Accessorizing The Grill

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After

Anxiety consumed my entire being on Sunday. No matter how hard I tried to keep my mind off of what was to come, visions and recollections of my past experience kept emerging. Even though I have changed oral surgeons (Thank you, Dr. Oslund!), the thought of waking up in the middle of the procedure caused minor panic attacks all day. Scott made sure he was working from home which was a big relief. After we dropped off the kids at school, we arrived at the office ahead of schedule. The staff was ready and waiting – they gave me no time to think! Once I walked in the door, they took my back to Dr. Achong. There are two things I remember before I went under: 1. Dr. Achong asking me how my half marathon went – I was impressed. What doctor these days would take the time to chit chat for a few minutes before surgery let alone remember a past conversation?! 2. Dr. Achong’s voice – talking to his staff – I was freaking out. I kept thinking that he did not give me enough anesthesias. Next thing I know, I am still hearing him talk, but they are taking the IV out of my arm. The procedure was over, but I was so confused. Didn’t they just start?! Nope! That is how drugged up I was – what seemed like a few minutes turned out to be about forty. And in that time frame they were able to attach a gold chain to the hidden tooth to my braces by cutting … well, let’s just say I had at least five to six stitches. I vaguely remember having x-rays done before they sent me on my merrily drugged up way. Remembering the amount of pain I was in last time, Scott immediately filled out my prescription at Walgreens while I spaced out in the car. I spent most of the day sleeping, but was fully alert and back to full panic mode by Tuesday night. There is still more fun to be had! Now that I have the chain, it’s time for my orthodontist to start pulling it. Thankfully she took one look at all of the stitches in my mouth and rescheduled me to come back in three weeks. Made my day!