM one time when people suggested to me that they help with falling asleep, as I have an insomnia issue, and guess what - I did not fall asleep with those! Instead I lay there worrying and wide awake.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure everything is going to go just fine though. Good thoughts being sent your way. :)