This surgery was never supposed to happen. I'd been lied to my whole life by my dentist. The whole experience made me less than happy but the actual surgery was a different story. I have been told for most of my life that I either did not have wisdom teeth at all, or they were so buried that they'd never come in. That was the story my dentist told until a year or so ago when I said it seemed like I did have teeth coming in. Oh! Yes, I have four wisdom teeth coming in. What?! How did you miss this for all those years? I was not very happy about that.
Last February I had a consultation and we set my surgery date for August, to give the teeth a little more time to come in. Okay, fine and good. Then in the middle of summer, we found out (sort of accidentally) that our entire dentist office shut down permanently during covid and they didn't tell us. The shutdown was a surprise but their not telling us was not (at least to me) because they had terrible customer service. But suddenly I didn't have an appointment to get my wisdom teeth out. There was an insurance issue as well, because of losing our office and having to find a new one. It was a whole mess and not pleasant at all. I finally got a consultation in November and we set the date for January 7th, 2021. Nothing like starting the new year off with a bang, am I right? :) I was apprehensive about getting my wisdom teeth out from the beginning. I was worried about pain in my mouth, mostly, and I tend to take a long time to heal from even the most minor of things. When it actually came down to it, I think I had enough other, bigger things that were worrying me than my surgery but I also know that God gave me peace. I had specific prayer requests that'd I'd been praying over my surgery and He answered them and others I hadn't thought to pray for! These include:
I had solicited advice from many of my friends on the best practices so I did the ice religiously and kept Tylenol in my system (I can't have Advil or Motrin). I knew not to use a straw. In addition, I was taking some supplements from my naturopath doctor, using arnica gel and drinking arnica & belladonna water to help with the swelling and pain. I think those things helped greatly. My mom keeps saying how amazing my whole experience has been and that it's good for my brothers to see such a great experience. God graciously answered prayers, both stated and things I didn't think to ask for and some of my greatest side effects have been a foggy mind and being extra tired! The thing I'm most disappointed about? I wasn't very funny under the anesthesia :)
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