wisdom tooth: the end

the minute i sat on the dentist chair, the jolt of fear clung on to me.
my hands started trembling slightly.

and it didn't help that 3 LA needles were sitting on the tray beside me.

thankfully, aside from the initial LA, my mouth was already numb as the dentist cut opened my gum and started yanking my tooth out.

although, he had to give me another LA cos i could still feel pain after the first few yanks. but all in all, it was a rather short procedure. and he didn't even have to use the drill to split my tooth.

anyway, i left the clinic heavily-laden with antibiotics and painkillers, with a numb half hamster-liked face (only the right side was swelling), and the inability to speak properly.

it's been 2 hrs since the operation. the LA is wearing off and the pain is coming back to me. intensely.

and i'm still waiting for the area to stop bleeding.

ughh....

wisdom tooth

3 years ago, on 8 Mar 2005, i went for an extraction for my lower left wisdom tooth.

horror of all horrors, it is happening to me again.

3 years later, on 24 Mar 2008, i'm going for another extraction.
this time, for my lower right tooth.

incidentally, it was also in the same month.
why is it that everytime i start a new job, i have to christen it with an extraction. (i had just started work in jan 2008)

3 years...

short enough for me to remember the extraction procedure.
yet long enough for me to forget the pain, sensation-wise.

albeit, i think my 1st time was much much worse cos my gum infection was really very bad.
(i had waited quite long before i convinced myself i needed to see the dentist den.)

ughhh.....

hope this time will not be as painful...
*cross fingers*

fever

remember when i was complaining about having sore throat and i said i'll rather have a fever instead...

well... i take back my words...

having a fever sucked the whole life out of me...

the fever is still running on and off... i'm cold inside, yet hot on the outside... my head hurts...

add that on to, i'm still having a sore throat (which was what i initially had) and a runny nose...

i'm basically so weak that i can't even walk properly...

once again... i take my words back...

having a fever sucks...

~_~.``

more on my eye ulcer...

this is what, my 3rd visit to the eye doctor. mind you, all 3 times i went, it was 3 different doctors who did the respective check-up.

however, i'm quite impressed with the way they did the follow-up. either their case sheets are written well, or they just get by with whatever they can.

eye ulcer is healing well, and up to this point, my vision is almost completely back in the right eye. i would gauge it at 90%. now, it's just slightly blur compared to the last few days when i almost couldn't see much past my right eye.

thank God for that.

though i'm still quite sensitive to the sun (eyes gets painful under sunlight), hoping that with another day's rest, i would be well enough to join the church camp tomorrow, or monday. my group is very weak! they need help!!

another check-up due on monday morning...

eye ulcer...

just the word itself already makes my hair stand... but that's what exactly i have right now on my right eye...

initially, when i went to see my GP yesterday afternoon, she discovered that somehow or another, i managed to scratch my eye ball (the brown part), and there was a minute abrasion on it... probably got the abrasion when i was trying to dry the tears that kept flowing out... that was the reason why i kept having the eyelash-in-my-eye feeling... sent me off with antibiotic eye drops and for me to see an eye doctor if it doesn't get any better by today...

today, though it wasn't so painful, the vision in my right eye is totally blurred... so, to be on the safe side, went to see the eye doctor at Jurong Medical Centre (opposite JP)...

imagine my surprised when after the check-up the doctor concluded that there is an ulcer on my eyeball!!

ewww... i know... sounds scary right...

she even did a scrapping of the ulcer to be sent off for bacterial culture... (which hurts very badly!)

she gave me stronger antibiotic eye drops, to be instilled once every hour, and for me to go back for check-up the next day... am supposed to bring my contacts, and lens solution for her to be sent to the lab, cos she suspects it's due to my contact lens that might have caused the problem.

hopefully by tomorrow my eye will be better, and i'm praying at least for my vision to be restored alittle... now looking through both eyes, everything on my right side is still a blurry vision... like as if there's a translucent thing covering over my right eye...

but, i am thankful that at least i'm not working from tomorrow until monday... at least, there's time for me to rest...

i want my vision back...

*sighs*

the next few weeks anyone see me, i'll probably still be wearing my specs... i need to fit a nicer pair of specs...

tuesdays with Morrie

wednesday morning, on the MRT to work...

the moment i started reading this book, i had to constantly sniff back tears that threatens to roll down my eyes... i know i know, i cry too easily... but can you really blame me for loving this book...

i'm sure everyone who read this book is somehow touched by the story... as yomay says, it's one of those inspirational books that if you're a sentimentalist like me, you'll totally fall in love with... or if you're one that likes more drama and brain-thinking, might think this as boring...

thank goodness i'm the sentimentalist and closet-bimbo...

heehee... i really am a closet-bimbo... and i'm not afraid of saying it loudly and proudly... i'd rather read books that do not require me to think too much...

plus if i'm reading brain-bloggering books, i tend to keep thinking abt the storyline, even when i'm not reading it and wouldn't stop til i finish the book... it's juz too tiring to think so much over a book...

give me bimbo or sentimental books anytime.... =P

anyway, i finished tuesdays with Morrie after i got back from my AU supper outing at birdy's place...

couldn't read the last few pages when i was in choir juz now, cos i could totally feel my tears at the back of my eyes... this is something i could only do in the safety of my room...

i shall not be like my dear biao-mei who cried very badly in the MRT over a manga even I didn't cry over...
(that's for saying i'm slow, =P)

to the other pple, read the book... already regret not reading it much earlier... *sighs*

tp, thanks for lending the book to me...

^_^.``

coughing fits...

my sore throat has now developed into a cough...

and how irritating it gets...

rather than having sporadic coughs, i haf long coughing fits which usually makes my throat even more irritated as i cough and sometimes, even to a point that i am almost hacking away as if my lungs are gonna be coughed up...

once again... why do i not haf fever or those mild illness that will juz go away with 1-2 days of bedrest...

i hate coughs...

as much as i abhor the flu or sore throat...


anyway, put up some new movies and anime to look out for in the coming months... lots of sequels... ice age 2, fast and the furious 3, x-men 3, pirates of carribean 2, etc...

new anime include, aria, ah my goddess 2 (Yeah!!), xxxholics, GSD spinoff (ughh) etc... can't wait all to come out soon...

wat is it with sequels that people keep going back to watching them even though they're always only half as good as the first one? me included...

it's still a mystery yet to be solved...

Why RR doesn't like sore throats

i hate, detest, loathe and absolutely abhor sore throats...
1st of all, it takes more than a day to recover from them...
secondly, most of the time, it usually comes after a terrible sneezing fit, which in my case, was when i was on night shift on sunday... i was sneezing non-stop and eventually, when it finally calmed down, it morphed into a sore throat (might be caused by all the mucus going down the throat)...
lastly and most importantly of all, i can't swallow properly without experiencing acute pain, which means, i can't eat anything i like...

the funny thing was, i actually did feel better yesterday night... my sneezing had turned into full-fledged runny nose, but my throat had stopped hurting and it didn't hurt when i tried to talk or swallow... of course, i've taken my medicine b4 all this, so if i was still going worse, den the medicine should be flushed down the toilet... i juz couldn't comprehend why i woke up today with juz my left side of the throat in pain... thank goodness i took lozenges and it feels slightly better, at least, better enough that i can take my lunch with less pain... gonna drink coconut water later... took cab back home yesterday and the cab driver, very helpful person, advised that i drink coconut water... so after my visit to the doctor, i went to NTUC and lugged 4 coconuts back home... my throat did feel alittle better, but i'm still doubtful it's all the coconut water helping... but hey, next time anyone brings home coconuts and don't know how to open them up, come find me...

MC for today, hopefully i'll be in a much better shape to go to work tomorrow... thankfully, i'm only working half-day... so if i still feel wretched, i think i could still hang in there for half a day before i go back to rest more...

compared to sore throats and runny nose, i prefer to have just a normal fever... at least it'll recover with one day bed rest... ~_~.``