kindness of strangers

[shift]

Last friday I had my wisdom teeth out. They were impacted, so I had to go to a specialist for surgery. After I got out from that a friend took me to get my perscriptions filled on the way home. While we were waiting for my drugs I started to bleed a lot and I realized I lost the gauze they gave me to help stop the bleeding. There was a dental office near by so we went there to see if we could get more. By that time my mouth was full off blood and it was running down my face, plus I was still messed from the drugs they had given me for the surgery. There were two receptionists at the dental office, the one closest to me gave me an "ewww gross" kinda look and said she didn't even want to look at me. The other girl was a huge help however. She went out of her way to help me get cleaned up, got me new gauze, and even offered to get my in to see the dentist for free so he could check my stitches. While I was standing there I got light headed and so she let me sit in the waiting room and checked on me every once in a while until I was feeling good enough to go home. Today on my way to work I brought her flowers to thank her and show my appreciation for how she totally went out of her way to help me when I needed it. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm glad that I live in a world where strangers still help each other out from time to time, and that I could find a way to show my appreciation for it.

[Gusto]

nice gesture with the flowers.

[Carrie]

aww. nice people rock!

[decypher]

That was nice of her.

Your Dentist must be an idiot or something because it shouldn't do that lol. Did they find out what was wrong? When i got my wisdom teeth pulled out i was recommended a specialist by a dr. friend of the family. I got all 4 out, didn't hurt, didn't swell, didn't bleed even 5 minutes after i woke up.

[Filo]

you got lucky then kam..... i've bled lots the 2 times i got mine out. It's usually non stop for about 24 hours

[zarlon]

that's really nice. especially that you came by the next day to show her that you appreciate it.

[shift]

Originally Posted by decypher

Your Dentist must be an idiot or something because it shouldn't do that lol.

They were horazontally impacted. That means they were sideways and butted up against my back molars. They had to cut open my gums, drill the teeth into pieces, and then take out the little pieces to get them out. I would have been really suprised if I didn't bleed after that...

[Allya]

^ I had the same problem. They had to take each wisdom tooth out in like 3 or 4 sections. And I had local anesthesia only :( I take it you enjoyed plenty of those awful canned milkshakes for the first few days?

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by shift

They were horazontally impacted. That means they were sideways and butted up against my back molars. They had to cut open my gums, drill the teeth into pieces, and then take out the little pieces to get them out. I would have been really suprised if I didn't bleed after that...

same deal here.. a few days later i found a shard of tooth in my mouth. it was gross

[decypher]

my bottom ones were compacted too. My dentist was just a wizard, i got knocked out too which was the best part.

[Carrie]

I'm glad I don't have wisdom teeth.

[charly]

Originally Posted by shift

They were horazontally impacted. That means they were sideways and butted up against my back molars. They had to cut open my gums, drill the teeth into pieces, and then take out the little pieces to get them out. I would have been really suprised if I didn't bleed after that...

mine were the same way.

i started to bleed a lot as well when i was in the car on the way home. but my mom (who's a nurse) took care of me.

nice of that woman to help you out though. the other woman just sounds mean. i don't see how you could work in a dental office if you can't handle something like that?

[miss.myra]

:******)

that is so sweet alex! flowers!


people should give out flowers to people more often, they are like the greatest gift ever.

What a stand up guy, that alex!

[Special-K]

Its diffrent for everyone, I got all 4 of mine out and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I was in horrible pain for almost 4 days and i was swollen for well over a week. I ended up back in the hospital after about 6 days because the inside started to swell and then somthing burst and bled everywhere.

I remember the operation becasue i was awake for it and i know he was having troubles with the bottom ones. Mine were impacted on their sides as well and he had to break them into like 5 pieces each. ugggg makes me sick to think about it.

[optimum sound]

Im gonna be a dentist and I stand here to make a promise to not let any of your kids go thru that.

nice lady btw

[yoko*]

That's GREAT that you really showed your appreciation for her help by giving her flowers. I'm sure that it meant a HELL of a lot to her. I find that people don't do that enough nowadays, ie-show appreciation to others for their kindness. I think that especially when people go out of their way during their jobs, people just come to take that service for granted because the individual is getting "paid" for it.. but people forget that not everyone will go out of their way to service someone even if they are getting paid to do it.

It feels great to get recognition for something that you went out of your way to do for someone when you didn't even need to do it. I'm sure that the girl you thanked went home happy and glad that she could provide you with help.

Good for you :)

[shift]

Awwww, thanks Myra! You're a pretty stand up lady yourself. =)

[Akeel]

nice one mate - glad your back to tip top condition now too!

[shift]

yeah man, tip top rocka!

hey, we totally gotta start thinking about the trip soon.... give me a call sometime so we can sort out the details.

[Liqwid]

omg u poor boy!!!!

i'm soo glad mine came out easy and fast....20 mins in and out...

i was eating that night...

but thats soo not fun....i hope yer doing better!

~Dalyn

[stabmyhead]

That's way better then what I got! When I was leaving the dentist after getting my wisdom teeth stitches taken out, an older homeless man told me I was really pretty and asked me to marry him. He was like eating greasy french fries with gravy and ketchup smeared all over his face.

[baby-phat]

shift - that's awesome. ANd how very nice of you with the flowers. :)
Wisdom teeth removal sucks so much.

[veN]

Aww! I really like hearing stories like yours. I'm glad you got taken care of and I think it's really cool that you went back with flowers :) I bet she felt totally amazing afterwards!

[charly]

Originally Posted by stabmyhead

That's way better then what I got! When I was leaving the dentist after getting my wisdom teeth stitches taken out, an older homeless man told me I was really pretty and asked me to marry him. He was like eating greasy french fries with gravy and ketchup smeared all over his face.

haha that reminds me of a time i was with my sister after she had a filling. we were walking somewhere, her face was numbed and slightly swollen, and some old guy told her she was foxy. she was about 13 and drooling on herself too. so creepy.

[mugsy]

Originally Posted by shift

They were horazontally impacted. That means they were sideways and butted up against my back molars. They had to cut open my gums, drill the teeth into pieces, and then take out the little pieces to get them out. I would have been really suprised if I didn't bleed after that...

same. my top top ones were growing into\or would have grown into my ears, my bottom ones faced inwards.
i didnt have any bleeding, or any pain. i had some discomfort but was mostly put out from the incapability to open my mouth. the day of my surgery i went to a rehearsal at night for the play i was in to sit and watch it. the next day i had to go in for a bone scan due to a an injury and walked around new west for an hour while i waited for the radioactive stuff to go around my body.

definately different for everyone.... anyways, congrats on getting those awful things out. and congrats on finding a good person in this godforsaken world. and congrats for BEING a good person by showing appreciation to that person.