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wisdom teeth - an end to the saga
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so, after the most amount of hassle i've ever had in my life about anything, i'm finally getting my teeth out. this tuesday.
only now all the fuss is over, i am faced with the reality of me being knocked out and having two teeth cut out of my head. which is scaring the shit out of me for all the wrong reasons.
please someone who's had this op tell me it's gonna be ok?
only now all the fuss is over, i am faced with the reality of me being knocked out and having two teeth cut out of my head. which is scaring the shit out of me for all the wrong reasons.
please someone who's had this op tell me it's gonna be ok?
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Tell me how it goes, incase my wisdom teeth will have to come out!! Good Luck!
Ilora x
No more toothache yay.
the bit that's worrying me the most is the fact that either the anaesthetic or the painkillers or the antibiotics will make me throw up. yes, i'm mental
They did the operation and let me go home the same day. The operation was under general anasthetic but it wasn't painful afterwards.
you have ... phobia of vomiting *cant remember the proper name for the life of her* yeh? Talk it over with the nurse beforehand, and think about it, painkillers or antibiotics don't normally make you sick? And all the anaesthetic'll do is make you sleep. It'll be ok, just make sure you milk sympathy for all its worth will make up for the slight hamsterness
:yes: :nervous:
medical types don't really get it. they expect you to be scared of the pain, or of needles, or of dying, and i'm not, at all.
when i changed dentist the last time, we discussed how much i hated the dentist, and he asked me how i could be scared of needles or pain when i had a bar through my tongue. when i told him my greatest fear was that his nurse would get a bit overexcited with the sucky things and hit my gag spot, he looked at me like i'd just sprouted another head.
oh, and that's another question: does anyone know if i'll have to take my tongue piercing out? the consultant said i'd need to discuss it with the anaesthetist, but i won't see him til tuesday. he said i'd most probably have to take the metal bar out, but when i asked if i could have a retainer or PFTE bar in, he didn't know.
I guess you could wear a plastic retainer thing, although they might say it could get in the way or something.
Oh my goodness, I thought I was really strange, because I have a vomit phobia too!
on the contrary - it's one of the most common phobias. it's also one of the most under-reported.
very few people understand though, except of course other emetophobes. the classic line 'but no one likes being sick' gets rolled out time and time again and you're like 'well thanks for that gem of wisdom. i'll remember that the next time there's a tummy bug going round and i'm so scared i don't leave my house for a week'.
Yep, others don't understand a lot of the time... I have a thing about chicken... I won't eat it from restaurants, only if I or someone I trust cooks it at home. I also get really bothered when my housemates are cooking chicken, such as about where they leave the knife/chopping boards etc, and whether they've washed their hands properly. My phobia is accompanied by feeling sick a lot of the time too, does that happen to you? Sorry, I know this is supposed to be about your wisdom teeth... I'm just excited to meet someone who knows what I'm going through!
Hope the operation goes ok today too.
i've been done and i'm fine. well, as fine as you can be with parts of your jaw missing and an unnessecary amount of stitches in your gums. it's pretty stiff, and pretty swollen, but totally bearable. although apparently the best is still to come. i told the anaesthetist i was worried and he slipped me some anti-nausea drugs in my IV. didn't feel even slightly sick.
and they have altered my painkillers and anti-biotics to ones less likely to cause sickness. bless their hearts.
i have a chicken thing too. i obsessively over-cook it if i'm doing it myself. if someone else has cooked i scrutinise it for the slightest bit of pinkness. if there is any, i won't touch it. i also have a thing about milk, and won't drink it unless it's at least 2 days before the best before date, and not been opened longer than 2 days.
yes. pretty much every day. it's anxiety. and it's totally normal to feel sick when you're anxious. but then of course as soon as you feel sick, you panic, and the more you panic, the sicker you feel. it's a vicious circle.
but yeah. it's such a weird, relieving feeling when you realise that you're not just mental. google 'emetophobia'. there are millions of us.
Oh my goodness, weird and relieving feeling is exactly the way to describe this! I have the milk thing too.... Wow, it is really a relief to find out I'm not crazy!
Glad that's finally sorted for you!
:thumb: pleased to hear that you're fine, and they were sympathetic
*waves hand* Me too! But the case study on here was me as well.