Wednesday, October 22, 2008

loss of wisdom successful

for those that were planning on sending me care packages with soft
food and DVDs, for better or worse i don't think i'll need them. i
was almost looking forward to having a good excuse to lay on a couch
and watch lots of movies.

i got only one wisdom tooth pulled (the one that had a cavity and
broke - upper left). he looked again at the others and said that he
would keep them if he were me, and that my bite was stable so didn't
need to pull the 'mate' (lower left).
apparently with my beautiful tapered root etc it was a very easy
extraction. no general anesthesia or laughing gas, just some novocaine
(or equiv?) and pulled and it was out. i was literally in the doctor's
office for less than 15 minutes. i paid much less than i would probably pay in the US, not even considering the exchange rate (.68 to 1 today), but it still felt like a rip-off after it being so quick.

anyway, i still am not supposed to eat for another hour and a half or
so i'm considering taking a nap so i don't get too hungry. the
novocaine is wearing off but it doesn't hurt much. feels like i just
lost a tooth almost. hmm...

bought a new toothbrush that shakes or spins or something to try to
work on the hygiene of my wisdom teeth.

oh, and i went scuba diving and saw sharks and sea turtles and the only living "organism" visible from outer space and... i'll make sure to say more on that soon :)