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April 9, 2010 4:50 AM Subscribe
Coming out of general sedation and oral surgery plus family with a camera equals this.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, one person-recovering-from-dental-anasthesia-and-rambling-into-a-camera post was probably as many as Mefi ever needs. -- cortex
When my brother came out of sedation after getting his wisdom teeth out, he tried to do tricks in his wheelchair and he flirted with the hygienist who was older than our mother. It was funnier than this by a longshot.
posted by phunniemee at 5:03 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by phunniemee at 5:03 AM on April 9, 2010
Wait until she's 52 and saying the same shit from the barstool next to you. Not so funny now is it, kid?
posted by kuujjuarapik at 5:11 AM on April 9, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by kuujjuarapik at 5:11 AM on April 9, 2010 [3 favorites]
When my brother came out of sedation after getting his wisdom teeth out
Like a real man, I stayed awake while they pulled my wisdom teeth and then waited until I was alone and the painkillers wore off before crying like a baby.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:15 AM on April 9, 2010
Like a real man, I stayed awake while they pulled my wisdom teeth and then waited until I was alone and the painkillers wore off before crying like a baby.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:15 AM on April 9, 2010
I recently was put under, for only the second time in my life, for back surgery. That was a couple of weeks ago. I still don't remember anything about coming out of it. I'm sure I was pretty stoopid. I DO remember how utterly sudden being put under was. Just...wow.
I wasn't put under when I had my wisdom teeth taken out, though. I did have headphones on blasting tunes and a continuous feed of lovely, lovely nitrous.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:22 AM on April 9, 2010
I wasn't put under when I had my wisdom teeth taken out, though. I did have headphones on blasting tunes and a continuous feed of lovely, lovely nitrous.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:22 AM on April 9, 2010
Setup.
posted by DU at 5:26 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 5:26 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
I've had three of my wisdom teeth out in two sessions within the last year and a half and I must have been incredibly lucky. I mean, sure...it hurt, but not nearly enough that I could imagine having to be knocked out for it.
posted by JaredSeth at 5:39 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by JaredSeth at 5:39 AM on April 9, 2010
What? No blood? I feel used.
posted by beelzbubba at 5:39 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by beelzbubba at 5:39 AM on April 9, 2010
I had my tonsils out and then two of my wisdom teeth extracted the same week. I was sedated for the tonsils (naturally) but not the teeth. After the tonsils the teeth didn't seem like such a big deal. It was however quite unpleasant to learn the hard way that same week that my body has no tolerance for codeine. ick.
posted by wabbittwax at 5:47 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by wabbittwax at 5:47 AM on April 9, 2010
Can't-believe-someone-filmed-it-and-put-it-on-the-web #132 in a series of many...
posted by wubwub at 5:47 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by wubwub at 5:47 AM on April 9, 2010
I was put under when I had my wisdom teeth out a few years ago. They must have used the barest minimum of anaesthesia, because I woke up halfway through, vaguely aware of some very serious digging happening in my mouth, and bit the hell out of the surgeon's hand before they managed to put me back under.
It must be some kind of cruel joke that they didn't make me pay--or show my insurance card, with which, it turns out, there was some kind of problem--until after the procedure. I was drooling and bleeding everywhere, trying to explain the situation through a post-anaethesia haze and mouth full of novocaine.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:49 AM on April 9, 2010
It must be some kind of cruel joke that they didn't make me pay--or show my insurance card, with which, it turns out, there was some kind of problem--until after the procedure. I was drooling and bleeding everywhere, trying to explain the situation through a post-anaethesia haze and mouth full of novocaine.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:49 AM on April 9, 2010
I just had two of my wisdom teeth out recently and all they gave me was novocaine. I didn't even get any painkillers afterwards. It was only a dull pain at worst. I looked at my teeth afterwards and the roots were well wider than the tooth.
You folks and your dental insurance.
posted by BishopFistwick at 5:52 AM on April 9, 2010
You folks and your dental insurance.
posted by BishopFistwick at 5:52 AM on April 9, 2010
You folks and your dental insurance.
You folks and your wisdom teeth.
One day (ok, one millennia) we won't naturally have them. Some of us decided to start early. As long as we breed, eventually we will solve the problem of unnecessary giant teeth to make room for more brains.
You are welcome.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:10 AM on April 9, 2010
You folks and your wisdom teeth.
One day (ok, one millennia) we won't naturally have them. Some of us decided to start early. As long as we breed, eventually we will solve the problem of unnecessary giant teeth to make room for more brains.
You are welcome.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:10 AM on April 9, 2010
clvrmnky: "One day (ok, one millennia) we won't naturally have them."
Only if not having them increases successful reproduction. Evolution is apathetic about anything which does not influence breeding (and the survival of spawn long enough to themselves breed).
posted by idiopath at 6:13 AM on April 9, 2010
Only if not having them increases successful reproduction. Evolution is apathetic about anything which does not influence breeding (and the survival of spawn long enough to themselves breed).
posted by idiopath at 6:13 AM on April 9, 2010
Uh... I have plenty of room for brains (PhD research scientist) and have all 32 teeth, like a good mammal. I don't have any idea what you're talking about there clvrmnky. If they come in straight and you brush them, there's no reason to have them pulled.
Besides, the extra giant teeth aren't really unnecessary, in an evolutionary sense. They're basically replacements for the teeth you would have lost by then if you didn't have decent dental hygiene. Don't blame evolution for your "extra" teeth - blame your toothpaste!
posted by caution live frogs at 6:15 AM on April 9, 2010
Besides, the extra giant teeth aren't really unnecessary, in an evolutionary sense. They're basically replacements for the teeth you would have lost by then if you didn't have decent dental hygiene. Don't blame evolution for your "extra" teeth - blame your toothpaste!
posted by caution live frogs at 6:15 AM on April 9, 2010
I had all four wisdom teeth removed at 15.
They asked me if I wanted a local or general, and since I hate going under, I asked for a local as long as it wouldn't hurt. They promised it wouldn't.
And boy, did it ever not hurt. Oh, I saw smoke and tooth chips flying out of my mouth, heard awful wet grinding noises, and felt tremendous pressure on my jaw, but I just. didn't. care.
In fact, I asked for a mirror (in between the digging) so I could watch them work (I'm weird that way). Whatever they'd given made me the highest I've ever been in my entire life.
Later when my dad picked me up I was still fairly whacked out of my skull. And when the drug wore off the pain wasn't as bad as I'd expected; I just had to remember to stop tonguing the stitches, which fell out themselves about a week later.
Funny the impression of that day is still so strong. Guess I liked it.
posted by bwg at 6:18 AM on April 9, 2010 [2 favorites]
They asked me if I wanted a local or general, and since I hate going under, I asked for a local as long as it wouldn't hurt. They promised it wouldn't.
And boy, did it ever not hurt. Oh, I saw smoke and tooth chips flying out of my mouth, heard awful wet grinding noises, and felt tremendous pressure on my jaw, but I just. didn't. care.
In fact, I asked for a mirror (in between the digging) so I could watch them work (I'm weird that way). Whatever they'd given made me the highest I've ever been in my entire life.
Later when my dad picked me up I was still fairly whacked out of my skull. And when the drug wore off the pain wasn't as bad as I'd expected; I just had to remember to stop tonguing the stitches, which fell out themselves about a week later.
Funny the impression of that day is still so strong. Guess I liked it.
posted by bwg at 6:18 AM on April 9, 2010 [2 favorites]
According to my mom, my recovery from dental surgery at age 13 included her in a headlock and me hissing "these are MY damn TEETH and you can't HAVE them."
posted by werkzeuger at 6:20 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by werkzeuger at 6:20 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
One day (ok, one millennia) we won't naturally have them. Some of us decided to start early. As long as we breed, eventually we will solve the problem of unnecessary giant teeth to make room for more brains.
I only have 3 wisdom teeth! Time to start a Brotherhood of Mutants.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:31 AM on April 9, 2010
I only have 3 wisdom teeth! Time to start a Brotherhood of Mutants.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:31 AM on April 9, 2010
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