It's finally out!!!

Yippeeeee!!!

This trip to the dentist's chair was successful, and the stupid pesky wisdom tooth is now just surgical waste!!!

I was nervous going, not sure whether I would have the same reaction to the anaesthetic like last time. I got there and we had a little chat about the last visit. He reassured me that it was most likely the infection causing all the trouble and doubt that it would happen again. 3 successive needles later and I was all numb and ready to go. I couldn't believe how much better I felt this time, after the 3rd last time I had turned into a twitching mess.

So after poking around and making sure that I couldn't feel a thing, he set to work getting the blasted thing out. He wriggled it, pushed & pulled but it wouldn't come. Then the top was drilled of it and forceps shoved in as he tried to grasp the tooth. He huffed and puffed, but it still wouldn't come. I quickly opened my eyes and had a peek, only to quickly see the large pointy forceps coming towards my mouth. Then the dentist commented, "If this doesn't get it out, I'm not sure what will"

I layed back and tried to relax my mouth, very hard thing to do though will all the commotion going on inside it. One side of my lip was pulled so tightly, the tongue was held out of the way by the assistant (and I quote, "So I don't cut it!!). He tried to grab the tooth, slipping a few times sending the instruments ricocheting of other parts of my un-anaesthetised mouth.

I heard the sound of my tooth cracking and crunching, all whilst trying to stay relaxed and willing my tooth out of my body. Finally after one humongous jolt & crack it came away. Well all except one tip of the root. After having a look around and not finding anything Mr dentist came to the conclusion that it had either been sucked up with the suction thingy or I had swallowed it. Yuck, yuck!

I didn't really care though, I was just so happy it was finally out, even if it did look like a murder scene had just happened on my face and chest - there was blood splattered everywhere!

So after packing my mouth with gauze Mr Dentist explained that with all the force he had to use I would most definitely be in a lot of pain later. Also because to free the tooth he had to drill the bone, which would also result in pain.

Pain, pfft! Surely the pain from after that wouldn't even come close to the pain I have been in all week!

Again he said that the numbness would stick around for another 3 or 4 hours, well just as I was paying the bill I started getting feeling back. By the time I had gotten home it was nearly all back to normal, and YES it was a lot of pain.

Add to that the fact that I haven't eaten since my very early breakfast and I am starving. I can barely get water in my mouth let alone food, so looks like that's off the agenda for a day or so!

I was probably just as nervous about the bill as I was about the tooth, but it seems my husband has friends in high places. It was only $250, and might just have been the best $250 that I have ever spent.

Off to dose up on panadol and hit the sack. Hopefully things would have eased up by tomorrow.