wisdom teeth

i just had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed. Some people will say that I am rather foolhardy to extract all 4 at the same time, but i am not so brave after all since i had them extracted under general anaesthesia. i had a friend who had 8 teeth removed for his braces at the same time under local anaesthesia - now, that is brave.

it was a day operation, and i thought i would just walk in, they'll gas me, and i'll get knocked out. i got that impression because i had undergone general anaesthesia as a child when correcting my "short tongue". i was very wrong.

i had to register and check into the ward, have my temperature, blood pressure, height and weight taken, and led to a hospital bed. and i was to change into the blue hospital robes.

everyone had someone accompanying them. i was there alone. changing into the robes wasn't that difficult, just that tying the strings up on the back would be much easier if someone did it for me.

and i sat on the bed. i have never been hospitalised before, and i realised how lonely it can get. there is some apprehension regarding the operation - the pain, and the fact that there is some risk involved with general anaesthesia - you may not wake up. it hit me then - that this is one of those moments when singles like me start feeling lonely. These are the moments you wished your loved one was beside you.