During mid - October, I was forced to have my wisdom teeth removed after it was apparent that it wasn't going to grow into a proper position. All were impacted, and one of them was growing sideways. One of them was poking up through the gum, but wasn't able to grow into a proper position. Left unchecked, all of this would have caused a lot of problems for me, such as pain, teeth infection and even neurological problems. So I had to get them removed before it got to that stage. The procedure was about an hour long, with the dentists taking some time to carefully remove all my four teeth. I was fully under anesthetic, despite being told I would be partially conscious. I woke up in a recovery position, in a nursing room with no memory of what had happened, only to know that I had stuffing in my mouth, and that there was bleeding and pain. I was groggy, sleepy and dazed but not dizzy and neither did I experience vertigo or hallucinations (thank god for that). The nurses checked on me, and then half an hour later approx. - I was cleared to go home to rest for the full day. I had to rest and take it easy for the first week due to the bleeding and pain and also to help recovery. The after effects of the procedure/surgery was bad, such as pain, bruising, swelling and bleeding (which lasted as long as a week or two, gradually getting less as time went on) - thankfully, no neurological effects, including dizziness or vertigo - or worse - happened, but the mental impacts the surgery had on me was even worse, as I could not drink any alcohol or caffeinated drink for at least two weeks, I could only eat soft food, could not even laugh or even smile for a few days! And all of this, coupled with the physical after effects (such as pain) makes having covid (which I had earlier this year in July) and isolation seem not so bad after all! I was not able to do much over the few days after the surgery, and especially extreme/adventure activities (although, thankfully, my teeth recovered just in time to indulge in Halloween treats and do a bungy jump, dressed up as creepy schoolgirl - although I was told several times, I looked remarkably similar to Addams from the Wednesday movie!) or any other activity that required a lot of physical exertion. Luckily the top two teeth have fully recovered and the holes at the bottom are nearly closing up and are healing well. Although I have the images, I will not show any image of the removed wisdom teeth here, because the images are pretty graphic due to the blood and surrounding gum tissue present on the removed teeth. It is not a very pretty sight. I am so glad to have had this done, because the complications of the impact teeth would have actually caused health problems, with pain being one of them - and also happy to have got it done on a day well before Halloween so that I could bungy, and I could also go to Rainbows End with my friends and Winetopia. I was cleared for more extreme sports and adventures two weeks after the procedure. More importantly, I am so relieved, more importantly, that I would never ever have to go through this again.
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AuthorI am Natalie Dunn. I am a feminist who believes in gender equality and rights for everyone. I have many passions in life such as fashion, beauty, adventures and travelling. Archives
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