wis-doom

it has been ages ago since the last time I had my oral checked. just simply because I’m petrified of needles, pain and blood. no joking, it really does scare the hell out of me. I can somehow find ways to conquer my many other fear but this is definitely my dead spot (sei yuit in Cantonese).

I had my top left wisdom tooth decaying since three weeks ago and apparently the pain never wear off as I was badly hoping. so I finally made a Saturday appointment with mr dentist since Monday. and I had been whining to all my friends and colleagues about this dentist appointment since then.

reached the dental clinic at 1115am and I was freaking nervous. I couldn’t sit still while waiting, couldn’t be bothered to reply mum while she was chatting with me and kept on heavy breathing. the worse thing was the buzzing sound of the machine made me even more tensed.

when it was my turn, I told mr dentist that I can feel my top left wisdom tooth had decayed but there was pain on the bottom left wisdom tooth too. mr dentist gave it a thorough check and I was glad that he told me everything is fine except for the top left decay. mr dentist explained the procedure and he assured me it is a simple and minimal pain process. obviously I wasn’t convinced enough to overcome the fear and my whole body started shivering.

the anesthetic jab both inside and outside the gum was painful. and when the numbing effect took place, I couldn’t speak properly and that was when my tears dropped automatically. mr dentist poked my numbed gum to test if I can feel anything and if it was ready for the extraction. the extraction started and I couldn’t feel anything at all except the feeling of someone forcefully pulling something out from my mouth and some cracking sound. but it was already scaring the hell out of me. the next thing I know, a cotton was stuffed into my mouth and I could hear mr dentist saying ‘that’s all. you’re good. do you want to see your tooth?’ and I was replying in shocked ‘no, get it away from my sight!’

went home, feeling the side effect. pain on the gum and giddiness started kicking in. though it wasn’t that bad but I felt weak and all I wanted to do is sleep. mummy cooked watery porridge for me as adviced by mr dentist to take soft food for two days and mummy bought me ice cream to cheer me up.

people say I act like a 10 year old kid wimping about the dental appointment. shameful. yes…. but I can’t help it. and I feel like a happy lil 10 year old kid too when mummy bought me ice cream as a reward for all these drama :)

now i'm left with only 31 teeth with 1 wisdom less :P