VIBE CHECK: Everyone ready for the ending to begin? "You met Q at a very strange time in my life."
(media.patriots.win)
THE FIRST RULE Q CLUB IS:
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (208)
sorted by:
most Oral Surgeons would start an IV and give you a deep sedation/general anesthesia for wisdom teeth. Some use nitrous with it, some don't. I preferred not using nitrous as an adjunct which I came to prefer over the years. Propofol works wonders. Are you sure this wasn't a general dentist playing oral surgeon?
I guess things have changed. 35 years ago I was numbed up locally, they pulled all 4, and I drove myself home.
Whoa you’re lucky!! The USAF pulled all 4 of mine & they used IV valium. Massive pain for 24 hours in Hospital on Demerol. Yikes!!
Me too...all 4 out at the school of dentistry, drove myself home. Had to wait until Dad got home to go fetch my painkillers. Brutal.
Yup, now they recommend full anesthesia. All these funny videos of kids waking up and only being semiconscious, blabbering incoherently afterwards with no memory of acting and talking like a drunk... but that's not what happened with me, I remember everything. The nitrous isn't supposed to knock you out. Just help ease the anxiety, then get your mouth numbed up and yank the suckers. Should have been easy. First time 2 years ago was easy. This time however...
Mine were removed many years ago, and they knocked me out with Sodium Pentothol.
I opted not to go under, not to do anesthesia since the first wisdom tooth I had done 2 years ago was just fine using nitrous. I've always tried to avoid anesthesia whenever possible. Had the idea of going under. Funny thing is the first time I had it done, it was just a general dentist who said she felt comfortable enough to do it. No problems with the nitrous. But this time was an oral surgeon and them craziness happened. It's possible that the assistant just screwed up. I had the thing over my nose running oxygen for what seemed to be way too long. I was listening to music through headphones and the hour long track I was on had gotten at least 2/3 of the way done before they finally came back to get working. Maybe all that oxygen for 35 minutes just didn't react well once the nitrous was kicked on? But it was definitely not supposed to do what it did. The oral surgeon seemed legitimately concerned when I woke up. Texted me throughout the day to keep checking in on how I was doing.
Glad you made it fren!
I think the dentist/surgeon/assistants were the most relieved I woke back up... I asked if they had cameras in the room because I really wanted to see the recording so I could laugh at myself appearing talking to God (aliens, according to them) out loud. They dodged the question, probably for good reason to avoid a lawsuit haha
I'll bet they were nervous!! These kinds of events are scary!