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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jun 30, 2014 - 07:59pm PT
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Whiteboy...have em knock you out and make sure you get the pain meds before the surgery so that you can have them nearby when the pain starts coming on after surgery...Not that big of a deal and not as scary as El Cap...When i came to the nurses were molesting me...not really , Just kidding..rj
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Jun 30, 2014 - 07:59pm PT
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mine were under the gums BITD when they got extracted
my dentist really cared about my welfare
he encouraged me to go under. with a Rx after it's NBD
if you stay awake it'll be a Jim Bridwell vacation, if you know what I mean
.02,
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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It is interesting to see how many of the pull 4 Wisdom teeth under Anesthesia, stories here ----- are nearly identical to mine.
However!
After the pull, a friend drove me 150 miles home and I slept upright as directed, with painkillers easing my sleep.
Sometime in the night, I awoke with a really bad stomach, stumbled into my bathroom, and puked, and, puked, and puked-------a stomach-full of blood.
My bleeding sockets had been leaking blood down into my throat & stomach all night.
At Age 19, shivering & cold, kneeling in front of the toilet, was perhaps the first time I really thought:
I’m going to die!
It was much later, after talking with my ex-father-in-law Doctor Anesthesiologist about this experience, that I realized the level of risk involved in being “knocked-out” in a dentist’s office. The ex-father-in-law was shocked and appalled, since he was a Doctor with 4 years of additional medical school, and he only worked with patients in a hospital environment, with full hospital back-up in case any problems happened.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:10pm PT
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YER
GONNA
BE IN A BIT OF PAIN FOR A FEW DAYS. HARDEN THE F*** UP!!!!!!!!!! :)
I had one of them taken out and dentist forgot to prescribe me pain killers. By the time I got home I had tears coming out from one eye and was shivering. It sucked big time. Make sure to get your pain meds!
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salad
Big Wall climber
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:10pm PT
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its no big deal. the last one I had pulled out was just with a local. the tooth was actually broken in half and had a bad cavity. the dentist reasoned that since I broke it in half and lived with the cavity for 1 year without ever coming in that I wouldn't need pain killers, so no script.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:27pm PT
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I had all 4 pulled, they were all under the gums and 3 were impacted. I saved $350(?) dollars by not getting put out. When the oral surgeon had to climb up on the chair-thing and my head was being jerked around, I was thinking I should have spent the money.
In a couple days I got dry socket. It was extremely painful, then came the rotten dragon's breath, which made it all worth it. My freinds still remember the breath of death.
Good luck :)
BTW, my surgeon was Salinas Oral Surgeon Dr. Terry Slaughter DDS. ... 420 E Romie Ln Map. Salinas, CA 93901
31 years back.
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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No big deal for me. Get knocked out. Take care of yourself when you wake up..
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:31pm PT
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I had two taken out in my late teens. Local only. I still remember the dentist with his knee on my chest, reefing away on one with a big pair of pliers and a lot of force. I remember thinking that if he slipped, it was going to make a big mess of my face.
If they are complicated, I'd go for the general. Sooner or later you'll have that anyway. It's no big deal.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:34pm PT
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I had all 4 yanked at once when I was about 18 or 19, fully unconscious. Spent the day after convalescing (mostly laying down?) on some strong pain meds, don't remember much but overall was not that big of deal.
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:59pm PT
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Wisdom teeth are there to give you wisdom.
Just see how Americans pull them all out and become stooopid .....
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:02pm PT
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Braun...Will dentures restore wisdom...? rj
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
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I had two done at once, with just local anesthesia.
I did not feel any pain during the procedure. But they are pulling a perfectly health giant tooth out of your face and the amount of pulling and pressure is huge. Different people will react differently to that. Can you watch a needle being put in your arm? Can you watch them stitching you up? I guess what I'm saying is, I personally am not squeemish so it didn't bother me, but it was a unique and unpleasant experience.
"general" anesthesia now is quite different than it was 20-30 years ago. A little fentenyl (sp?) fairly benign. I'd go that route if I did it again today.
The pain afterwards is pretty horrible. You need to take your meds.
good luck, Phyl
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:34pm PT
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Get put under.
Never look back
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:50pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video].
Get put under.
Never look back ^ Excellent advise.
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The pain afterwards is pretty horrible. You need to take your meds. Yup...
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When the Dentist/ Oral Surgeon... starts talking about dry socket >>Listen and obey..
I will spare you my nightmare story..
I feel for you...Good luck!!
It's good you are young and getting it done.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:53pm PT
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I had all four pulled and was on laughing gas not under general anaesthesia. They were all impacted. I don't remember a thing about the procedure now (30 years later) but I remember the week after was spent in a Percocet haze due to pain.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Sonora
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:00pm PT
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You will crush it. Thousands of people who are not El Cap badasses get their wisdom teeth pulled every day;)
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:21pm PT
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Chin up there, Whitemeat. You'll be fine.
The local painkiller they use today is a hell of a lot more effective than the crap they used in the past.
A couple years ago, when my dentist was grinding down one of my teeth so he could fit a crown on it, it was all I could do to keep from laughing during the process because even though I could not feel a damn thing, I knew it had to be hurting like Hell. I thought that was just the funniest thing.
When I had my wisdom teeth done, I woke up during the deal. That wasn't one of my better wake-ups. Going local sounds like a good choice.
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T.J.
climber
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:35pm PT
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Can be scary, get that. I had mine pulled but only had two tops. The anesthesia they gave me was supposed to be one where I wouldn't remember a thing. Then the surgeon came in and popped those suckers out just like that. I remember the whole thing, I thought he was gonna put his foot on my chest for more leverage! But go under if you can. Save the suffering for something fun. If not take a deep breath, psych up, put some LOUD music on and you'll tell your kids a blend of the same stories in the up posts.
T.J.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:59pm PT
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Getting put under weirds me out too.
I went under for my wisdom teeth and it wasn't bad.
You just fall asleep and wake up! You've been doing it every night your whole life. Same thing!
The funny thing is I remember falling asleep at the dentist, but I don't remember getting home (my mom drove me). So it was like I fell asleep at the dentist and woke up at home on my couch. Kinda weird, but it's just like waking up normally so it's not bad.
You'll be fine!
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Jun 30, 2014 - 11:15pm PT
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If they are complicated, I'd go for the general. Sooner or later you'll have that anyway. It's no big deal.
After a few surgeries, there's no doubt here that, in general, the General can be far more debilitating than the procedure itself. Back when I was your age, surgeons had to work fast!
Kidden', of course. I had 2 impacted on one side removed under a local; the remaining 2 the following week. For post-op pain, I was Rx'd ice cream. Age 19, I lamented the loss of a PK entitlement. But, at least I could handle I scream on one side of my handsome jawline, at a time.
I'm in a better position now to understand the LDS oral surgeon's politics on that count.
The key thing here is: don't procrastinate, get it done and over with. That's if the girls like your smile...or even if they don't.
It's a boulder B1...not even some C1.
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