Liz, you don't wanna hear my story. But since you asked, I'm tellin it anyways.
I got my wisdoms pulled on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving 3 years ago. Mistake #1. I did that because it provided the least amount of missed time from work. It meant no turkey, just mashed potatoes. No biggie, I LOVE mashed potatoes. Mom made extra just for me.
Anyways, the actual surgery was weird. I was knocked out, but I can remember feeling a lot of pressure. No pain, just pressure...and cracking. When I woke up I couldn't feel my lips, but I could feel the drool on my chin. Freacky feeling. My mom said I was sayin all this weird **** and couldn't talk right at all (who can talk with their mouth numb and full of guaze?). I took advantage of the pain meds (percs cause I'm allergic to codeine). I ate babyfood (plums with apples are my fav, I still buy some every now and then
) for the next couple of days. I was fine that night and the next, but come Thursday night I was done.
After eating a ton of mashed potatoes, I ended up throwing it all up...not once, not twice, but thrice. Of course my dad thought I took too much and was trying to kill myself (I had a suicidal history). I think the docs gave me something else for pain after that, I can't remember. But anyways. I ended up losing 5 pounds and feeling like crap the rest of the weekend.
My gums were stiched to the insides of my cheecks, so I couldn't smile for 2 weeks (at least not as large of a smile as I usually do when laughing), couldn't open my mouth to get anything more than a spoon in, had trouble talking, and I bruised pretty bad. And yes I was quite swollen as well.
I had other problems but that was with money and insurance and ****.
It's worth getting them done, but for some people it isn't a pretty sight. I didn't have dry sockets (where the clots come out of the sockets), so I got lucky there. They should tell you all the risks before hand so you know what the hell is going on. I'm sure you'll be fine. You probably take pain much better than I do
