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The surgeon knocked me out cold with general anesthesia, so I did not know what he did. I simply woke up dazed, with my mouth full of gauze.
DW drove me home, where I spent the next 24 hours in bed, with my head on a bath towel to catch the bloody drool. Graphic enough for ya?
My wife and children were also sedated by general anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal, but they suffered much less pain and recovered a lot faster.
PS. The pain that persisted for a month or so afterwards changed the way I chewed, and contributed to my TMJ disorder. Soon after, when I ate, my jaw made funny click-clack sounds, loud enough that people at the dinner table looked at me and asked if I was OK.
DW drove me home, where I spent the next 24 hours in bed, with my head on a bath towel to catch the bloody drool. Graphic enough for ya?
My wife and children were also sedated by general anesthesia for wisdom teeth removal, but they suffered much less pain and recovered a lot faster.
PS. The pain that persisted for a month or so afterwards changed the way I chewed, and contributed to my TMJ disorder. Soon after, when I ate, my jaw made funny click-clack sounds, loud enough that people at the dinner table looked at me and asked if I was OK.
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