Saturday, April 17, 2010

1 in 100,000?

I've finally gotten my consultation for my wisdom teeth extraction and turns out that it's not as simple as it would normally be. The last time I had any teeth extracted was something like 6 years ago and that was when I found out that I am strangely allergic to the anaesthetic that is used to numb my gums. The funny thing is that the dentist didn't do anything about it after that because he said that I wasn't going to do any more extractions after that and therefore wouldn't need the injections anymore.

At that time it did make quite some sense to me. Besides, which person in the sane state of mind would think about extracting teeth after getting braces done right? But now that I want to get my wisdom teeth extracted, that tiny little problem that didn't seem to be an issue 6 years ago is the main problem and the deciding factor between having my gums injected again for the extraction, or to put me under GA for the extraction.

Just to be doubly sure of what's going on, the dentist has set up an appointment for me for allergy testing at the horrible place called National Skin Centre. Apparently, he doesn't quite believe that I'm allergic because my symptoms were pretty different, meaning that the reactions I had might have been caused by something else, not the injection; it could have just been a case of conincidence. Besides, only 1 in 100,000 people are allergic so why me?

But then the next problem arises. If you remember, I've been to the National Skin Centre before and I wasn't close to being pleased by their lack of professionalism or their shitty service standard. But, whatever! All I want to do is get my teeth out.