Update for anyone interested:
Today I went for my extractions at 10:30 am. I didn’t have to wait long and was brought back within 10 minutes of checking in. I’m not going to lie the room and the chair looked like they were ready to operate and I felt my anxiety rise and my heart began to pound. The assistant laid me down and got the station ready, she put two bibs over my chest and had a bunch of suction hoses she set up for the surgeon. She read my blood pressure and to no surprise it was a little high but she wasn’t worried she understood it was dental anxiety. After I was comfortable the surgeon came in, he greeted me and to my surprise he laid a towel over my eyes, he told me the lights were bright and a lot of people prefer their eyes covered. I actually liked it because I couldn’t see the needle and instruments, I’m assuming that’s why he does it.
Surgeon puts numbing gel and the assistant put the bite blocks in so I could rest my jaw, and he waits a few minutes and blows air on my teeth and asked if I felt it, I didn’t so he said “good let’s get started” and he gives me a few shots and apologized for the pain and he wasn’t kidding they were uncomfortable, but I’ve been to the dentist so often this year and gotten so many shots I wasn’t even stressed about the shots just any pain I might feel once he began pulling lol! well I can say there was of course no pain but the tugging and pressure was nerve wracking and he let me take a moment to relax before starting. He was finished both teeth within 15 minutes! I was so surprised when he said “alright you’re done!” After he left the assistant gave me a sheet of aftercare introductions and an ice pack. In total I was in and out in 30 minutes give or take!
It’s now been 6 hours. I took amoxicillin and Advil for the pain and the pain is just now starting to come back but it’s nothing major. The most annoying part so far is eating mashed potatoes and trying to keep food on my right side. I take little sips of water and protein shakes and it’s never taken me this long to finish a drink lol.
But since you're getting both extractions on the same side, I think you'll be able to go back to solids very soon.
