Surgery

Wisdom teeth are the last molars on each side of the jaws. They are also the last teeth to emerge, or erupt, usually when a person is between 16 and 20.Since wisdom teeth are the last permanent teeth to come in, or erupt, there is often not enough room left in your mouth to accommodate them. This can lead to wisdom teeth that are impacted teeth that are trapped beneath the gum tissue by other teeth or bone. If teeth are impacted, swelling and tenderness may occur.Wisdom teeth that only partially emerge or come in crooked can also lead to painful crowding and disease. Since teeth removed before age 20 have less developed roots and fewer complications, the American Dental Association recommends that people between 16 and 19 have their wisdom teeth evaluated to see if they need to be removed. Well, I went to the dentist twice a year my entire life, and I guess it wasn't considered an issue, because my first one surfaced at age 28, and was pulled at Dr. Morrison's on the spot. No problem at all, other than it occurred during month end at work, and that was not good. I went home for a few hours, and was good to go in the morning.

Well, the three that I have left are not looking too good, and are going to have to be extracted by an oral surgeon on Tuesday. Two are horizontally impacted, and one is a vertical impaction. None have erupted. I dread this to no end. Although I have always recovered very quickly from surgeries, childbirth, and other dental procedures, no one wants to do this stuff. I have no tolerance for pain medication. Most of it makes me throw up. But, I also hate taking anything that I do not absolutely have to have, so hopefully things will go smoothly and I will be fine quickly.

So, Tuesday at 11 am, keep me in your prayers, as I go see the oral surgeon! The worst part will be the iv, no doubt, because I am the hardest person to stick that nurses have ever seen. The last time I had blood drawn at Reinhart's, the dr himself did it because the nurses could not get a vein. Joe (the anesthesiologist) had to start my last IV after 4 nurses could not, at Drew Memorial.... Same story at UAMS. My veins were ruined by all the medication I got when I was pregnant with Karsyn, and hospitalized for weeks in preterm labor. The effects are still there. So once we get that thing going, I am thinking it will be fine.

On another note, my anniversary is this week, the 16th. We will be celebrating 9 years of marriage. Since my printer/scanner/copier/fax combo bit the dust, I am not going to be able to do the post I was planning on, unless by some miracle it starts powering up again. I can't believe I am old enough to have been with someone a decade, and to have been a wife for 9 of those years. It cracks me up when people say how long they have been together, and include the years that they were 13 or 14. PLEASE! It's easy to be someone's significant other when you can't even drive! It's these real years that count! Be sure you head over to Rosjuane's page that day, too, because she and Brad married on July 16th as well, just several years after me, lol.