Wisdom Teeth

The highlight of my weekend was the removal of my bottom wisdom teeth on Friday. This event was more than two years in the making, as my dentist kept urging me to have my wisdom teeth removed. My wisdom teeth were not even fully grown out, but the sooner the procedure was done the better. The main reason dentists recommend to remove wisdom teeth is overcrowding. Since I already had braces in the past, I did not want to risk having my teeth unaligned once again.

My dentist referred me to another oral surgeon to remove my bottom wisdom teeth. A week before the surgery, I made an appointment for a consultation to do all the paperwork and get a preview on what I was in for. My initial plan was to have my wisdom teeth removed before the fall semester at San Jose State University began. My procrastination got the better of me and I ended up calling the surgeon's office three weeks before school began. The next available appointment was on the 28 of August. When I met with the surgeon, I told him that I wanted the surgery done before a holiday to have extra days of rest. Another reason for this was to not miss any days of school. This worked out perfectly, as Labor Day weekend was coming up. I scheduled an appointment for September 4.

As I was on my way to have my surgery, I was somewhat nervous, not knowing what to expect. Last year, I had surgery to remove an infection that developed on my left leg from a soccer injury. I thought to myself: "If I can handle the pain I went through in the hospital for a week, this surgery shouldn't be that bad." This surgery was not a pleasing experience. First of all, I was not put to sleep like I was in the previous surgery on my leg. They just gave me anesthesia shots on my mouth to numb the area that was going to be worked on. I could literally hear the cracking of my teeth as the tried to pull them out. The drilling and cutting of my gums was endless. To make things worse, I could even smell my own blood, which is not the best smell in the world. At the end of my surgery, my lips were very swollen I could not speak at all. My gums began to swell up and are still like this as I am typing this blog. To make up for the pain I went through, I requested to keep what was left of my wisdom teeth.

Vocabulary Words
Alchemy: any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.

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