So it is to be torture?

Yes, I had a wisdom tooth removed in China.


This is an experience that all people need to have at least once in their lives.
Now, I have had some of my wisdom teeth pulled in America, so I know how the process is supposed to look by our standards. And now, I can proudly say that I have had it done here to.

For starters, I ask the doctor to prescribe me Vicodin or some kind of strong pain reliever for after the surgery. His exact words translated into English were "there's no need"

...There's a need. Trust me, there IS a need.

So, I argue with him for a few minutes and he agrees to supply me with two days worth of pain killer. I am satisfied.


He begins the process by giving me a shot... All is good except for the fact that I am not in the least bit numb. "strange" he says as he pokes me with a needle on the sides of my gum and I am jerking at the pain.

"I need more" I say

"strange" he says

So he gives me more. Now I feel a bit more numb, yet I can still tell him which side of my gum he is poking. "It should be fine he says"

well, you know how your cheek and lips get numb when they do fillings for your cavities? Nothing was numb at all like that. Not at all.

I was nervous.

He then informs me that I will feel what he is doing the whole time, just not the pain.

....Nobody wants to feel ANYTHING AT ALL when a bone is being taken from your head.

I just want it over with, so I agree to let him take it out.

Now, you see... When I had my two wisdom teeth taken out previously, they used drills and surgically removed the tooth. Well, prepare for something hilarious.


The man takes out, (GET THIS) what look like regular pliers (they were definitely meant to be used for teeth, but even still I was like..... Are you kidding?)

Then, he takes my head between his arm and his chest and begins to yank out my tooth with these pliers. No drill. No cutting. Torture.

I was trying not to laugh or cry as I was both amused and horrified.


And so he yanked, and yanked... After a minute of his grunting and sweat, the tooth is free.

It was a big little bugger... So I can imagine the size of the hole from where it came. Which horrified me as he did not stitch me up. Nope. No stitches.

"just don't eat on that side, and don't brush your teeth for a couple days"

(...)


Fine. I'm just glad it's over, so I walk out to the reception office to collect my drugs.


You want to know what he gives me for the pain I will be enduring the next few days?

3 Tylenol.

Tylenol.

...


I would like to pull some of his teeth out, and see if those tylenol help him at all...



Aside from my complaining, it was about 250.00 cheaper than it would have been to do it in the states, so as long as I don't die of infection. Good times...


The end.

All my love!