Ok, I'm tough in most areas (2 c sections.....regular waxing, not on my legs !.) but the words " wisdom tooth" and "extraction" in the same sentence reduce me to a quivering wreck and make me want to pass out.
My dentist referred me to the hospital because the wisdom tooth ( upper right) has been giving me problems for the last year and is too fiddly for him to take out.
" phew" I thought, " a general...!"
But today, when I had a pre whatever appointment the surgeon said what would be better would be a local ( feels. faint....feels sick) with sedation
" it will be like I've injected vodka into your veins" ( wtf.....how could I refuse???!!)
She said ( in a very matter of fact, Londoner meets Yorkshire straight talker way ) that having a GA to get a tooth out was a bit " like using a hammer to break a nut" and of course the recovery time would be quicker, I'd be out in half an hour. So I agreed....idiot!
Then......I went to the lovely admissions lady who said ;
" most people have a GA for this" .
She kindly suggested I have a pre whatever appointment about GA in case on the day I change my mind.....
What the hell do I do?
I'm terrified, agree that local and sedation sounds good, but I can hardly change my mind half way through. I've heard so many wisdom tooth horror stories.
The surgeon asked me what I was afraid of....and I guess it's just being awake when they're coming at my mouth and pulling a tooth out ( have never had a tooth out).
If there are any dentists out there or people who have had wisdom teeth out.....what would you do?
I understand that a GA takes longer to recover from. Would sedation do the trick.....will I really not remember anything? How out of it will I be (hoping a lot!)
Help ..... I'm not normally this pathetic.thanks for reading.
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Wisdom teeth...I'm a wimp, help!
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Drywhiteplease · 23/01/2013 21:08
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