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Old 11-10-2007, 04:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
Samson The Cat
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Anyone here gone through this?
Yes.

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Also, were you awake during the surgery?
Yes. They did each side at a time and only gave lidocain injections in the gums. I too was swollen for a week and numb for a day. Like I looked ridicolous, when I could not fully close the mouth on one side and blood and salive were dripping out. Luckily I got off from school for a week after each treatment, not like one guy I know, that had to go to school with the swollen cheeks only two days after the surgery.

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Anything I can do for pain relief other than taking painkillers?
Endure. Is it really that bad? I remember it being a dull pain not closely as bad as a dental drill hitting the nerve.

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I know North Americans get happy gas or get to sleep through it
My stepsister (as me, she's not American) got general anaesthetic, but had all four teeth done at once.

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Ask for the real Vicodin.
Ha. You know what they gave me? A surgical glove filled with water that they had frozen. I had to press it against my cheek to cool it.
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