And yes, when I say "this is what I was listening to" I do in fact mean that I chose to be awake for the whole procedure (minus the parts where I fainted). It wasn't that bad, even. They froze me up real good so I couldn't feel any pain, but the pressure still registered a little. I even kept my eyes open for most of it, which was really strange when the dentist started putting in the stitches.
But the best part?
Afterwards, in the recovery room, it was decided that the multiple times I fainted were caused in part by low blood sugar, since I hadn't yet eaten that morning. The solution? One of the nurses brought me a Dixie cup with apple juice. She was the cutest most grandmotherly nurse I have ever met. Anyways, she had to force feed me the juice because I wouldn't find my own mouth, on account of my lips and jaw being numb still. My tongue was also numb, so she had to tip back my chin and literally pour the juice down my throat, making an effort not to drown me in it.
That would be a sad way to go.
"Man drowns in apple juice after dental operation."
What are some other embarrassing headlines to announce that you've kicked the bucket?
video footage from the French film Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2005)
DUDE. How... no, the better question is why...
ReplyDeleteWHY in heaven or hell did you do that???
For myself, not only was I knocked out to get my wisdom teeth out, I took some sedative beforehand so I wouldn't freak out. How in God's good name did you do that, get your wisdom teeth out without going under??
it was, what, 6 needles? and then you couldn't feel anything after that, but i still watched. getting my tattoos was worse.
ReplyDeleteLucky! Apple juice. I feel for ya, Jack, re the novocaine numbbb; whatever that green bitter stuff is they use.
ReplyDeleteYup, it’s embarrassing when your mouth isn’t your own: anything might come out of it.
I might re-phrase that.
I also stayed awake for my wisdoms’ extractions. Was concerned I wouldn’t wake up was the truth of it. Told myself I might even write about it some day. The pliers gripping enamel...that kinda thing.
Can’t think of a headline more fitting than ‘Man Brained by Own Kicked Bucket Falling from Orbit’.
Heh, the word verification for this comment is 'SHLOPETI'. Amusing, is all.
green bitter stuff? i just had three needles in each side of my mouth. the worse part was hearing my teeth crack open. ick.
ReplyDeletegah, you people are making me so thankful that I was out of it well before and well after... -shudders-
ReplyDeleteInteresting story from my wisdom teeth extraction: I guess my folks had turned on the pops station, and apparently when I got home it started to play Chopin's funeral march in b-flat minor. My brother worried it would flip me out, but I was too out of it to notice. X)
(verification: viblymod. I know you're a Moderator, Jack, but I wonder how vibly modifies mod...)
I guess you just had standard teeth growing there, they weren't impacted or anything? I don't think they would have let me be awake for mine because it required major surgery on my gum line, since mine were growing backwards into my skull.
ReplyDeleteyah, mine were quick and easy. i think the whole thing was done and over with in twenty minutes. both of the teeth they took out had come through the bone, and one was through the gum line. i love it when there aren't complications!
ReplyDelete"Man dies after unfortunate incident with poodle"
ReplyDeleteAlso: Jack, you're *expletive deleted* bonkers. The only way mine were coming out was if I was unconscious.
i figured that if i could do 4 hours of tattooing, i could do 20 minutes of teeth pulling. thankfully i was right. phew.
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