I am having 5 teeth cut out tomorrow. *update*
Yep... 4 wisdom teeth and one right next to a wisdom tooth. First of all... I am extremely nervous. I have never had any kind of surgery in my entire life so I am really freaked out about being put to sleep. And I'm scared of how bad it's gonna hurt afterward. I know... I'm a wimp. lol.
ALSO.... I am going to have to eat soft foods for about a week, if not longer. So I need some ideas on HEALTHY foods I can eat. I don't want to eat a bunch of ice cream and mashed potatoes and other crap that will make me gain weight.
Help!
Okay... they're out! We are on our way back home. My mouth is numb and full of gauze. I hate this feeling! But in a couple hours I'll probably be wishing it was still numb. lol
That sounds similar to what happened when I had my EGD. They didn't totally *knock me out*... just heavy sedation. I didn't remember a thing. So that's what it's like? If that's all it is, no big deal. lol
Quoting norahsmommy:
I was sitting in a dentists chair, they did iv sedation. I'm am told that I was not 100 % out, just basically in 'twillight sleep'. You are still able to talk and answer questions, you just don't remember. They velcroed my arms to the chair so I didn't flail around. I woke up in a different room, I asked how I got there and mom told me I walked. I was really cold and shaking all over and they gave me a heated blanket.
Prepare yourself for it to feel really weird when they knock you out. I was sort of freaked out by the feeling. I remember them telling me they were
Starting and to count backward from ten, then my head and my chest felt really heavy and I remember feeling sort of how I imagine dying must feel like. I went under wondering if I was in fact dying.
Quoting JenMarie87:Thanks for the heads up. I have a couple of questions... since you went through this yourself. First... when they do the procedure, are you laying on a bed or sitting in a dentist chair? And second... how exactly do they move you? Do they just wheel the bed/chair to where ever it is they are taking you????
Quoting goldilocksbecky:You really don't need to worry about gaining weight. Realistically, you'll be hard pressed to get in enough calories those first few days. The scale may show an increase because your body will hold on to extra water from inflammation and the effort to heal itself. But weight gain needs to be least of your concerns. Giving your body the nourishment it needs to give you strength and heal itself is what you need.
Soft cooked foods, eggs, soups, yogart, ice cream, pudding, etc. are all good.
When I had mine done the pain wasn't that bad. They had hurt me so much in the months before that it was relief. The first day or so can be hard, but they give you pain medication and you need to be willing and prepared to use it (have someone with you, someone to watch your kids, etc.)
I had a Frosty about 30 minutes after leaving the office and took my first dose of pain meds. By the next day, I was in the pool at our apartments and felt really good. (I only got in up to my waist and didn't let my head or face get wet). I think the second day I used just Tylenol during the day and pain pills at night. And I'm pretty wimpy to pain.
Now, I want to tell you this story in order to give you a heads up. When I had mine done it was the first time I had ever been put to sleep. I went to sleep in the dentist's chair, looking out a big window at the mountains. And I woke up in a tiny little recovery area the size of a broom closet. Because it was the dentist's (oral surgeon's) office, it never even entered my mind that they would move me to a different area for recovery. So when I unexpectedly woke up in a different place, I got extremely paranoid and belligerent. Obviously something weird was up and they were all out to get me. In my drugged up haze I spotted DH and through a mouth full of cotton, I managed to ask him how I got in there. He (innocently enough) told me I walked there. OH NO! Big mistake. Because I knew darn well I had not walked there. And that meant HE was in on whatever crazy scheme they had going on. So I immediately I was ready to come up out of there and find the nearest exit, or make one if necessary! LOL I had started crying and was "yelling" at him as best I could through the gauze in my mouth, "Uh-uh". Bless him, he was doing all he could to try to calm and reassure me. So he told me that he forgot that he CARRIED me into that room (snort). And he just held me and hugged me and told me it was all OK. After a minute or two I was returning to reality enough that things started making sense. But those first moments of waking up in that strange room were some of the most paniced/paranoid moments of my life.
SO, the point of this embarrassing tale is this ~ Ask them ahead of time if you will be moved to another room for recovery. And if so, see if there is a chance you can see the room. If not, at least have it in your mind that you will wake up in a different place.
I have been put to sleep twice since then and both times we warned the anesthesiologist that I'd had that crazy panic/paranoid thing happen. I am normally very calm, easy-going, level-headed, in control, etc. So it was a very atypical reaction for me. Thankfully I was fine the next two times. But I think a big part of that was that those next two time I went to sleep KNOWING that I would wake up in a recovery area. Whereas, with the bad episode at the oral surgeon's office, it never crossed my mind that I could wake up in a different place. So, just be prepared for that possibility. Good luck! :)
can I ask why they are putting you completely under? I have never been put out, not even when they pulled 8 at once.
I guess I don't understand getting nervous. It only hurts until you are numb, they you won't care what they do!
They put me completely under. Mine were severely impacted and had to be cut out, not pulled. They did an IV while I was sitting in a dentist type chair and I assume that's where he actually did the procedure. I actually walked to the recovery area (with assistance), but I had absolutely no recollection of it. Like I said, I think the root of the problem was that it never entered my brain that I'd wake up in a different location.
Aside fromt that tramatic 2 minutes, my overall experience was extremely good. Even with the severity of the impaction and all they had to do to get them out, I had relatively little pain, no bleeding, infection or other complications. I was completely back to normal in a couple of days. Just without the horrible pain I had been in.
Good luck!
Could have kissed her! Lol. I was soooo much calmer then all of a sudden out! But when I was in recovery, alone I woke up to me sobbing, like that my heart is breaking, the world is ending crying, sobbing and I had no idea why!!! It was so embarrassing! I just wanted to stop but I couldn't! It took awhile to calm down and my wonderful nurse came in and said that that was one of the huge reasons why they give you that med to for one help you relax, but also to make you forget anything that you may have seen in OR (like surgical tools etc) and to also make you forget the nerves you had. She felt soooo bad, ESP since my dh wasn't there at the time. It was crazy! I never want to experience that again! I felt like my world was crashing, I was heartbroken but didn't know why! Anyways, op.....sorry To go off topic, you will do great! Take your pain meds on time ESP the day after, don't let time lapse, you want them to keep working. And I'll say a prayer that all goes well!!!! Don't be afraid to ask questions and also good things that are healthy, make some smoothies!!!!! Best wishes on a speedy recovery!!!!!!!!
Quoting goldilocksbecky:You really don't need to worry about gaining weight. Realistically, you'll be hard pressed to get in enough calories those first few days. The scale may show an increase because your body will hold on to extra water from inflammation and the effort to heal itself. But weight gain needs to be least of your concerns. Giving your body the nourishment it needs to give you strength and heal itself is what you need.
Soft cooked foods, eggs, soups, yogart, ice cream, pudding, etc. are all good.
When I had mine done the pain wasn't that bad. They had hurt me so much in the months before that it was relief. The first day or so can be hard, but they give you pain medication and you need to be willing and prepared to use it (have someone with you, someone to watch your kids, etc.)
I had a Frosty about 30 minutes after leaving the office and took my first dose of pain meds. By the next day, I was in the pool at our apartments and felt really good. (I only got in up to my waist and didn't let my head or face get wet). I think the second day I used just Tylenol during the day and pain pills at night. And I'm pretty wimpy to pain.
Now, I want to tell you this story in order to give you a heads up. When I had mine done it was the first time I had ever been put to sleep. I went to sleep in the dentist's chair, looking out a big window at the mountains. And I woke up in a tiny little recovery area the size of a broom closet. Because it was the dentist's (oral surgeon's) office, it never even entered my mind that they would move me to a different area for recovery. So when I unexpectedly woke up in a different place, I got extremely paranoid and belligerent. Obviously something weird was up and they were all out to get me. In my drugged up haze I spotted DH and through a mouth full of cotton, I managed to ask him how I got in there. He (innocently enough) told me I walked there. OH NO! Big mistake. Because I knew darn well I had not walked there. And that meant HE was in on whatever crazy scheme they had going on. So I immediately I was ready to come up out of there and find the nearest exit, or make one if necessary! LOL I had started crying and was "yelling" at him as best I could through the gauze in my mouth, "Uh-uh". Bless him, he was doing all he could to try to calm and reassure me. So he told me that he forgot that he CARRIED me into that room (snort). And he just held me and hugged me and told me it was all OK. After a minute or two I was returning to reality enough that things started making sense. But those first moments of waking up in that strange room were some of the most paniced/paranoid moments of my life.
SO, the point of this embarrassing tale is this ~ Ask them ahead of time if you will be moved to another room for recovery. And if so, see if there is a chance you can see the room. If not, at least have it in your mind that you will wake up in a different place.
I have been put to sleep twice since then and both times we warned the anesthesiologist that I'd had that crazy panic/paranoid thing happen. I am normally very calm, easy-going, level-headed, in control, etc. So it was a very atypical reaction for me. Thankfully I was fine the next two times. But I think a big part of that was that those next two time I went to sleep KNOWING that I would wake up in a recovery area. Whereas, with the bad episode at the oral surgeon's office, it never crossed my mind that I could wake up in a different place. So, just be prepared for that possibility. Good luck! :)
Is it just me, or... ?
- JenMarie87
on Jul. 24, 2012 at 6:39 PM