Wisdom teeth removal

Monday 11th August 2014
Sorry i haven't updated in a while i haven't felt myself until today! So i will start on the day of my surgery:

6am - Woke up feeling really nervous had a small glass of squash and brushed my teeth, my grandma and friend Lisa came to my house ready to travel to Exeter Hospital. 

We arrived just before 7:30am i got checked in and given a bay in a ward, i was there for a while before a nurse came round and checked my blood pressure and went through all my paper work. I had to do a urine sample to make sure i wasn't pregnant and the i got dressed into a very attractive hospital gown and tight socks! (the socks are to stop blood clots). 
 
 I had 2 visits from other people who where going to be working on me, the first visit was from the 2 Anaesthetists that where going to be putting me to sleep, i told them that the last time i was put under i came round feeling very sick so can they do something to stop that? She said yes and wrote something in her notes. The second visit was from my surgeon and a trainee doctor they where really nice and made me feel slightly better about what i was having done.

After they had all left i had a bit of a breakdown, started crying as the realisation that i was having surgery kicked in! But i was then left for 2 and a half hours until my surgery time, a theatre nurse and another nurse came in at 11:15am went through more paper work then i was ready to go down to theatre! The theatre nurse was lovely and really made me feel at ease.

I was taken to a room with the anaesthetist and another doctor, i got up on to the bed and i had heart monitors strapped to me then the anaesthetist put the needle into my hand, they all chatted to me and kept me calm throughout. They injected something that apparently would make me feel like i had had a glass of wine! I felt a little funny but it wasn't too bad, then another nurse put an oxygen mask over my face which forced my eyes to close, the theatre nurse squeezed my hand and said that they were going to look after me, and that was it! That was the last thing i remember before waking up.

As i woke up i felt very disoriented and i didn't know what was going on, it was like i was in a dream and i felt very spaced out. I was talking to the nurses who asked me if i was in any pain, i said no because i couldn't feel anything really. I still had the heart monitors on and a blood pressure cup, they kept taking my temperature because apparently my heart was a little to fast and i was only supposed to be in recovery for an hour but i was in there for 2 and a half hours! After my heart rate had dropped they took me back to the ward where i stayed for about half an hour, then i got dressed and had something to drink and tried to eat a biscuit! They kept me in until 4:15pm and after going through all the do's and dont's and being given my medicine i was discharged.

At home i tried eating some baked beans which i managed a little of then i went up to bed early after taking my tablets. This was the worst night ever! I was in so much pain at about 11:30pm my jaw hurt and my tongue was really numb and tingly, my mum gave me an ice pack and some more tablets but i only got about an hours sleep before the pain hit again! I was up until 6:00am in pain, i then took some more pain killers and my dad made me a luke warm cup of tea and i managed to sleep untill about 9am.

Day 1 post operation

Today was ok, i kept on top of my tablets and i wasnt in much pain all day, the only thing that bothered me was that i still couldnt feel my tongue! It was tingly but i couldnt feel it, which made eating very difficult! My swelling was worse on one side as you can see by the photo, eating wise i had porridge for breakfast, tomato soup for lunch and rissotto for tea. I couldnt really chew anything because my tongue was in the way! I stayed up a bit later tonight because i felt slightly more alert, i brushed my teeth with a soft baby brush and used the mouthwash i was given. I went to bed around 11:30pm and i woke up at 4:30am in agony again! I got some frozen peas and held them to my face to try and numb the pain. I was up again till about 6am when i was allowed more pain killers, i then had some toast because i was so hungry!



Now i am up to date, today i am feeling more like myself i will update again tomorrow when i find out how today will turn out!