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The surgery was an anti-climax.

The needle was not as scary as I thought. I've had more painful mouth ulcers.

My dentist is seriously skilled. He was referred to me by a colleague who had a seriously impacted wisdom tooth. All the dentists she went to either refused to take up her case, or referred her to the SGH dental specialist, until one referred her to THIS dentist. 

Coincidentally, my gay friend also recommended this dentist to me. 

Anyway, the dentist told me that if I went to SGH to get my impacted wisdom tooth extracted, chances are they'll cut through my jaw bone, which would result in serious swelling and extreme pain. He also told me that he never cuts through the jaw bone and as a result of his non-invasive surgery, most of his patients experience zero to extremely mild swelling.

He drilled my tooth into half before extracting the bits separately. From the time I entered the room to when I left, the whole process took roughly 20 mins. I was a nervous wreck. Every time the dentist raised and lowered the chair, I visibly flinched. Every time the dentist brought a new apparatus near my mouth, I clammed up and used my hands to cover my lips.

I remember that when the dentist drilled my teeth, I smelled burning skin. Like "chau tah" smell. 

I remember the assistant not really knowing how to hold the saliva sucker thing properly, and I looked like I had a water fountain coming out of my mouth.

I remember emitting a small whimper when I saw the dentist holding the sutures because I've never had stitches before and the idea of some part of my body being sewn up is just... gross. 

Obviously I've watched wayyyy too many movies like this one:

The next shittiest part kicked in when the anaesthesia wore off. It was like... being kicked in the face by a donkey. My whole jaw was ultra-sensitive and painful, and to top it off, the pain gave me a headache. That was when I made ibuprofen 400mg my newest best friend. Sorry mefenamic acid, your 250mg just didn't cut it. 

Anyway, I didn't eat anything since my lunch of watery porridge on yesterday till about noon today. Still on watery porridge and mushy disgestive biscuits soaked in hot water, but I did sneak a little chocolate. Not my fault ok, I've gone 24 hrs without a cigarette!

Surprisingly, I'm experiencing minimal pain even without painkillers. I just feel icky when I feel the stitches pull slightly on my gums when I turn my head too fast.  Should be able to do semi-solids tomorrow. I'm sick of eating baby food.