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[askerian]

My mouth is full of blood. And I can't spit it out, because it needs to clot over THE HUGE HOLE IN MY SKULL WHERE MY WISDOM TOOTH USED TO BE.

So far I have a side of my face so tingly and anesthesied that I'm not even sure whether i'm biting my tongue or not, and yet I can still feel the slight sting that's characteristic of "hey, look, there's a hole in your skin".

There's a hole in my SKULL. D: And if there's one feeling I HATE, it's the crunching, slightly screechy sound/feel of a tooth breaking. *shudders*

Also, my neck is so tense and full of knots I can barely touch my chin to my collarbone. I need to teach my mom to do massages, or something.


... comparatively speaking, it wasn't as bad as I expected. Now let's see if the clot forms properly. D:




edit several hours later: Okay, now it's hurting a bit. More uncomfortable ache that AUGH HOSPITAL, though. I haven't taken any painkillers yet, so if that changes, I can fix it easily. ^^

Comments

[askerian]

... Never did it (except maybe when i was a child but i don't really remember) but I think being put under would scare me more, and I certainly wouldn't want to have it done unless there is no other way. I know it's irrational, but I'd be terrified I'll never wake up. D:

Also my veins suck. XD

I feel fine, really, it just aches in my jaw. I'm not dizzy or sick or having a bad reaction to anything. Besides, it would probably take an act of god to get me off the computer.

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

That's a perfectly reasonable fear. There's always a risk of never waking up when using general anesthetic. Not a serious risk, but still a risk.

But I've been under lots of times (unfortunately) so it's a risk that doesn't scare me anymore. And my veins also suck. There's only one that's good and you have to cut off the blood flow to my arm for-frikken-ever in order to make it pop. And my blood pressure likes to drop in interesting ways when I get a needle put in. XD

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

When I was put under for my wisdow teeth they only had to hook up a tiny IV tube to the back of my hand, where my veins were much easier to find. I was out cold with no problems. Maybe that'll be what they'll set up for you?

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Well, my mom's a nurse so she said that if they can't get a vein in two stabs that I should just get them to bring her in and have her do it.

Or just do it home right before and set a...not a PICC...oh geez, I forget the word.

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

Go for moms with skillz! ^_^ *has a mom who was an X-Ray Tech*

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Moms with skillz are teh awesome. :D

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

^____^ <3

[askerian]

Eeek. What happened to you? D: I'm disgustingly healthy, except for the yearly flu, so nngh. I'm not very experimented about hospitals (and kinda hoping it will stay that way) so they're still this mysterious place of PHEAR and weird smells. ~___~

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hm, there was one broken arm which they put me out to repair because it...well it kind of flipped the radius and ulna bones so that one was kind of poking up at the top of my wrist. Actually, I'm very surprised that the bone didn't break the skin.

And then there was leg surgery in which I had my achilles tendons lengthened (which just means that they sliced them, pulled them up and reattached them) so that I could stand flat on my feet. That hurt like a bitch. And I had to go around in a wheelchair for half a year. Also had UGLY UGLY bright neon pink fiberglass casts that I picked out myself because as I child I had no concept of taste whatsoever. :D

And I have it on authority from my parents that I've been in and out of the hospital for most of my infant and toddler years due to pneumonia and strep. Uh, and the one concussion that was totally my granparent's fault.

And you're right: hospitals smell. And the rooms are ugly. ^_^

[askerian]

Eeeek. D:

*WRAPS YOU IN COTTON*

eeeeeeeeek.

The last time I went to the hospital was to visit my grandfather, who was dying from cancer. ~_~ so on top of that there was all the dying old people smell and feel of bleak despair, and. ugh. *shudder*

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Visiting people in the hospital sucks more than being in the hospital sometimes.

I'M OKAY NOW. I ONLY GO TO EMERG ONCE A YEAR. :D :D :D

[stripedpetunia.livejournal.com]

YOU SAID EMERG. Are you Canadian? :DDD

*waves flag*

[des-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Ye-ep.

...only Canadians say emerg? I DID NOT KNOW THIS.

What do Americans call it? The ER?

[stripedpetunia.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure they call it that. Or Clooney and them all lied to me. :DDD

I know all kinds of retarded crap, because I am a linguist. Hear me roar. XD