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tabatha7
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After three years of being absolutely terrified of having my bottom wisdom teeth removed.... they are finally GONE!!! I still cannot believe this. First and foremost... the most important thing you can do is find a good oral surgeon that you trust. Please don't ever settle for someone that might have good technical skills but has no compassion for their patients. I almost made that mistake. If you have read my thread then you probably already know I had a consultation with an oral surgeon and it went terrible. He scared me so bad I left more terrified than when I came in. He made it clear he did not care about the comfort of his patients and refused to top up the local anesthetic if I needed it while sedated. Can you imagine that? This is an oral surgeon that has a good reputation for being one of the best! Anyway, I left feeling scared, alone and depressed.... not to mention trapped. I would have rather died than have them out at that point. Well... I had to go to my general dentist for a filling and I discussed all this with him. He was very kind and attentive. He told me about a new oral surgeon in town saying he had not met him but had talked to him on the phone and said he was very nice and I should think about it and possibly call him. I agonized for two days scared to death and having severe panic attacks over it. I finally plucked up the courage to call his office. I googled his named and got the office info. When I called his office number they had mistakenly placed his personal cell phone number as the office number. LOL I got him directly. He was very gracious and kind. I told him a bit about myself and the first words out of his mouth were.... "I will take very good care of you". I asked him about topping up the local anesthetic and he said he absolutely would as well as place pain meds through the iv. He told me he would be able to tell exactly how I was feeling by all the monitors they would have on me. Then he gave me his office number. I called them and his office staff was incredibly kind too. I got such a good feeling about him that I started to actually consider doing it. Well, I had a long wait because this was the end of Nov and I had to wait until Jan so my husband could take off and be with me. Needless to say I had many panic and anxiety attacks so I had to take xanax when it got really bad. Today was the day of my appt and I can honestly say.... all that worry was for NOTHING. I know you have seen this many times in here but it is absolutely true.
My os gave me a valium for the night before and morning of the surgery. It did help quite a bit. I tried to stay up all night last night so I would be tired this morning but I couldn't. That says right there that the valium worked. Took another one this morning an hour before my surgery as well as a zofran (for nausea) and my blood pressure pill. I was scared but I actually did pretty good until we got there. As soon as I saw the office my hands started sweating and my stomach started turning flip flops. We did not have to wait long. My husband took care of the financial stuff and I paced the floor. There was no one else in there. They finally came and got me and wow. I was so scared my heart rate picked up. They weighed me and took me to the chair. I did not sit down immediately as I had a bit of a panic attack. I hesitated for a few minutes but the nurses were very nice and patient. I finally sat down. Then they started hooking me up to all the monitors plus the blood pressure cuff. I said please tell me I'm going to wake up. The nurse was very nice and said you are. You are going to wake up. Then the oral surgeon came in. He was very nice and answered some of my questions. He looked at my hands and arms. Apparently it took him a while to find a vein that suited him. He finally found one and put the iv in. Not sure why but they did not put any of the numbing stuff on me first. It's ok though because I was not afraid of the iv. I must say though that it did sting a bit. Nothing I couldn't handle though. Then he put in some meds that did sting. He told me I would not feel any pain and everything was going to be ok. I forgot to mention they had the oxygen/nitrous on my nose too. For some reason nitrous just doesn't do that much for me. Anyway, when he put the meds in the iv I started feeling them work. It was really weird but felt good to me. I felt my heart rate slow down a bit and I got really sleepy. I said... wow.... LOL The os asked me if I felt it working and I said.... yeeeeaaahhhhhh. LOL The next thing I knew I was waking up and he was finishing up. I could hear the drill but it did not scare me at all. I felt NOTHING. Then it was done. I woke up easy... meaning it wasn't difficult and I didn't feel that out of it. It truly did seem like time passed so quickly. I felt like I had been asleep about 15 minutes or something. I felt a little sleepy and woozy not much but i felt very lucid and understood everything. I'm telling you the actual procedure was ridiculously easy. I'm 45 years old and my teeth were partial bony impactions meaning they had to remove some bone. My teeth had been in there for years and it was easy easy easy. Propofol is the bomb!!! LOL I had the best oral surgeon ever! He's awesome! and i'm not just staying that from being high on meds. LOL I really cannot believe I was so scared for so long. I feel like the biggest boob in the world for that. All you have heard from me and others is absolutely true! The wait and worry is the worst part. I had deep sedation with propofol. The procedure was so incredibly easy. I should have trusted everything my os told me. However, the first os I saw broke my trust and made it difficult. This is why I say finding a good os that you trust is highest on the list. I'm so glad I found this os. I could have never even considered having this done if it had not been for him. At this time I am still numb and cannot attest to the recovery yet. My os told me the recovery is the hard part so I will come back and update on the recovery experience. Please please please... let this sink in. If I can do it.....ANYONE can do it. Nobody on earth could have been more scared than me. I wish this kind of experience for everyone here. I felt no pain whatsoever not even the locals. I can't believe it. So easy. This website has been invaluable to me. I have met some good friends here that have helped me every step of the way. So many kind and helpful people. If you have any questions please feel free to send me a private message. I want to help anyone I can that is going through what I went through with terrible fear. Will be updating on the recovery. Patti, thank you for being such a good friend through this.
p.s. I was able to share this because I'm still numb and taking pain meds. After it all wears off I might not be able to write for a while but I will answer so don't give up on me.
My os gave me a valium for the night before and morning of the surgery. It did help quite a bit. I tried to stay up all night last night so I would be tired this morning but I couldn't. That says right there that the valium worked. Took another one this morning an hour before my surgery as well as a zofran (for nausea) and my blood pressure pill. I was scared but I actually did pretty good until we got there. As soon as I saw the office my hands started sweating and my stomach started turning flip flops. We did not have to wait long. My husband took care of the financial stuff and I paced the floor. There was no one else in there. They finally came and got me and wow. I was so scared my heart rate picked up. They weighed me and took me to the chair. I did not sit down immediately as I had a bit of a panic attack. I hesitated for a few minutes but the nurses were very nice and patient. I finally sat down. Then they started hooking me up to all the monitors plus the blood pressure cuff. I said please tell me I'm going to wake up. The nurse was very nice and said you are. You are going to wake up. Then the oral surgeon came in. He was very nice and answered some of my questions. He looked at my hands and arms. Apparently it took him a while to find a vein that suited him. He finally found one and put the iv in. Not sure why but they did not put any of the numbing stuff on me first. It's ok though because I was not afraid of the iv. I must say though that it did sting a bit. Nothing I couldn't handle though. Then he put in some meds that did sting. He told me I would not feel any pain and everything was going to be ok. I forgot to mention they had the oxygen/nitrous on my nose too. For some reason nitrous just doesn't do that much for me. Anyway, when he put the meds in the iv I started feeling them work. It was really weird but felt good to me. I felt my heart rate slow down a bit and I got really sleepy. I said... wow.... LOL The os asked me if I felt it working and I said.... yeeeeaaahhhhhh. LOL The next thing I knew I was waking up and he was finishing up. I could hear the drill but it did not scare me at all. I felt NOTHING. Then it was done. I woke up easy... meaning it wasn't difficult and I didn't feel that out of it. It truly did seem like time passed so quickly. I felt like I had been asleep about 15 minutes or something. I felt a little sleepy and woozy not much but i felt very lucid and understood everything. I'm telling you the actual procedure was ridiculously easy. I'm 45 years old and my teeth were partial bony impactions meaning they had to remove some bone. My teeth had been in there for years and it was easy easy easy. Propofol is the bomb!!! LOL I had the best oral surgeon ever! He's awesome! and i'm not just staying that from being high on meds. LOL I really cannot believe I was so scared for so long. I feel like the biggest boob in the world for that. All you have heard from me and others is absolutely true! The wait and worry is the worst part. I had deep sedation with propofol. The procedure was so incredibly easy. I should have trusted everything my os told me. However, the first os I saw broke my trust and made it difficult. This is why I say finding a good os that you trust is highest on the list. I'm so glad I found this os. I could have never even considered having this done if it had not been for him. At this time I am still numb and cannot attest to the recovery yet. My os told me the recovery is the hard part so I will come back and update on the recovery experience. Please please please... let this sink in. If I can do it.....ANYONE can do it. Nobody on earth could have been more scared than me. I wish this kind of experience for everyone here. I felt no pain whatsoever not even the locals. I can't believe it. So easy. This website has been invaluable to me. I have met some good friends here that have helped me every step of the way. So many kind and helpful people. If you have any questions please feel free to send me a private message. I want to help anyone I can that is going through what I went through with terrible fear. Will be updating on the recovery. Patti, thank you for being such a good friend through this.
p.s. I was able to share this because I'm still numb and taking pain meds. After it all wears off I might not be able to write for a while but I will answer so don't give up on me.