the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

My wisdom tooth on the lower left of my mouth was bugging me since last Thursday and was miraculously healed on Friday, so that I could go for Reon's 3rd birthday party. :) Samantha, someone I haven't seen in a long while, was there too! Moo came later, after his event at Vivo.

Mummy LiMay and her 3 precious(es), Feon, Keon and Reon

The birthday girl and I

Rare picture with Ariel "Beautiful Eyes" Toh

The pain started again on Saturday and lasted till today! Finally got it extracted, along with the wisdom tooth on the upper right, this afternoon! I know Ailing and my godsis-in-law will disagree with me. But having watched enough shows on pregnant women in labour on Discovery Health Channel, I now know what it means when the preggie screams "get it out of me!". Okie okie... I know labour pain's much worse but that was the closest thing I could find to describe how I felt! The pain that stupid wisdom tooth was causing me was excruciating! I was even talking with a lisp! You know you can rub a bruise on your leg, or scratch a mozzie-bite on your arm and Daddy can fix my sprained ankle by rubbing some ointment on it. But you can't do anything with a toothache!!!! The pain was so annoying that I wanted my cell boys to punch me so hard on my left jaw just so my tooth will fall out! Thank God they didn't, though I think I tempted them. :P

Eating has never felt so torturous! Just closing my mouth to chew was painful. I didn't even finish the nice fish beehoon at Little Jumbo. By dinner time at my Aunt Gean's, I was famished. But eating steamboat wasn't easy as well. :(

I was praying so hard that they were able to remove the lower wisdom tooth by extraction because the price list at the dental clinic said "Surgical Removal of Wisdom Tooth: $400 - $500". Like I told many of you, I'd rather spend the money on a luxury commodity than pulling out my tooth! Thank God Almighty that the dentist only needed to make a minor incision on my lower wisdom took before extraction and my upper one just required a no-fuss extraction. All in all:

Extraction of upper right wisdom tooth: $80

Minor surgery on lower left wisdom tooth: $200

Medication: $20

Good riddance to annoying pain caused by a useless tooth: Priceless

Now I'm experiencing a different sort of pain. One which doesn't allow me to talk much. That's a good thing, right? :) Can still taste blood and I've had some blood clots falling on my tongue already. Quite gross.

Mummy dearest has been the most empathetic. Really! Knowing that I had an appointment to remove my very wise teeth, she asked me before she prepared dinner whether I can consume rice. I told her my wounds are painful and requested for porridge. She told me to go get it myself! Furthermore, she made stir-fried beansprouts with salted fish (I had all of 2 beansprouts) and steamed fish eggs, which thankfully are quite soft. Naturally I was still hungry after a sumptuous dinner of no rice, 2 beansprouts and some fish eggs. So I went to buy Maggi Mashed Potato from 7-Eleven. The price inflated by 20 cents! Cheater-bug!

So that was today. Moo assured me that tomorrow will be less painful. 明天会跟好!