

For the record,�the past 2 days were like hell. I was in a whole lot of pain and discomfort.�
Being a pretty�unfortunate person for the most part of my life, I thought I was doomed when my wisdom tooth started giving me serious problems since last week and almost convinced myself to be prepared to extract those humongous molars when the pain did not subside after 3 whole days. I even googled for information and�youtubed for videos�on "extractions of wisdom tooth"�because I was worrying far too much to do anything else. Oh and�I must share with you my awesome (beware) discovery on�doing the latter.�A list of related videos on extraction of wisdom tooth�appeared, upon doing a simple search (the wonder of youtube). I randomly clicked the first video on the list and started watching and little did I know I in for a gruesome treat. Let me tell�you,�it scared the bejesus out of me. The video showed (close-up) how the dental surgeon literally cut up the gum. It made me so sick. Only few seconds into the video and I�shut the windows and never went back into youtube for that night.
Having done my homework, I knew I had to make a trip to the dentist to get my tooth checked if it didnapos;t get better the next morning. It didnapos;t, and before I knew it I�found myself�at PP dental clinic with Mom on Monday afternoon. If I didnapos;t recall wrongly, the last time I ever stepped inside a dental clinic was in secondary school (which also translates to my teeth not getting a clean in years). So I was surprised at myself�for�not being the�least bit frightened. In fact, for some bizarre reason, I was so relieved I was finally given a slot to see�Mr Dentist (most clinics donapos;t entertain walk-ins if they are fully booked). But when it was finally my turn to enter, I had to admit my heart was beating a tad fast. "The moment is here", I thought to myself. After some�routine�questions, the dentist got me to sit�on�his (very unappealing) chair�and had me open my mouth as wide as I could. Within 2 seconds (before I could even respond or swallow my saliva), he added, "Ahhhh hmm, for this kind of situations we have to take an xray before we can determine if the teeth has sufficient space to grow out. If it doesnapos;t, we have to do a�surgery to get it removed." I almost died from shock the minute I heard that word. The thought of surgery�(read: needles, knifes, pliers and the night beforeapos;s youtube video) alone�was enough to send�surges of�fear down my spine. It didnapos;t help one bit that he said it in such a matter-of-fact tone.
Well, to cut the very long story a bit shorter, we took an xray of my teeth. And while waiting for the image to process�the dentist�cleaned my teeth and applied medicine on my wound. Apparently, the infection was so bad that my gum around that whole area was swollen and there was pus oozing out. No wonder now that it was so painful for 3 whole days Then came the moment when the doctor came out with my xray in his hand. I never prayed so hard in ages. I could also see the anxious look on my Momapos;s face. And you can never imagine the relief that i felt the minute the dentist told us that I didnapos;t need surgery. However, this good news is only temporary. Doctor says the�case for�my left bottom molar is risky. And�there is�still my left upper�molar that has yet to grow out at all. The only thing that I can do now is to patiently wait for it to grow. Those silly teeth really do take their own sweet time, donapos;t they? They have been half grown since a year ago. How annoying.
Am now on antibiotic medication for infection and as well as swelling�and the pills are giving me a pounding headache. It also gets difficult to sleep well at night�and I�wonder why�when I lie down the gum seem to hurt more. So far, it doesnapos;t seem to be getting significantly better yet but lets hope things get better in the next few days apos;coz I really donapos;t want to be putting off training for too long
PMS also play a part in all this mess Iapos;m experiencing. Feels like all my energy is zapped off. Despite all that, I wonder how I made to school�today and then even for piano lesson and yet�still arrived home in one complete (though now flimsy) piece.
I think Iapos;m amazing :)
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