Worried about Wisdom Tooth Surgery

I hope it went well! 

I hope you're doing alright, Andrea!

I hope the surgery went well!   

aw, thanks guys. i made it through the surgery ok- overheard the surgeon telling my mum it was a difficult surgery because the roots of the teeth were long, but i survived.  came home a few hours ago and only am just now able to make it upstairs and get online.  after this i'm going right back down to my parents bedroom for more sleeping.  had a lot of pain earlier while mum was changing my mouth gauze, but took one of those vicodin pills and i feel lots better now.  even managed to eat some applesauce and butterscotch pudding.  when i'm a little more coherent i'll write something better (i know reeeka wanted the details on how it went)- this is the best i can do for now though.  am currently sleepy and woozy and generally out of it. using most of my brain power to right this haha.  thanks for all the good wishes guys i really appreciate it xoxox

Glad you made it through OK. Feel better Andrea.

aw, thanks guys. i made it through the surgery ok- overheard the surgeon telling my mum it was a difficult surgery because the roots of the teeth were long, but i survived.  came home a few hours ago and only am just now able to make it upstairs and get online.  after this i'm going right back down to my parents bedroom for more sleeping.  had a lot of pain earlier while mum was changing my mouth gauze, but took one of those vicodin pills and i feel lots better now.  even managed to eat some applesauce and butterscotch pudding.  when i'm a little more coherent i'll write something better (i know reeeka wanted the details on how it went)- this is the best i can do for now though.  am currently sleepy and woozy and generally out of it. using most of my brain power to right this haha.  thanks for all the good wishes guys i really appreciate it xoxox

aww glad you're alright and things went good. Get some rest! thanks for lettin me know i appreciate it.

Right, I'm more coherent now (as you can probably tell by comparing my last post to this one) and I'll post a quick rundown of my experience for reeeka and anyone else who was curious.

Once I got called back into the surgical area, the nurse made me put my hair in a blue shower-cap looking thing, took my blood pressure, and attached EKG leads to my chest and side.  She watched my heartbeat and EKG traces veer wildly from side to side for a few minutes then asked me if I was nervous (well, duh!)  My mum got to come into the room for a while and they had her watch a video on how to take care of me post-op.  Then after a little bit of waiting the surgeon came in, met my mother and then a nurse took her back out to the waiting room.  The doctor lowered the chair I was on so I was lying flat and then he and a nurse put in my IV (which wasn't too bad at all.)  Then the nurse put in an oxygen tube into my nose and...that's all I remember.

When I woke up, I was very groggy and could barely move my mouth because of the numbness and swelling.  The time in between waking up and leaving the doctor's office is a bit of a haze, although I do remember a few things.  I've been recovering nicely at home so far- the pain meds have really helped, along with my trusty bag of frozen peas to help with the jaw ache that occurs every single time I eat something (or slurp something down really since all I've had to eat today has been jello, pudding, and apple sauce.)  The bleeding is just now starting to slow down, so I have to be really careful now to avoid disloging the blood clot and getting a dry socket.  The best thing of all though is that the little swelling I had went down really quickly and I have NO swelling at all now! Yay!

So, wait and see for the next couple of days (if I make it through the weekend without any major issues it'll probably be a pretty easy recovery), but all in all not too bad.  I'm glad I had it done- the pain I have now is obviously from the surgery and very localized, but the dull ache that I had from the impacted wisdom teeth before the surgery is now gone, and I'm grateful I won't have to deal with it anymore!

Thanks again to everyone for sharing their stories and good wishes- it really helped to hear what it had been like for others and how to take good care of myself in my recovery.

glad everything went well

Glad to hear it went well!  Keep resting!

Very glad to hear that it went well! By the weekend you will be much improved! 

Glad to hear it went well.

I thought about you yesterday, gald to hear it went well. Get lots of rest!

Glad you're on the mend.  I didn't want to post this before your surgery, but now it's over.....

I had an impacted lower wisdom tooth on one side and it actually caused a tumor on my jawbone.  Yes, I was foolish and put off getting anything done about it for too long.   What can I say?  I was young, had never had any sort of surgical treatment before, and was scared by the whole prospect.

I ended up undergoing 7 hours of surgery to have the whole section of jaw removed.  The surgeon cut out a part of my hip to fabricate a replacement and re-assembled my jaw with a metal strip.    I was only 17 at the time, and I don't mind admitting that being wheeled down to the theatre for that was the most terrifying experience I've ever had.   

So for anyone else in the same position, I would urge you to get it sorted out sooner rather than later. 

Sounds like everything went fine and that you are okay!     Take care of yourself!

Rest up well, Andrea!  Don't push too hard to get back into the swing of things.

Every time I have a friend/acquaintance get their wisdom teeth removed, I shudder and thank God that I don't ever have to go through that (I was lucky enough to born without any...seriously!).  The experience never sounds exactly pleasant .