I got mt teeth yanked today. It took 3 hours with only local anesthesia (didn't get knocked out with IV) and probably next to like 15 shots! I guess I had some unforeseen complications that couldn't be detected by x-ray. Anyways, when the numbness wore off, I was in the worst pain of my life and the pharmacy took 3 hours to fill my pain drugs. 3 long hours of horrible pain. My dad pretty much had to baby me. Fill my glass with water, figure out which pill to take, cut my gauze into reasonable pieces, pat my back when I choked on meds (can't really shallow very well at the moment), prepared an ice pack for the swelling... the list goes on.

I haven't eaten since breakfast (6am) so I'm super hungry, but I'm so swollen I can't shallow. (made pills hard to get down) Overall, the actual procedure was kinda fun. The dock explained what he was doing (but spared me the details of how) and was very attentive and patient with me. (I was only scheduled for 45 minutes since my x-rays made it look like my teeth would be easy to come out or something) My tech was a long time friend of my mom and it was awesome having her there. She can read my thoughts just by the look in my eyes. It's awesome. The doc thanked me for the "cool" operation and not biting him (it happened when he did jaw surgery on me, oops). Anyways, with all the gauze and tissue in my mouth to stop bleeding and keeping me from drooling I can't talk. so I've been communicating by giving my parents text messages. LOL. Anyways, moral of the story, pain sucks, but knowing that I can finally get Invisalign and eventually a beautiful smile has made this all worth it. Oh. I got to keep my teeth too. Sadly only one was in one piece. T^T