a word to the wise

paying the extra cost for iv sedation when having wisdom teeth removed is well worth the cost especially if you are anxious when it comes to anything tooth related. i get extreme anxiety just during a teeth cleaning and would opt for sedation if it was allowed. i'm the biggest baby ever. miraculously i have excellent teeth. but the wisdoms has to come out

was going to have just two taken but i had some last minute sales in the store, my doc was delighted to hold out his hand and receive my hard earned money.

honestly i was too out of it from no morning coffee to be scared. knowing you won't be aware of what is going on is a big help. had i known they would have had to go up in my sinuses and drill i dont know if i would have sat down at all but that wonderful little iv had me seeing purple lights and entering that bliss world for an hour. supposedly i woke up again. doesnt surprise me, i woke up during the boob surgery too. it's known that it takes redheads more sedative to keep up knocked out. oh yes but purple lights. i dont remember anything else, i think its the versed that impairs memory.

waking up was a bitch. i cant believe the surg assistant was able to understand me. she gave me a bag to barf in. i tried to bite on gauze but was feeling so nauseous and the taste of blood down my throat was making it worse. i remember seeing my doc walk past the window on his way to lunch break as i asked the surg if i could have something for nausea and a percocet immediately. my head hurt so bad but i think it was coffee withdrawals. my entire jaw ached. all i could do was barf and drool into a bag and try to wipe my tongue. it took me a while to come around and i didnt want to stand up because i knew any motion would make me throw up. i waited in the chair and the doc came back from lunch, we joked a bit and he gave me a shot of phenergan in the arm. by wheelchair i was taken to the car , by the time we were almost home i was able to swallow a percocet and the world had stopped spinning.

TY pulled the bed back for me, gave me a barf bag, water and some paper towels and i passed out for a few hours. thank god he had the day off. no way i would have been able to care for the baby. i woke up around 430 and ate a potato, had a shake then took another percocet and struggled to stay awake till 8. woke up once to take another perc but by morning i was sore but it was tolerable. enjoyed a lovely cup of coffee and am now on half a percocet since we dont have ibuprofen here and i need to stay awake to watch over the baby.

i have no brain to concentrate, read, work, anything but blogging is pretty easy . am glad its over, am glad i had all four at once. now on to cervical surgery my next health event. i'm becoming a pro at surgeries.

the good news is i talked the doc into letting me volunteer at his clinic to get experience. by the time i get my nurse license back and have some experience i should be a marketable little bitch huh?

but i'll still run akai. love it too much to close the door, will just slow it down so i can volunteer and learn something new.

signed, chipmunk