r/AskReddit • u/AlarmedObjective1492 • 12h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/Difficult-Life-8243 10h ago

Literally got my wisdom teeth out last week, I was so paranoid about dry sockets… I can’t believe some people just go right back to regular eating afterwards

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u/Vanishingf0x 8h ago

I was so paranoid about it after being warned that I took basic pain meds and kept the good stuff unless I really needed it or dry socket happened. I was lucky enough not to get it but looking back I probably could have used a few more of the good ones.

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u/silentstone7 8h ago

I had the narcotics when I had dry socket, and they didn't even touch it. Ibuprofen did more. I can't take ibuprofen or any nsaids anymore, so I really never want to lose another tooth. It honestly motivates me to brush and floss for life.

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u/Elu_Moon 1h ago

I was also paranoid about it after my own wisdom tooth removal. The blood clot that was supposed to cover the hole disappeared overnight. Thankfully, I didn't end up getting dry socket, but I had to wash the hole after every meal, otherwise things stuck in there.

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u/According-Sky5622 40m ago

I was terrified of dry socket, yes. But I found out the hard way that sometimes the dentist doesn’t read your x-ray right. They completely missed the fact that I had two wisdom teeth on the one spot, note… now would be a great time to mention that I also was awake for the procedure, and soon discovered that the Novocain stuff doesn’t work for me. Anyway, they pulled the one with the equivalent of Ora-gel and the roots of the tooth were wrapped around another one under it that was close to my sinuses at that point. Guess who was sat on and strapped down for most of the procedure… yup. Me :) anyway that next week I called the office and was like… I can feel that there’s still a tooth in my gum??? They swore that it was completely out and they had the entire tooth, I go back for more x-rays and they go… oh… whoops? Anyway. I want to tell them… Thanks for a fear of dentists… I can no longer walk into a dentist office without a panic attack, and even driving past the building makes me tense up like a half rabid dog.