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 April 16, 2008FRAGILE! This side up! DO NOT BEND!A "handle with care" label . That is what I'll stick on my forehead June 4th 2008 just before my surgery. (YES I finally scheduled the surgery.) Monday I had a blood test taken and I had an intake with the anesthesiologist (anesthesiologist: this whole surgery thing has done wonders to my English vocabulary, I could play hangman with a Brit and actually have a chance at winning) . Anyway, the anesthesiologist explained I had to have general anesthesia and asked me if me teeth were good. Why? "Because we might damage them while using the oxygen tube". WOOOOO! BACK UP! BACK UP! You get the cyst out and possibly a few teeth? Where did I sign up for that? I have never heard of people loosing teeth at a standard procedure. In what year are we? 1549?
I better have our family picture taken soon. While I can still say cheese without being embarrassed about it. The mental image of me, missing my teeth. How can I have "my moment" with Hugh Grant (my gyno is a Hugh Grant look-a-like, I should tell him, maybe he can win a look-a-like-contest!) toothless? Toothless. Possibly drooling due to the anesthesia. It's like finally meeting your celebrity crush on a beautiful white sandy beach in Hawaii, but not being all gorgeous, elegant, slim and available showing your Pilates abs in your most sexy but yet classy bikini just like in your dreams. Noooooo, instead, you're 5 months pregnant, wearing your wedding gown and your husband is standing there right next to you. Ooooh I did that already! Anyway. Where was I. Josh Holloway... no Hugh Grant. Handle with care... teeth.. I believe I made my point. If I had one. Overreacting? Yeah, probably. I prefer to overreact on this minor chance of loosing my beloved teeth than to share the emotions that came over me when I had to pass the waiting areas for the MRI-scans and CT-scans and the intensive care unit to get to the anesthesia department. It kind of makes the whole tooth thing sound like whining about how you (possibly) dropped your chocolate chip ice cream on the perfect beach on your perfect vacation while enjoying perfect weather with your perfect family. The only appropriate reaction to that is smile and show those white pearls. Whether you miss a few or not. Posted at 12:25 PM
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odd. I've never heard that. Of course, the only time I've dealt with anesthesiologists was in emergency situations, so perhaps at that time it wasn't important?
Anyway, I imagine your teeth will be fine, as will the rest of you. Hang in there!
Oh, and that's my mom's birthday, too :-)
It's like a bonus - lose a cyst and for a limited time only they'll throw in (or out) free tooth removal at no extra charge.
No one told me that!!! Whaa??? I am already missing three (not kidding), I can't afford to lose any more!
Yikes! That would scare the crap out of me too! I hope that's the worst case scenario!
They like to throw everything that ever happened to any person in the history of anesthesiology in there. It's called covering their ass.
I'm sure you'll be fine; but the handle with care is a pretty good idea anyway.
That's so wild about the teeth thing! I can't believe he asked you that.
By the way, even with all those orange blocks on your face, that's a HOT photo! :)
Eek! I haven't heard of that risk either.
Don't worry about potential humiliation. You can't top me.
As I was rolled to the operating room for foot surgery, I made them stop at the bathroom, unhook all the little sticky heart monitor thingys and let me off the gurney so that I could pee ... because I was petrified that I would lose control of my bladder while under the anesthesia.
Add me to the list of people who'd never heard of anesthesia hurting your teeth- and my uncle's an anesthesiologist. I'll have to ask him about that one.
Anyway, best of luck to you! I'm sure it will be fine (and not affect your teeth at all).