I got my wisdom teeth removed today. Not fun.
There were a few problems, mainly the placement of the IV. I have a more serious medical problem — one that I haven’t felt comfortable writing about on my blog yet — so I’ve had many many IVs in the past few years, and they aren’t getting any easier. I have “small veins,” and nurses/doctors have a lot of trouble getting the IV in. And I mean a lot of trouble. I’ve had nurses give up after more than an hour of trying. This time it did work eventually, but it took three tries. Two tries in one arm (elbow and back of hand) then it finally worked on the back of my other hand.
It almost didn’t happen, though. The surgeon gave me the option to stop and re-schedule the operation after she unsuccessfully tried twice to place the IV, telling my parents that she didn’t want to “torture the poor guy.” Luckily for me, it did work out eventually and there were no more problems with it from then on.
So, for the near future I’m stuck to soft foods. My mouth isn’t numb anymore, and there’s basically no pain. Overall, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.
