Re: wisdom teeth freak out!

[Guest guest]

Hi there...

I'm sure you know this already..... doctors put people " under " all

the time. Try not to worry.

The IV needle will only sting for 1/1000 of a second.

Everything will by okay.

Good Luck!

Randy

> Hi all,

> I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out! Not

so

> much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

taking

> anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

the

> needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower sagittal

> split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

for

> the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at my

> OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> suggest that...HELP

[Guest guest]

Thanks Randy...I'm still scared but I've got to do it! YIKES

> > Hi all,

> > I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out!

Not

> so

> > much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

> taking

> > anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

> the

> > needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower

sagittal

> > split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> > sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

> for

> > the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at

my

> > OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> > suggest that...HELP

[Guest guest]

Didn't mean to sound insensitive.

It's actually nice to fall asleep and wake up when the surgery is

done.

Best Wishes!!

Randy

> > > Hi all,

> > > I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out!

> Not

> > so

> > > much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

> > taking

> > > anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared

about

> > the

> > > needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower

> sagittal

> > > split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> > > sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here

crying

> > for

> > > the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse

at

> my

> > > OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she

doens't

> > > suggest that...HELP

[Guest guest]

--Well, not to pat myself on the back or anything but I had all four

wisdoms out with novicaine and laughing gas. Mine were simple

extractions though.

In any event, don't worry about the anesthesia. You will be fine. I

had surgery on May 14 and that was my biggest fear, but now that I

have been through it, it was the easiest part.

Good luck. We'll be praying for you.

Donna

- In orthognathicsurgerysupport@y..., " donegalkick " <donegalkick@y...>

wrote:

> Hi all,

> I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out! Not

so

> much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

taking

> anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

the

> needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower sagittal

> split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying for

> the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at my

> OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> suggest tha

[Guest guest]

I know that this is a surgery group and all but it seems to me that

the majority of orthodontically " average " people have their wisdom

teeth taken out as well. They sure are annoying little teeth, maybe

they shouldn't be graced with such a great name. I mean, WISDOM,

seems to me they're not so wise if they can't figure out how to grow

in properly. Sheesh! In any case, don't worry about the extraction,

I'm sure it will all go well.

Take care,

Neta-lee

> > Hi all,

> > I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out!

Not

> so

> > much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

> taking

> > anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

> the

> > needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower

sagittal

> > split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> > sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

for

> > the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at

my

> > OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> > suggest tha

[Guest guest]

Hello!

If you've been reading any of my posts, you know by now that I'm the

biggest baby there is. Scared of it all. Take heart that I had

four severely impacted in the bone wisdom teeth removed a few years

ago. The surgery was a piece of cake. The IV is a pinch going in,

asleep within minutes. I remember waking up very pleasantly

surprised. There was no passage of time, no feeling of anything.

Nothing to be afraid of with anesthesia. I have the big jaw surgery

coming up soon and I don't fear the little nap one bit, since I've

had the wisdom teeth surgery. You are in good hands with the

professionals and they monitor you the whole time.

Good luck!

Irish!

> Hi all,

> I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out! Not

so

> much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

taking

> anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

the

> needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower sagittal

> split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

for

> the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at my

> OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> suggest that...HELP

[Guest guest]

Usually with wisdoms, the " going under " , if it's in a doctor's

office, is just twilight, not full general anethesia. Twilight is a

piece of cake, you don't get nauseated, you don't wake up feeling

like crap, it doesn't take forever for you to wake up either. I had 3

taken out under twilight, the other 2 taken out under general in day

surgery (those were the ones that broke the jaw, since my lower jaw

is so short, every time he tried to get those ones out in the office,

I would stop breathing, sort of like a forced apnea. So I had to go

under general anethesia to get them out.) If yours aren't that

impacted you might be able to use nitrous, that's what I used when I

got my last premolars out right before I got my braces on. I LOVE

nitrous, and I'm not ashamed to admit it;). You feel so good during,

and no nasty side effects and you come out of it as soon as the

little mask is off your face. I could never be a dentist because I

would be like the Steve character in " Little Shop of Horrors "

with the nitrous mask on my face all day. I've only had it a couple

of times though, even though my jaw is useless, I have fabulous

enamel, other than cleanings, I haven't had to do much to my teeth in

years. What's so funny is that my husband has terrible teeth by

heredity and has had to have 4 root canals with crowns (at $800 a pop

our share) plus cavities plus some other stuff and he will end up

having a more expensive mouth than me out of our own pocket, even

though I'm having the $35000 surgery. I get tired of my job, but I

gotta love the benefits.

J.

> > Hi all,

> > I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out!

Not

> so

> > much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

> taking

> > anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

> the

> > needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower

sagittal

> > split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> > sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

> for

> > the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at

my

> > OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> > suggest that...HELP

[Guest guest]

Irish, if you did so well on your impacted wisdoms, I'll bet you do

awesome through this. I have heard that impacted wisdoms can and

usually are far worse than this.

Donna

> > Hi all,

> > I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I'm freaking out! Not

> so

> > much about the procedeure but about the anesthesia! I've been

> taking

> > anti-anxiety meds and have bad panic attacks and I'm scared about

> the

> > needle for the IV and " going under " I'll be having lower sagittal

> > split/or a genio for my recessive chin so I have to go under

> > sometimes, but this fear is so bad I've been sitting here crying

> for

> > the last few hours. What do I do!? I've talked to the nurse at

my

> > OS's office and they can just give me novacaine, but she doens't

> > suggest that...