By NoPainNoGain - 17/09/2009 14:31 - United States

Today, I got my wisdom teeth pulled. Apparently the medicines don't work on me. I woke up in the middle of the surgery and felt EVERYTHING. One of the nurses asked if I was okay, and the doctor just kept saying "Don't worry she's just dreaming", while tears were pouring down my face. FML
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redbluegreen 40

When it's was over, you should've killed him.

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cornsnake 0

glad i get my mouth numbed instead when i got my tooth pulled.

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AliciaHolland 0

We don't get a general anaesthetic, only local. Only people who are really scared get one, maybe. They hit my nerve when they removed mine and now the left side my tounge will tingle for the rest of my life. At least i think so, because they said it woul heal in a year or so.. it's a few years ago. (So a big FML to me) You should be happy you can't remember pain :)

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lifeislife_fml 0

That's horrible! I had my wisdom teeth removed before they came through my gum because I needed more room for the rest of my teeth while I had braces, and I had general anesthesia. I didn't feel anything, even after I woke up and went home.

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Wendy01 1

Sue Him!! End of story. And guess what- you will win.

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RatIsKing 0

uh oh. I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled soon D: OP: that really sucks that you suffered anasthesia awareness :(

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Jmido 0

this is one of my worst fears. i had a lot of surgeries when i was younger and i was more scared of waking up and feeling everything than i was about dying during surgery.

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coolguy2110 0

This is absolutely not possible. I graduated from medical school last May and I can tell everyone, right now, that this scenario is not possible. You are linked to a EKG and several other machines that monitor your brain and heart rate. If you were to "wake up" and you felt pain, your pulse would have increased significantly, as well as your brain function, at which point the anesthesiologist would have administered a higher dose of anesthetic and neurosuppressants. Plus, almost 100% of all procedures done in the mouth are preceded by Novocain, so even if you woke up you would not have felt pain. And the anesthetic given erases memory, so there is no way you could have a) woken up and felt pain and b) remembered it. No doctor would be so heartless as to ignore a patient in clear distress. I say FAKE.

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gonzolove 0

They can't be heartless, they took an oath first to do no harm.

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mnkyc_mnkydo 5

what if the one that said ignore it, its a dream was the anesthesiologist, and what if the anesthesiologist didn't give the Novocain right (possibly why he thought it was a dream) and he may have dismissed an increase in heart rate and bran activity as a reaction to a bad dream.

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LilaBear 1

This IS possible. I have read stories about people who wake up during surgery, and yes you're hooked up to machines monitoring your heart etc, but sometimes the doctors just ignore it. One story I heard, the nurse pointed out to the doctor that the patient was awake (heart rate had suddenly gone through the roof) and he just ignored her. And they remember it afterwards. One woman had nightmares for weeks. DEFINITELY possible although there is serious malpractice involved.

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MarkO_fml 0

"VERY VERY rarely do they use general for wisdom teeth removal, actually. " Wrong. Every single endodontist I spoke with said they used a general for wisdom teeth. If you didn't shop around, you get what you deserve. The number of "sleep dentistry" practices are growing like crazy and that's just for regular dentistry. Pulling wisdom teeth? You get what you pay for. "This is absolutely not possible. I graduated from medical school last May and I can tell everyone, right now, that this scenario is not possible....are preceded by Novocain, so even if you woke up you...' And you are an idiot know-it-all who thinks all the answers are in a medical textbook. Do a little research on those it have happened to. Better yet, turn on the effing Discovery channel. And then, you qualify your statement if 'even if you woke up.'

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dcstream 0

Not exactly. People have the choice to go under local, out of free will, for extra money at certain practices. The vast majority at present use local for PULLing the teeth. If they must be extracted, you are a brave soul if you don't use general. I honestly love the idea of sleep dentistry and hope it is employed in all medical fields.

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oh_dear34 0

"every single endodontist I spoke to..." Well, there you go. That's why they said they use general anesthetic. Endodontists do not remove wisdom teeth; oral surgeons do. Therefore, they would not be very knowledgeable about the procedure.

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iridescent15 0

I had the option of general

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nightngale 0

Aaaand you're clearly not a doctor if you think this doesn't happen. Look up http://www.anesthesiaawareness.com/ as well as all the other sites online that talk about the phenomena. And when do you EVER get hooked up to an EKG when you're having wisdom tooth surgery? Brain and heart rate? This isn't a major surgery, just oral surgery.

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lindsayfabulous 4

Same thing happened to me towards the end of a back procedure, woke up when the doctor had the needle in my spine. I still remember everything that happened, and at the time, I really wanted to say something to the doctor, but no words would come out of my mouth. It's horrible. FYL, for sure.

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