I hate hospitals, they make me feel ill – which I suppose is the right place to feel ill after all. Anyway I went to see the Oral Surgeon yesterday and had my head stuck in this x-ray machine that clamped my head and zoomed around my head for a few seconds, like something out of total recall. I then sat and talked to the surgeon about the tooth that has to come out, there is infection right below it and needs to come out before it reaches the nerve and my head explodes or something, I wasn’t really listening.
I have an appointment to go back, they couldn’t fit me in till December so they’re deciding to do it during their lunch hour on Monday. Their lunch hour! How overworked/understaffed are they if they don’t have any free slots for 5 months and have to work through their lunch to fit me in?
The good news is, no general aesthetic which I’m pleased about that. The surgeon says that they have a limit on how much general they can administer without it being in a full on operating theatre and (I love this) my neck is too short for general and if I get knocked out sitting up my head is too heavy and I wont be able to breathe. But she says Local is better and it wont hurt any more than when the dentist gave me that filling and SCRAPED a load of infection from the inside of my gum through the hole she made with a pair of tweezers – I’m glad to hear it cause that really fucking hurt!
So Monday, 12:50pm I’m going to be sitting in the waiting room shitting myself. Cheers!
Get well soon, be safe, look after your head.
Shame the appointment isn’t at 2.30.
They always lie about that anaesthetic thing. They probably just run out of the good stuff. The reason they can fit you in on Monday is because it’s work experience week next week so there are a few enthusiastic youths around to lend a hand. Good luck Merk.