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Posted: 8/24/2017 12:59:00 PM EDT
Had mine out yesterday, at 21 (MiG-21!?) all impacted, was bleeding profusely when I got home. Woke up, still weaping a bit of blood, and I'm honestly...well...sad.
I'm not suicidal or anything, but just don't want to get up out of bed. I'm worried I'll get four dry sockets (Sneezed a lot, and I suffer from notoriously bad luck.) and I hate my dentist. Don't trust him (Connecticut sucks) and I just don't know what to really do. I feel like I'm going to die of complications (Hey, I felt the same way after my testicular torsion surgery, too, and I'm still standin' here!) but maybe I'm just paranoid. Anyone else ever been "depressed" or just unhappy with life after something like this? I wish I was like my grandpa. He was years younger than me, a Marine and on the battlefield in Korea, rescuing someone from a minefield. He had a pacemaker inserted while conscious. I just wish I had the balls he has and wasn't such a big baby. (I was unsure if I'd even make it back alive from the Oral Surgeon's office.) I'm just curious if my emotions are something other people felt after having this done. I'm paranoid my sutures will rip, or I'll die of hypotension from a combination of dehydration, medication, and the blood I lost. I feel pretty good right now (in some pain, and still weeping a lil blood) and not like I'm going into shock or anything, but I just think I'll never feel better. (I tend to focus on short term stuff.) On the bridge side, I watched Kung Fury and thought it was pretty funny. Sorry I lack courage. 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:02:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:03:59 PM EDT
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wat
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:05:41 PM EDT
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Dude
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:06:35 PM EDT
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Anxieties
keep it to yourself or people with think you're crazy. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:06:57 PM EDT
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My dentist told me it's better for recovery to stay awake during the procedure. He offered sedation, stay awake with gas and local, or stay awake with local.
I stayed away with local, I should have done gas in addition. It didn't hurt, but I could feel the pressure and the prying of removing teeth. Afterwards I was a drooling mess, then got some sort of opioid prescription and was happy as a clam. Definitely not depressed. Maybe the drugs are having the opposite effect on you, OP. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:07:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:08:01 PM EDT
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life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you deal with it..
your failing op. holy fuck, you didn't get diagnosed with fucking cancer, its fucking wisdom teeth. I had mine pulled back around 1994... grow the fuck up. my fiancies daughter has been diagnosed with cancer, and she has drug ass getting her treatment. been a YEAR now, and shes finally getting surgery to remove it next week...her BEST CASE SCENERIO is to have a total Hysterectomy at age 29, and never be able to have kids, and cancer free...... worst case is she dies from it, because it spread, because shes waited so long for surgery.. wisdom teeth... holy fuck, that's your complaint? life gets a LOT simpler when you learn to accept the fact that " YOU ARE GOING TO FUCKING DIE".... maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it will happen. you have already outlived millions of people who didn't make it to your age, you have had a way more satisfying life than millions of people before you had, so, be fucking thankful for what you have been blessed with...your not doing so bad. just accept your only here for a short time, and learn to make the most of your time. being depressed because " you might die", is a waste of time. sitting around and crying about how long you have left is a waste of time as well... enjoy life, its temporary. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:08:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:09:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:09:26 PM EDT
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Whatever meds they gave you for the pain are working great!
PSA: This is how opioid addiction starts. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:09:36 PM EDT
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My son had SEVEN extracted at once. THREE IN ONE SOCKET. It sucks but this too shall pass.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:12:04 PM EDT
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All four of mine were impacted and removed at about age 19. The bottom two were coming in at at 45 degree angle and hitting the molars in front of them. I woke up one morning and my entire jaw and neck were sore on one side. I made an appointment and had them all pulled about a week later. I was nervous before going in, but I remember being glad I would never have to deal with wisdom teeth again.
I did get a little depressed when I had my first fillings at about age 30. I remember at the time wishing I had taken better care of my teeth. I made it through childhood with no fillings and thought my teeth were made of diamond. I was wrong. I got over it in a couple days, you will too. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:12:22 PM EDT
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I got mine out at USMC boot camp. Had approx the 45 seconds it took to pull them out off and then back at it. Get over yourself snowflake.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:12:26 PM EDT
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Seems OP has gone a bit overboard on the sadness just from getting some teeth pulled.
Had all four pulled as a kid and just layed around watching tv & drinking broth water. It sucked but it wasn't depressing. It's all in your head OP... |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:12:29 PM EDT
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Take a deep breath and relax. My wife had about every complication you can get when she had hers removed and she's still alive.
You didn't lose enough blood for your body to even notice, let alone die. You're going to be fine. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:12:39 PM EDT
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Still bleeding into the next day? That's not good.
You may have an infection that isn't allowing your blood to clot properly? Can you feel little tabs of your gums in that area? Still tender? If so, it's likely the infection is spreading and you will have to get knocked out and have more teeth removed as their roots will probably die in the next 8-10 hours. Sucks, but that's why they make fake teeth. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:13:34 PM EDT
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You need to go to your local doc in the box and demand opioids.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:13:34 PM EDT
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Pack that shit with gauze and forget about it. I assume they prescribed you Vicodin?
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:14:05 PM EDT
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Meh. You'll be fine. Did you at least get to keep them or did he have to break them out? I had one or two that I glued back together but were mostly intact. Crazy how the roots grow.
Best advice I can give is have someone follow you around with a camera until the meds wear off. Last few years it has been a pretty good payout on America's Funniest Videos. 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:14:30 PM EDT
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All mine were impacted and cut out and I was stitched up - this was in the 70's. I don't remember feeling that at all!
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:14:38 PM EDT
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Ehhh, it sucks but gets better. You will be glad later on.
Hit you a couple shots of whiskey and rub one out. Then take a nap. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:15:49 PM EDT
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Pack that shit with gauze and forget about it. I assume they prescribed you Vicodin? |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:17:04 PM EDT
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Maybe some odd reaction to the meds? I would suggest going back to the dentist, even if you don't like him, and explain what is going on with you. He may surprise you with something that actually helps. If not, I would suggest going to see another dentist, or an oral surgeon for a second opinion.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:18:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:18:15 PM EDT
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Maybe some odd reaction to the meds? I would suggest going back to the dentist, even if you don't like him, and explain what is going on with you. He may surprise you with something that actually helps. If not, I would suggest going to see another dentist, or an oral surgeon for a second opinion. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:18:32 PM EDT
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Holy fucking shit I had 7 out and was told THAT was extremely rare.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:19:08 PM EDT
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Yep. I mainly take the Ibprofin though as A: it's also a NSID, which helps with swelling, and B: my family has a history of drug addictions (Mother was addicted to Heroin, Late Father was an alcoholic and coke addict, grandfather's also an alcoholic,) so I try not to take those types of painkillers unless I'm in severe agony. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pack that shit with gauze and forget about it. I assume they prescribed you Vicodin? |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:20:04 PM EDT
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I dunno about you, but I was fucking elated to get the fuck out of that goddamn dentist chair. Gas, locals, fuck all that, I can't believe I didn't have a stroke. I ended up with the substitute chinese dentist I couldn't understand instead of my regular guy. Then he only gave me Tylenol.
I didn't fuck around with it. I followed the instructions to the letter, almost didn't consume anything but water the first day. There was no fucking way I was going back to that chair. I was HAPPY to be done with it. They kept trying to stick me with the chinese dude for everything after that. I absolutely don't want you jabbing shit in my mouth if I can't understand what the fuck you're saying. He graduated from dental school somewhere, so he's perfectly capable of taking an english class. I changed dentists afterwards. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:20:34 PM EDT
[#29]
 Ronnie Johns - Chopper - Harden the Fuck Up I'm yankin yer chain op. You'll be fine.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:21:56 PM EDT
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Meh. You'll be fine. Did you at least get to keep them or did he have to break them out? I had one or two that I glued back together but were mostly intact. Crazy how the roots grow. Best advice I can give is have someone follow you around with a camera until the meds wear off. Last few years it has been a pretty good payout on America's Funniest Videos. AFAIK I didn't do anything dumb, but I'm just a bit paranoid. I've heard plenty of stories of people who kick the bucket right in the dentist's chair. (Hell the surgeon I was originally going to see actually had a fatality http://articles.courant.com/2000-09-22/news/0009220120_1_cardiac-arrest-daughter-s-death-dentist-s-office isn't that comforting?) Or die of complications after. I just have godawful luck, (with pretty much everything, really.) so I wouldn't have been surprised if I ended up dying or some shit. Just annoyed, really. It's day 2, and I'm not in all that much pain, but the bleeding is worrying me. I remember how fucking scared I was after my torsion surgery when my sutures dissolved. I was so worried my incision would tear open or some shit. You'd think someone with EMS training wouldn't be so much of a hypochondriac, but looking at someone else and actually being worked on just feels like two completely different things to me. (Not to mention I suffer from Asperger's, so I have a bit of a sensory disorder when it comes to stuff like sutures, swelling, bite issues, taste of blood, etc.) |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:21:57 PM EDT
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What meds you on?
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:22:02 PM EDT
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Suck it up buttercup
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:22:26 PM EDT
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You need anything bro? If you are close enough I can drop something off if you need it
And what surgeon? |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:23:34 PM EDT
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I had 4 impacted, sectioned when removed. Hurt like fuck for a few days. Took at least a couple weeks before it didn't feel like I could accidentally blow out a thin membrane of sinus wall. It took a month at least before gently bumping the back of my head against, say, the couch or car headrest caused an electric shock sensation to shoot along my top left gumline. I was afraid it would never go away. Give it time.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:23:52 PM EDT
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ITS THE MEDS MAKING YOU FEEL THIS WAY. (Gay)
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:23:54 PM EDT
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Come in to my office, I'll give you some heroin for the pain. First dose is free!
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:24:55 PM EDT
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LOL
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:27:08 PM EDT
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You need anything bro? If you are close enough I can drop something off if you need it And what surgeon? I don't need anything. I'm not in any real agony, just nervous of complications. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:27:55 PM EDT
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You'll be fine. Quit worrying about stuff that hasn't happened.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:28:08 PM EDT
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Harden the fuck up.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:28:32 PM EDT
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Had mine out yesterday, at 21 (MiG-21!?) all impacted, was bleeding profusely when I got home. Woke up, still weaping a bit of blood, and I'm honestly...well...sad. I'm not suicidal or anything, but just don't want to get up out of bed. I'm worried I'll get four dry sockets (Sneezed a lot, and I suffer from notoriously bad luck.) and I hate my dentist. Don't trust him (Connecticut sucks) and I just don't know what to really do. I feel like I'm going to die of complications (Hey, I felt the same way after my testicular torsion surgery, too, and I'm still standin' here!) but maybe I'm just paranoid. Anyone else ever been "depressed" or just unhappy with life after something like this? I wish I was like my grandpa. He was years younger than me, a Marine and on the battlefield in Korea, rescuing someone from a minefield. He had a pacemaker inserted while conscious. I just wish I had the balls he has and wasn't such a big baby. (I was unsure if I'd even make it back alive from the Oral Surgeon's office.) I'm just curious if my emotions are something other people felt after having this done. I'm paranoid my sutures will rip, or I'll die of hypotension from a combination of dehydration, medication, and the blood I lost. I feel pretty good right now (in some pain, and still weeping a lil blood) and not like I'm going into shock or anything, but I just think I'll never feel better. (I tend to focus on short term stuff.) On the bridge side, I watched Kung Fury and thought it was pretty funny. Sorry I lack courage. DO NOT attend a Cola Warrior event. You'll probably die of something there.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:29:30 PM EDT
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The fuck?
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:32:14 PM EDT
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You didn't lose any fingers or toes. You didn't lose your nuts (though you sound like you did).
Almost everyone gets their wisdom teeth pulled, sooner or later. They eventually become impacted, which will fuck up the alignment of ALL your teeth if they are not extracted. Be happy they're gone. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:34:52 PM EDT
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Mayhap you should start looking around for some professional help.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:36:53 PM EDT
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Man the fuck up
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:37:38 PM EDT
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OP, remember this:
"The man who is afraid of dying, dies a 1000 deaths." |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:38:00 PM EDT
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Just wait until you get older and the regular molars start giving you trouble. I had two pulled this year and was glad to get rid of them, to tell the truth.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:38:31 PM EDT
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You didn't lose any fingers or toes. You didn't lose your nuts (though you sound like you did). Almost everyone gets their wisdom teeth pulled, sooner or later. They eventually become impacted, which will fuck up the alignment of ALL your teeth if they are not extracted. Be happy they're gone. Injuries to the mouth and groin bother the fuck out of me. I think I would prefer having a kidney out, because I could still eat or drink normally, but I guess the grass is always greener. EDIT: I've been paranoid about dentists ever since I had a dentist contimously diagnose cavities that were not actually there upon a second opinion. Dental Fraud with HMO (state/HUSKY) insurance is pretty common, dentists basically have to cut costs or make up diagnoses to get extra money from the insurance companies. I had a filling done on a tooth that was giving me ZERO pain fall out THREE TIMES within a year. So I need a crown. Insurance covers only those crappy base metal nickel ones (Nickel Allergy can develop from that) and now they won't cover the crown unless I get my wisdom teeth (impacted but asymptomatic) out. I just feel like my dentists are like used car salesman. "You need X, and Y. But now you also need A B and C. but we won't give you that unless you get D first." My mother actually had a dentist recommend to let a cavity worsen so the tooth can just be pulled. I hate the dentists in this state. They suck. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:41:01 PM EDT
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Ditch whatever you are currently on, pop some Tylenol Extra Strength, eat some mashed potatoes, feel better in a few days.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:41:31 PM EDT
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You should call your mom.
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