I Survived The Loss of 4 Wisdom Teeth and All I Got...

... was pat on the back, some drugs, and a 'Sorry we don't accept that card for payment, will that be cash, check or another charge card'. Financial woes aside, I am doing fine. They couldn't use general anastesia on me cause in laymens terms "I'd stop breathing" and I said "well I prefer to breathe" so we went the next best thing which was local and an IV which meant I was awake but goofy. Sadly they asked me no philosphical questions so if there were any pearls of wisdom to be discovered, they were overlooked.

As for pain management, if I quietly pretend that I have no need to speak, yawn, eat, drink or otherwise use my mouth for any type of motion, then I am quite in good shape. Hope everyone else is the same.

Keep the Faith,
Jeff
posted by Jeff Gatlin at 10/14/2002 08:11:00 PM