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I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 22 years old in 1980.
They put me under and I don't remember a thing about the surgery or the office, not even the numbing injections.
Apparently, at the dental office after the surgery, I was told to bite down on the cotton pads in my mouth while my mouth was still numb to help the sockets to clot over. Well, I was pretty stoned at the dental office so my brain didn't get the message.
Some time later, the sockets were still bleeding so I called the dentist and the dental office said to bite down on the cotton pads to help the sockets to clot over. I said it was too painful to bite down on the cotton pads to help the sockets to clot over. The dental office said I should have bitten down on the cotton pads WHEN my mouth was still numb. I said it was too late so now what do I do. The dental office said they would call in a prescription for a narcotic pain pills. I should take the pills and then bite down on the cotton pads to help the sockets to clot over.
My wife drove to the pharmacy because I wasn't supposed to drive for the rest of the day, but I went along because I wanted to take the pills as soon as the prescription was filled. I waited in the car while my wife went in to get the prescription.
The pain was really bad and all at once I felt light headed and very sick. Instinctively, I opened the car door and then I vomited onto the parking lot pavement.
As soon as my wife got back with the pain pills, I swallowed them down. When the narcotic started to take affect, I bit down on the cotton pads to help the sockets to clot over, and they did.
Voila. Problem solved.
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