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[Vanessamaee]

Ok so I know this doesnt DIRECTLY relate to SCI. However I have a SCI and I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out. and I am slightly freaking out. When my brother got his he was totally drugged and stumbling everywhere. well I have to manage a wheelchair and transfers... drugged. has anyone had a one day procedure using anesthesia? how did it effect your ability to be mobile? Im just really nervous of how the anesthesia and drugs will affect me :/

[greybeard]

How do you get them so young? I'm nearly 69 and still waiting. No wonder I'm an idiot.

Sorry can't help with your question, although I have had a day surgery general anaesthetic. I recovered quite quickly and although I was driven, I think I could have managed at a push. You should be fine in your wheelchair.

[Zack]

Vanessa,
I had All 4 removed at once. The anithesia Propofol stops working as soon as they stop giving you it.
They monitored my vitals for 1 hour after only until my blood pressure was back up to 90 over 60.
Twice now I've had that anithesia, and you wake up alert and refreshed. Not all Druggy & weak like the old anithesia's.

Anyway that was my experience.
Good Luck !!

Edited by Zack, 14 December 2011 - 01:20 AM.

[Vanessamaee]

greybeard, on 14 December 2011 - 01:12 AM, said:

How do you get them so young? I'm nearly 69 and still waiting. No wonder I'm an idiot.

Sorry can't help with your question, although I have had a day surgery general anaesthetic. I recovered quite quickly and although I was driven, I think I could have managed at a push. You should be fine in your wheelchair.

Haha I dont know!! But oyu can have mine if you'd like! They're so painful. three have already come in really crooked but they said I have to wait for the others to come up a little more. I think Im getting them out the begining of 2012. I refuse to wait until the summer. plus I was in the hospital/rehab all last summer because of the sci, so I refuse to lose ANY time this summer lol

[Scott_C4-5]

I had two wisdom teeth cut out (they were growing forward, not upward) post sci and since my chair reclines I stayed in it while I was gassed out. When I woke, I was giddy and driving a little buzzed, but didn't do any significant damage to the office walls. Several years later an upper wisdom tooth pulled due to decay behind it that was not accessible for a drill and fill, and after a quick numb up and a little trepidation, my tooth came out without me even knowing.

[lavenderthistle]

I navigated a cane stoned after oral surgery...comical. I had gas and shots...they let everything wear off before they made me move...then my husband navigated me to the car. I was mentally clear enough to drive...but he babied me

[A trophy guy]

I had all four taken out at once. The first couple days or so after the procedure, I was pretty swollen up and woozy with meds. What you don't want to get is a dry socket. That is when your gums heal-over but you have an infection underneath in the cavernous area where the tooth used to be.

I developed a dry-socket a couple weeks after I had my wisdom teeth out. AAAAAHHHHH! The initial recovery from the surgery was NOTHING compared to this! I had a Frankenstein-sized head from swelling, pain, pus draining. The dentist/surgeon who did the surgery had to just "stab" down with a surgical knife to cut my gum-line to get to the infection. OMG, it was so bad. Just DO EVERYTHING RIGHT and it'll be nothing you can't do piece of cake.

[Beautiful]

Vanessamaee, on 14 December 2011 - 12:52 AM, said:

Ok so I know this doesnt DIRECTLY relate to SCI. However I have a SCI and I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out. and I am slightly freaking out. When my brother got his he was totally drugged and stumbling everywhere. well I have to manage a wheelchair and transfers... drugged. has anyone had a one day procedure using anesthesia? how did it effect your ability to be mobile? Im just really nervous of how the anesthesia and drugs will affect me :/

Aw, Ness. Poor girl. I'm thankful I only have one. I was supposed to get it taken out like, two years ago. Haha, whoops. I've had several procedures done where different types of anesthesia/sedation were used. One wasn't supposed to knock me out so hard, but it did. The other one I was loopy as heck. I had to have people carry me and do my transfers for me. Just the initial transfer into the car and out of the car. That's all that really matters, considering you'll most likely sleep when you get home, and the medication will have worn off. The pills they give you for infection and pain won't affect you much, if at all. I think laughing gas is really the only one I am fine after, but that doesn't really count.

You'll be surprised as time goes on how focused our bodies are, even if our minds aren't. There are times when I've been SO out of it due to various things, and I thought there was no possibly way I could function, like transfer or go pee, but without even fully realizing it, I was doing what I had to do. Many times our bodies work against us, but sometimes, it can be our best friend.

Edited by Beautiful, 14 December 2011 - 12:06 PM.

[wheeliebear75]

I didn't get KNOCKED OUT for my wisdom teeth. BUT...if you're worried about it: CAN your dad lift you from say bed to chair? I'm sure you'll be fine but if he can lift you then you'll have that as a back-up if you are still to drowsy or weak in the muscles. Since you have spasms I'd make sure your dentist knows that your legs may start kicking all on their own. But when I have been drugged up (although it's usually been from pain shots) to see straight I just get pushed so then all I have to worry about doing is to STAY IN the chair.

Good luck kiddo!