Not What I Bargained For

This morning, I went in for a routine cleaning, with a new dentist. My wisdom teeth have been bothering me, and I assumed she would give me a referral to a surgeon. When she said they were easy enough for her to extract, and would be done in an hour. No consultations, no anesthesia, I was all for it. THREE HOURS later, she still was working on the FIRST tooth. She said "I guess your bones, are denser than I thought they would be." I honestly thought she was going to break my jaw.

Next thing I know she is having me get into her car, and rushing me to an oral surgeon. Now I was wide awake, but really I think pain makes you loopy. . . so I was more than willing to go along with the flow. Plus what else could I do, she had all ready sawed my tooth into a few pieces.

The oral surgeon looks in my mouth, and x-rays, and says these teeth will not come out easily. You will need to be put completely under. So now I get to go in tomorrow for emergency extraction of my tooth, or pieces of it, and will have two other teeth taken out at the same time.

In the mean time I get to lie around at home in pain. And to think yesterday I thought I was in pain with infected gums around my wisdom tooth. That was NOTHING! Wish my luck, as I try to make it through the night. . . and I guess the next week. Darn my stubborn teeth! chipmunk pictures to come!