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AAARGH!! yesterday was friday the 13th and i've always considered it to be a neutral day for me - neither lucky or unlucky - but yesterday is now officially the worst day of my life. my gums on the left side of my mouth and behind my back tooth were hurting. the pain was actually subsiding but i figured that it was bad enough that i should consult a dentist. i didn't have a regular dentist so allan just made an appointment for me at the nearest office. the reason why i don't have a regular dentist is because i HATE going to the dentist. i always feel worse coming out than when i went in. i should've prepared myself for the worst. i went in and after sitting on the chair for thirty minutes having my x-rays done and watching "home alone 3" without sound, the lady came in and said "well the doctor says he's going to have to extract your wisdom tooth, sign here and initial there and you have pay $103, OK?" i was thinking "dang, shouldn't he at least clean my teeth first?" i really wasn't ready for oral surgery and it was the worst three hours of my life. at the point where he was trying to break my tooth in half, i was ready to faint. he was pushing so hard that i thought my jaw was going to fall off and, after i heard my tooth crack, i swear i wanted to scream bloody murder. then as he was trying to extract the second half of my tooth's root, i felt this searing, burning sensation all across my jaw. i managed to muffle "nnnnggghhhh" and he said "does it hurt?" it turns out that my root is connected somehow to a nerve. i came home and, while allan was getting my prescriptions for penicillin and motrin, the anesthesia started to wear off and the pain was so much i started crying uncontrollably. now my left cheek is super-huge and bulging and i just looked inside my mouth and saw the stitches along my gumline. my lower lip, the left half of my chin and along my jaw are tingling because of the nerve. you know how it is when your foot falls asleep and it's painful to walk on it? that's how it feels when i touch those areas. the doctor told me it could take weeks or months for it to feel normal again. (HUH?) also my tongue feels all battered, cut and bruised. not to mention my gums on the left side hurt more than ever since they've been sliced up! i haven't eaten anything but slimfast and soup and i'm sooooo hungry. i hope i'll be able to eat real food soon. i'm such an unhappy camper right now.