Goodbye Wisdom Tooth!

I'm having quite a few 'firsts' this year. Or just because it's within the past few weeks. 

First bee sting. 

And now, first wisdom tooth removed. 

I've always known that i'd eventually have to remove my wisdom tooth one day. I just didn't think it would be this soon. I remember the first time the dentist actually told me about the condition of my wisdom tooth about 2 years ago. He said that it was still growing out & it would not affect me, BUT i would have to remove it one day.

It had to be on Tuesday, 10th April 2012. 

Firstly, i slept really late the night before so i woke up feeling so drowsy. I was also behind time because i had to rush & get ready for my career presentation in college. It was all going well until after my presentation. My jaw was hurting for no reason & i could feel as though something was scraping against the inside of my cheek. From there, i kinda knew it was my wisdom tooth. 

I managed to book a last minute dental appointment at 7pm. I was just hoping & praying that it was NOT cos of my wisdom tooth. Let it be something else! Anything but the wisdom tooth. 

Thank God i had one of the nicest dentist around. Which was just opposite my housing area. After poking, prodding and taking snapshots of my mouth, he told me that it was time to remove it. 

The aftermath. It's a little scary how sharp the tooth is. =/
Try to tolerate the disgustingness of the picture. kthx.

The whole process was quite amusing. My dentist was super nice, to the point where he kept talking even when he was the process of extracting my tooth! The most painful part was the injection of the anesthetics. Goshh, that hurt so badly! But it was smooth sailing after that.

Then after some advice and prescriptions, i was good to go. Except that i couldn't eat nor move my mouth much for the next few hours.

The most annoying part about the whole ordeal. I had to keep changing the gauze every 30 mins.
It was so uncomfortable that i felt like puking many many times. 

 

Pills that had to come along with it. 

Now, i'm still sort of surviving the whole ordeal. I'm mastering the art of munching and swallowing only using one side of my mouth. I have to ensure that no food bits gets stuck at the gaping hole where my wisdom tooth used to be.

I'll be able to survive the next week's one. I will! :D

Bee-ful day.

Cuteness can be deceiving. And yes, i do mean the bee.

Everyone knows that bees won't harm you if you don't disturb them. That's also why no one disturbs the bee hives. NO ONE. 

Unfortunately, i'm one of the few 'special' ones. 

I was sitting in my living room rushing to finish up an assignment due the next day. I was only halfway through, trying to rush and finish everything up before it was too late. For the first time this semester, i was behind in my individual assignment. I guess the rush from trying to finish everything else caused me to forget & delay the current one. =/

I turned to the left to look at my textbook, trying read and understand the points. Next thing i knew, there was a sharp stinging pain on my right hand. The pain was unbearable! I lifted my hand up to see what was wrong & i saw a tiny bee. 

I did the only thing i knew best. I screamed, jumped up from the chair & flicked the bee off my palm. From there i continued screaming until my mum came to remove the stingers from my hand. :'(

Aftermath

I sat there sobbing while trying to nurse my hand. The pain was excruciating. I was sobbing even while everything seems to be happening in a blur around me (drinking panadol, washing the wound, baking soda being poured over). Plus, it felt like my whole arm was going to swell up then and there.

I was just praying for the pain to END. 

Thankfully the swelling has already gone down today. It still stings from time to time, especially if i put too much pressure on it. Such a bad experience. :(

0 points to Society.

So, cruel society strikes again.

Society never fails to build you into a totally insecure human being. It picks you up carefully, chew you into little bits & spit you out. Without remorse.

Every single time, i'll hear that i'm not good enough. I'm not living up to expectations. I'm not thin enough. I'm not smart enough. I'm not this. I'm not that. Even though it's said to me in those exact words, i get the 'hidden' messages.

Society comes in the form of scheming 'friends', old grumpy ladies, the-guy-who-works-on-your-resume & mostly from the most unexpected people.


Why does everyone waste so much time telling people about what they CAN'T do? Instead of focusing on encouraging others.

Truth be told. I've kinda given up on everything. I'm done listening.

It's getting so frustrating. =/