成人快手

Explore the 成人快手
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

16 October 2014

NiconColl


成人快手 成人快手page
Scotland
Island Blogging
Argyll & Clyde Islands

Arran
Bute
Coll
Colonsay
Easdale
Fladda
Gigha
Great Cumbrae
Iona
Islay
Jura
Kerrera
Lismore
Lunga
Luing
Mull
Seil
Tiree

Northern Isles
Western Isles

Contribute
House Rules

From the 成人快手
I.B.H.Q.

Contact Us

The Wisdom Tooth

The appointment day finally arrived. I had wangled a lift to Oban. The bus was either going to be one hour too early, or twenty minutes too late, so the lift was much appreciated.
Ten o'clock.
I was directed up to the day ward but fortunately they didn't suggest getting into bed. The nurse took my blood pressure, it was very normal. I had a book (Mudbound - very good) and two cups of tea and several warnings that it was being a bit slow.
12-30.
Eventually I was transferred to the theatre ward. I'm still in a chair but I have left the book behind, there isn't much to left read and I can tell something bad is going to happen to Ronsel. A man in overalls walks past clutching a drill and masonry bit, I hope he isn't the dentist.
1-10
It happens, I have to lie on a trolley. I want to see where I am going, they want me to lie dowm and keep my elbows in.
1-15.
I am wheeled into theatre and connected up to the blood pressure machine and some kind of monitor is put on my finger. I am covered in a blue cloth (to catch the blood?) and warned to keep my eyes shut when they turn on the bright lights (the bright lights are very bright). My mouth is jabbed with local anaesthetic, but it is far enough away from my lips so I don't go through the 'can't drink because of dribbling stage' later. The dentist asks me to move my jaw this way, I have my eyes shut but fortunately guess which is the right way. There is a crunching noise and I realise the tooth has broke and it is going to be a big job, but they turn the bright lights off and remove the blue cloth; it has no blood on it at all. My tooth is much smaller than I expected.
1-20.
I have a thick piece of antisceptic string hanging out of my mouth to soak up any blood and am wheeled through a door clearly marked not to be used for trolleys with patients. I keep my elbows well-tucked in. In the recovery room I am allowed to get off the trolley and back onto a chair. They take my blood pressure again. The piece of antisceptic string is removed and my tongue explores the new contours of my mouth.
1-30.
I walk back to the day ward. They don't take my blood pressure. I wait for a prescription: mouthwash and paracetamol.
1-45.
I leave the hospital.
I scoot round Tesco and buy chocolate and a french stick and catch the bus. The anaesthetic has worn off but I am not going to need the paracetamol, in fact I feel well enough to test the Pipers Gold all evening.
In conclusion, this particular wisdom tooth couldn't have been more accommodating if it had tried.
Posted on NiconColl at 13:26

Comments

Eh Nic, only ONE wisdom tooth? Good it went smoothly. My, my, you must be a (black, I should hope) choco addict. Don't tell me you put nutella in your baguette (yummy, by the way)?

mjc from IN, USA


I am surprised it took you all evening to "test" Pipers Gold...

mjc from IN, USA


you did much better than me, Nic ... I had three removed in a dentists chair, and was left to almost faint in Boots while waiting for my painkillers ... happily never again ...!

soaplady from eeek remembering ...


Would that all teeth were as wise.

Hyper-Borean from A state of fear


Wow, what a procedure! Good thing that they take good care of you, Nic. Is this SOP for wisdom teeth in the UK?

Barney from Swithiod holding hands


Have I been on another planet or are you getting like buses Nic? My bipeds have once more been dumped from a dentist-who-is-no-longer-here's list. That's three times now and counting...

Flying Cat from emergency dental portacabin


mjc, Pipers has a funny effect on my memory - I forget things. Barney, if SOP is standard operating procedure then no, it isn't. Nice Mr Price who comes to Coll with the mobile dentist van declined to remove it because it had broken and there was hardly anything to grab hold of, and if it had broke he would have been stuck without the rest of his dentist's tool kit. Most people in the hospital were due to have general anaesthetics and looked far more nervous than I was.

Nic from not on Coll


Hi FC, I don't understand your comment at all. Sorry. I don't understand dentists either. Why do they need to move so often, is there a dentist transfer market we are unaware of? Moving to Coll has given me security of dentistry, it is the longest I have seen the same person.

Nic from not on Coll


I just meant that any tooth which gives up and come out without a fight must, per se, be wise. Feeble attempt at humour "Mea Culpa."

Hyper-Borean from The chair


Hyper-B., clearly yours is a MAXIMA culpa, not the ordinary variety. # You should take better care of your teeth, Nic, and avoid Guga jerky (I like Teriyaki flavored best): I never heard of anyone having disintegrating wisdom teeth before. Is it the fashion on the islands?

mjc from IN, USA


I just seemed that two or three blogs came along at once...

Flying Cat from optometrically yours


FC, it's just the effect of all that dark chocolate Nic has been devouring.

mjc from IN, US


Oh well, Nic, just as you were hitting your stride. Iblogging will be no more. How will we get the updates on the road work or the international airport in Coll? May you win all prizes at next year's ag. show, old gal. Stagger your plantings so that something wonderful is ripe for the picking around the time of the show.

mjc from IN, US A


I'm fairly sure they do stagger in Coll, but not necessarily plantings...

Flying Cat from trying to remember 'in' not 'on'




This blog is now closed and we are no longer accepting new posts.



About the 成人快手 | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy