Yup! Went missing for a while to hide my "chipmunk" face from the world. Now the swollen cheeks are better but I still have some traces of blood from my 3 wounds, hee...

I removed the wisdom teeth because they might be a potential source of worry a few years down the road. I saw them in my dental x-ray years back, but did not think much about it because like everyone else, we only go to the dentist when the pain starts right? But since I will be away for quite a while and have time on my hands, so...

It was quite traumatic for me as you all know I didn't like needles at all. I opted for the general anaesthesia via gas. I was reassured that I will be gassed out, but as I lay unglamourous on the cold operating theatre bed feeling all ready, a new doctor appeared and held my left hand,"Why won't you let us give you a prick at the back of your hand, my dear? We can give you a lot of things that will really help you with the surgery, you know..." I knew it, it's the inevitable now.

The doctors and nurses were really gentle and tried to talk to me to divert my attention while they looked for my tiny green vein to insert the needle, and before I knew it, it was done. I looked at the needle stucked into my hand and it was not too bad. Not to the extent I will start yelling at everyone. Then they passed me the gas mask and obediently I breathed in and out a few times, and before I know it, "wake up, the surgery's over, wake up."

The first few post-surgery hours were more tormenting. Blood was everywhere! Ok, I am exaggerating here, but there was no end to the bleeding for hours. Every other patient who went through the same procedure left, and I was the last one, with 2 gauzes stuffed into my mouth, on the wounds to stop the bleeding. At long last the bleeding subsided and I was discharged from the hospital.

As I was under GA, I was really groggy and blur, for the next few days. I only ate and slept and watched TV throughout the week, doing little else. Was given 8 days MC but I actually didn't need it, ha! I opened the container that held my 3 wisdom teeth today and finally took a look at them. 2 were whole but one was in pieces. I supposed they sawed/drilled it into pieces for easy removal. Erm, there were also some bits of brown stuff that looked like remnants of gums, yup.

Anyway, just to share my experience here, not to scare you all. It really is quite painless and bearable. Some of you might need to go through it sooner than others, but it really is ok. I survived. Yup.