So, yesterday was a ball of fucking fun. They used local anesthesia - Lidocaine, to be exact - to remove the bottom two wisdom teeth by kindly ripping them out of my jaw. "A little pressure", my ass. The ability to hear the sound of them cracking as they tear from your jaw helps, too.
Here's my wisdom teeth, which were developing while I was taking Tetracycline (hence the discoloration and yellow line):
EXCITING, YES? I am sharing with you my most intimate body parts. Go figure.
Though the procedure itself was painful, it was fine after the procedure was finished - my entire lower jaw was completely numb, so I was pain-free and conscious at the same time. However, I had noticed some pain while swallowing on the left side of my throat - and this turned into my throat closing up completely - to the point where while I could still breathe, I couldn't eat, drink, or even swallow my own saliva. I ended up going to the ER. While I was waiting the two-and-a-half hours before they saw me, the pain went from "ow, I can't eat or drink or swallow my own saliva" to me rocking back and forth in my seat, sobbing and moaning and spitting up/gagging every time I involuntarily attempted to swallow. All other times, I wiped my saliva on paper towels and shoved them into a cup. It was very embarassing, as this was all happening in front of something like 14 Infantry Basic Training soldiers, who spent the entire time staring at me, probably wondering what the fuck could possibly be wrong with me as to cause this much of a ruckus.
When they finally saw me, it had gotten to the point where my jaw would not stop trembling. They decided I was having an allergic reaction to the Percocet I had been given to take for pain, though I suspect it may have been the Lidocaine. Whatever it was, as soon as the intravenous Benadryl hit me, I started to cough like nobody's business, and my throat felt like it was burning and freezing at once - but a few moments later, I found that I could swallow. The effectiveness of an anti-histamine tells me it was very likely an allergic reaction to something, whether it was Percocet or the Lidocaine. Believe it or not, the most scary part of the whole ordeal was being doped up on so many intravenous meds at once - about three minutes afterwards, I could feel my heart - which I've never been able to do before - and it was beating very, very hard. My heart and the surrounding area felt like it was freezing cold, and the entire thing was very uncomfortable. It just felt wrong. Has this happened to anyone before? Is it normal? Please share your experience with anything similar, if this has happened to you before.
Anyway, I'm planning on trying to make a video for you guys. Let's hope. It won't start until all this freaky swelling goes away, though. :]
Here's my wisdom teeth, which were developing while I was taking Tetracycline (hence the discoloration and yellow line):
EXCITING, YES? I am sharing with you my most intimate body parts. Go figure.
Though the procedure itself was painful, it was fine after the procedure was finished - my entire lower jaw was completely numb, so I was pain-free and conscious at the same time. However, I had noticed some pain while swallowing on the left side of my throat - and this turned into my throat closing up completely - to the point where while I could still breathe, I couldn't eat, drink, or even swallow my own saliva. I ended up going to the ER. While I was waiting the two-and-a-half hours before they saw me, the pain went from "ow, I can't eat or drink or swallow my own saliva" to me rocking back and forth in my seat, sobbing and moaning and spitting up/gagging every time I involuntarily attempted to swallow. All other times, I wiped my saliva on paper towels and shoved them into a cup. It was very embarassing, as this was all happening in front of something like 14 Infantry Basic Training soldiers, who spent the entire time staring at me, probably wondering what the fuck could possibly be wrong with me as to cause this much of a ruckus.
When they finally saw me, it had gotten to the point where my jaw would not stop trembling. They decided I was having an allergic reaction to the Percocet I had been given to take for pain, though I suspect it may have been the Lidocaine. Whatever it was, as soon as the intravenous Benadryl hit me, I started to cough like nobody's business, and my throat felt like it was burning and freezing at once - but a few moments later, I found that I could swallow. The effectiveness of an anti-histamine tells me it was very likely an allergic reaction to something, whether it was Percocet or the Lidocaine. Believe it or not, the most scary part of the whole ordeal was being doped up on so many intravenous meds at once - about three minutes afterwards, I could feel my heart - which I've never been able to do before - and it was beating very, very hard. My heart and the surrounding area felt like it was freezing cold, and the entire thing was very uncomfortable. It just felt wrong. Has this happened to anyone before? Is it normal? Please share your experience with anything similar, if this has happened to you before.
Anyway, I'm planning on trying to make a video for you guys. Let's hope. It won't start until all this freaky swelling goes away, though. :]
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(as an aside, so you don't think I'm a random stalker appearing, i decided to read some of your other journal following my last comment)
this has SO happened to me. My freshman year of college I had a terrrible uterine infection and no one could figure out what it was because unless it's an STD, doctors on college campuses don't kow what to do with you. So they gave me some fucked up antibiotic which I was allergic to and thus puked all over the chemistry lab. Upon returning to the health center I was given compazine for the nausea which I am SO allergic to. I had such simialr symptoms to you- the fucked up temperatures, the trembling and heart pounding, and then I had a panic attack and had to be sedated- and just like you said, the whole time it felt so "wrong," soooo unnatural and gross.
and that is my story which may or may not hav just ruined my chances for online friendship
hope you're feeling better!!!!