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[supertinks]

Well, I am impressed with the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital. Not only is it within walking distance of my house, but it is very easily navigatable, its corridors are clean and nicely decorated, what I saw of its facilities were good; I arrived early for my appointment (9.40ish, my appointment was at 10.10) so was set for a long wait, but lo! at 9.45 did a voice issue from the desk calling my name, and I was in and out before 10am! Verily I am pleased.

Basically, he had a look at my wisdom teeth - obviously the one with the huge cavity of doom has to come out, but my dentist though the bottom left one would too. The orthodontist looked at them and said "ah what the hell, we'll take out all four". He then gave me the choice of having them taken out under local anaesthetic, or having a general and having them taken out in a proper operation. I have opted for the general anaesthetic, as he started talking about nasty things like cutting gums to get the teeth out etc and I really would rather not to be awake and aware of it.

So there we go, now I'm just waiting for the letter in the post, to tell me when the operation is. I've been referred to the hospital in Newbury, because the waiting list there is shorter. It means Jamie will have to take me there and back, but I'll only be there half a day.

Its all good.

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[black-faery.livejournal.com]

Advanced warning - because somebody told me about it and therefore it was a little less concerning when it happened - you will wake up and be vomiting blood for at least ten minutes if you have it done under a general. You will also, however, really not give a shit about this, and will just want everyone else to fuck off and let you die in peace. They will also give you painkillers which are very very strong, and I heartily recommend eating as much as possible before you take them, because otherwise you might end up doing what I did, and throwing those back up as well. Also, don't eat soup that you like. I still can't touch lentil and root veg soup without associating it, and it's been three years. Heh. Hope it all goes well when it happens...

[supertinks.livejournal.com]

hehe thanks for the warning!