Okay... that was last Thursday... I hope I never have to have a tooth pulled again.
The worst part? The stress. I was VERY stressed - waiting for it to hurt. It didn't (well... to be honest, my jaw started to hurt approx. an hour later while I was waiting at the pharmacy for the pain killers the dentist prescribed for me.)
The second worst part? The sounds. Really! As the dentist told me - molars don't come out in one piece. So... although I couldn't feel anything (and I was slightly out of it thanks to the laughing gas)... I could hear it.
The sound that comes to mind? "Pop rocks" (you know... the candy?)... and a high speed drill. And pressure as the teeth were pulled out.
The pain killers help a lot... the pain has been getting duller each day... but 4 days later... my upper jaw still hurts/aches (though the muscles in my jaw don't anymore). I had a bad headache on Sunday... not sure if it was because of my jaw or not but the dentist said it looks like I grind my teeth a lot which can cause headaches...
And I can't really take the pain killers before work...
So, now what?
Hopefully it'll stop hurting by the end of the week (so I'm not completely miserable after the root canal on the other side on Wednesday...)
The dentist said it'll take at least 3 months for the bone to grow back/recover and then we can see about implants or whatever...
8:55:54 PM 
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