So today I was put to sleep to have my wisdom teeth taken out. It was quite a strange experience.
First was inhaling nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas). For the first few minutes I didn't feel anything. But after a while, I started getting sleepy and could feel pins and needles all over my body. I could still hear and talk to the nurse, but it was really blurry.
At this point, the thought that came to mind was not exactly a pleasant one. The thought was of the times when I did research in the labs and put rats to sleep with nitrous oxide...after which I would do some pretty 'horrific' surgical procedures on them...
Then the nurse put an IV in. I'm guessing it was a benzo drug of some sort, since that's the most common type used for dental purposes. I could still feel the poke of the needle, but I don't remember anything after that. It must have put me to sleep pretty darn fast.
Some time later, I guess everything was done. They got my mom to come in. Apparently, the nurse or someone started explaining a whole lot of stuff about how to take care of the wound and what not. Apparently, I was fully able to talk and respond. The strange thing is...I have absolutely no memory of any of this!!!
(Side note: That's quite scary. What else did I say during this time?!?!?! Yikes.)
Went home and slept until 5pm. Ate some stuff. Took a couple of drugs...which are staring to make me sleepy again. =P
But no more sleeping!
Lots of working waiting for me to do...
Four meetings for three projects
Plus catching up on my courses
Plus catching up on my CKE studying
Back to work...while on drugs...
Codeine...(which is pretty close to morphine)....to be exact.
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