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baalamb 
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 Posted: 01 July 2008 at 2:33pm |
Thanks for that  your dentist can't be very good not to give you any more pain relief if you screamed in pain.
I had a really vivid nightmare about the whole procedure last night, so the actual thing won't be as bad as my dream, surely!!!
I've booked it anyway, and although I keep thinking about it and talking about it, I don't feel as nervous as I initially felt. I'm sure that will all change on the day.
ETA: it's all happening next Tuesday afternoon!
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fire_engine
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 3:02pm |
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You'll be fine! It'll all be over soon.
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 3:58pm |
Hrmmm... sorry, I haven't read posts so may be repeating. (Read first page so understand anxiety!)
I had my bottom ones out under GA covered by Southern Cross about 5 years ago.
Mine were feckeroonied. Lying horizontal and threatening to wreak havoc with my teeth. And there was no way I was letting that happen after I went through the pain of having braces!
So I was under and don't remember the procedure. I do remember that I looked like a chipmunk for a few weeks afterward and had some pretty serious bruising along my jaw line. Hawt.
Ewww and syringing out the holes to get rid of food. Man some gross stuff came out of there. Word of advice: don't eat brocolli.  
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caitlynsmygirl
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 7:08pm |
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[QUOTE=baalamb]
I had a really vivid nightmare about the whole procedure last night, so the actual thing won't be as bad as my dream, surely!!!
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chick, from someone who watches the procedure nearly every day , i can honestly tell you it sounds scarier than it is , you'll be fine, just do what the dentist tells you after, eg salt rinses, no spitting for the rest of the day etc and you'll be fine,expect some discomfort, the wisdom teeth are big teeth afterall.
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 7:09pm |
 alexbabe wrote:
okay-i had all 4 mine taken out and it hurt like hell, i had just a general anesthetic and stuff,
on the last 2 i could feel the guy cutting through my gum, i screamed that bad that DH walked out along with another patient .
i will admit i walked out in tears cursing the Dr-cause damm it hurt.
I still have the teeth in a draw-heheeh.
But i feel sooooo much better that it out now |
you had a general anesthetic and it hurt?
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ellen
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 7:22pm |
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You guys are hilarious with your "sedation" memories.
I used to take a rather strong anti anxiety tablet when I first started flying and I remember taking two in one day (one each way) and the flight home must have been memorable for the poor man sitting next to me as I can vaguely remember asking him if we were heading the right way (I seriously thought the pilots were heading south not north - it was dark what would I know?) and then waking myself up with my own snoring. Needless to say I didn't worry about that flight!
I got these strange flashbacks the next day and promptly changed the doseage.
Sorry a bit off topic.
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ellen
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 7:23pm |
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Ooo forgot to ask... what have you decided to go with?
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fire_engine
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 7:23pm |
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Oh yeah, good point nikki - make sure you get a wee syringe from the surgeon to syringe the food out of your holes. I didn't get one and tried to dig the food out with cotton buds - god knows how I didn't push it down further and get an infection.
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 9:59pm |
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Hi I had 3 taken out and a filling done in one session - I was dribbling a bit at the end but that was all. I have a great dentist only had some local and he said it was the way they were taken out so recovery was brill and I could have gone to work the next day. Do the dentists instructions eg salt rinses and you will be fine. All up it cost about $800 because my dentist knew that I didnt have any health insurance - he rocked. I didnt need IV or anything. They were the best thing I ever got done because I had been in severe pain.
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baalamb
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Posted: 01 July 2008 at 10:33pm |
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I've decided to go with sedation and local.
Kelly - I saw that too and thought maybe alexbabe just made a mistake.
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baalamb
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 4:23pm |
Well. That whole experience was really traumatic  the sedation did bugger all to relax me, just made me wobbly on my feet, and I felt like I was almost choking a couple of times. I cried after it was all over.
I've had a look in my mouth and man there are some big holes there, but I've also notices a long bloody thing coming from the hole on one of the top ones. Kelly, is this normal? To me it looks like the clot, but its like a few cm's long and obviously not meant to be hanging out of my tooth do you think I should give them a call back and ask what it is and what to do about it? Or is it completely normal? I'm not going to touch it or pull it or anything, but just wondered why it was from one hole and not any of the others. Has the stitch not held or something?
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 4:25pm |
Oh gosh, sorry it didn't go so well, yikes! hope you recover nice and fast!
ETA: I remember when I had mine done there was a bit of loose skin or something coming out for a while, kept feeling it with my tongue and it felt kinda "flappy", sorry if thats gross but I heard its quite common. It goes away.
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 4:37pm |
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Awww Kirst. Sucky!!! I don't recall stuff hanging but do remember the holes being damn big and the clot being a bit gross to touch. Try not to stick your tongue in it - hurts like a mo' fo'!
Call them if you are worried sweet. Do you have a follow up appt? I recall having to get appts to get the sites checked out.
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 4:37pm |
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Oh, sorry it didn't go so well. But it's now OVER!
I would give them a ring - always better to ask, and it's more civilised to ring now than in 6 hours, when you will probably become even more worried about it (just speaking from my experience of never calling my MW till its really late and I've got myself all worked up!).
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baalamb
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 5:01pm |
The clotty thing came away.  Not overly worried because there's still a clot in it, the bleeding's starting to subside now (it's so gross!). The anaesthetic is starting to wear away now and the pain is kicking in slowly but surely! Can't have another Voltaren for half an hour.
Nikki - yeah I have a follow up in a week to get the stitches removed shudder...!
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baalamb
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 5:02pm |
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Oh and while he was in there cutting and pulling away, he said that one of the bottom ones had actually grown more roots!!!!!!!! Ugh, mutant tooth. I'm so grossed out.
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 6:09pm |
Awww Kirst tat sounds horrible, but at least it is all done now. I still have a slight hole from when I had my eye teeth taken out 13 years ago.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 6:11pm |
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Sorry to hear it didn't go that well. At least you don't have to worry about the thought of having it done now. Hope the pain meds do their thing!!
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 7:17pm |
sorry to hear it didnt go well chick :-(
that thing coming out your mouth does not sound good,i would ring them tomorrow and describe it and say you want them to have an urgent look at it, it may just be some loose skin ( ) or worse case scenario, one of the stiches hasnt held and the clot has come out, which we need to fix straight away , that can cause dry socket , and you DO not want that !
ring them tomorrow first thing chick
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