I read that in the booklet he gave me. I told him my work was only scholastic and wouldn't be laborious at all. I don't think he meant that, but it is a good reminder to not try and move out of my apartment immediately after.

That sounds intense. I wonder why the pain just hit you at work. Did you stop taking pain killers that day?

People take the surgery differently. Many people have the ability to eat the next day and have no swelling. Some people get all swolen and can't eat solid food for a week. It's best to plan for the time away and come back early if it's possible.

I've seen people that don't do well with pain come out of the surgery with no problems, and I've seen people who are tough guys be taken out for a while. It's not about being a puss or something like that.

I had all four of them out when I was almost 31.

They were all impacted and if I remember correctly, some of the roots to the wisdom's were wrapped around other good teeth.

I think I took a couple days off - but that was because the roots were wrapped around others and there was more involved with removing them - it wasn't just yank em out.

I ate lots of jello and chocolate pudding for a while :)

I didn't really need the pain killers up until that point because I was not experiencing much pain. So when I went back to work, I didn't bring the pain killers with me and that's when the worse pain hit. I remember thinking at time how strange it was that I was not having pain or any swelling those first four days...especially considering how impacted my teeth were...the ones on my upper jaw were actually up in my sinuses.

Just to clarify, 2 of them were impacted, the other 2 came out with no issue. and did not require the oral surgeon to take them out. It was the impacted ones that caused you problems. And yes, you took some time off. If I remember, you had them out on Wednesday and didn't go in til Monday.

I had mine out when I was 19. I had them out on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and barely could return to work on the Monday after. I had all 4 out, and I believe all were impacted. I was given the gas and IV during, and Percoset and ibprofin after. Thanksgiving meal consisted of mashed potatoes, which I promptly threw up. I lost 5+ pounds over the weekend. Once I was keeping food down, I ate baby food (yes, baby food, I'm weird and love baby food), mashed potatoes, soup, jello, etc. It took about a week before I could eat solids again. The inside of my cheeks were stitched to my gums, which was part of the problem, as well as the pain and soreness.

Granted, I do not take pain very well. Everyone will react differently.

yeah i had two that were cut into smaller pieces to be extracted and the other two pulled in one sitting, i took one day off of work then returned to my shop and worked a normal 12hr day will my pills in my box.

Should i say lucky for me since mine haven't come in yet?:lol:

a buddy at work had his out and he was out a week....but it could be the nature of the job. it depends on a lot. your tolerance of pain, how badly the teeth are impacted, and how much you swell up. i had a pretty deep molar yanked out and it was sore for about a week before i could really chew anything comfortably. bleed like a mother ****** too