experience in the OR

my heart was thumping hard
i tried feverently to stay calm
but inside me, my stomach is lurching
i can't help but think of the worst possibility

then the 'what if's came
its an operation, altho only of a tooth(just to remind that i have only been operated ONCE and that's when i was 3!!)
any mistakes could happen... i meant human errors (no offence ,doc^^)

i have to admit...
operation sure does involve trust, a strong one, between the doctor and the patient

picture me, sitting in the specialised automatic-reclining chair (okay i dunno what it's called)
i was completely conscious... except for my rear, left gum and the left half of my tongue
then... the doctor just started singing and humming gaily while his hand is approaching my rear gum with the scalpel
how ironic...
is he singing to prevent tremors of the hand that is gonna slice my gum apart?

minutes passed with the dentist on my left, sucking up blood and saliva with a tube
while the surgeon, on my right, busy trying to get my tooth that was buried in the gum
the 2 professionals were having an afternoon chat
while i have to try and stay my upperhead still, with the buzzing of the machine and the busy hands imploring my wide-opened mouth

lucky me... there is a TV a metre away from my view!!!
now i fully apprehend the usage of TV inside the dentist room...
not to entertain bored dentists when their practices went dead
but to maintain the composure of the patients sitting down in the specialised automatic- reclining chair^^

after forcing out my huge tooth out of my swollen, bleeding gum,
i could faintly feel the relief that washed over me
is this how a mother feel in labour??
finally it's all over...

but the beginning of a week of recovery...
and yea... popeyed-look that will attract people's attention everywhere u go...

why is it called a wisdom tooth?
because when u had to lose it, u became wise through all the experiences!!!