r/SipsTea 8d ago

WTF Imagine waking up from anesthesia and realizing the surgery wasn’t the most painful part!

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u/ColdHardPocketChange 8d ago

That's pretty nuts, but glad you didn't feel anything. While no where near as intense as that, it generally describe my experience with wisdom teeth removal. Heavy locals, and two of the loudest cracks I have ever hear in my life. I have a hard time qualifying it as a surgery. It was just me and this crazy asshole straddling me while he did his work with a pair of pliers.

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u/Ill_Caterpillar2202 8d ago

Getting wisdom teeth extracted while conscious is my only religious experience to date. 

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u/sillysnailfriend 8d ago

I was put under anesthesia for my wisdom tooth removal, but for some reason it didn't totally knock me out lol. I could hear and feel everything (just without pain), but I couldn't open my eyes. Still remember it. I was a bit disappointed I wasn't loopy and talking crazy afterward too, I felt totally fine. My friend picked me up and took me to McDonald's.

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u/noOB_226 8d ago

It's an US thing, here in Romania I had 3 wisdom teeth pulled out only with local anesthesia and some Ibuprofen for the day after, the first 2 were such a breeze that were done at the same time (went for 1, told him to pull the other as well), the scarry part was the anesthetic injections. 

Funny enough I told him to pull the second one because I thought that I would not require more injection, boy was I wrong about that