this boy needs fixin'

i went to my ortho yesterday to finally have my other third molar extracted. honestly, while i wanted to get it over with, a part of me doesn't want to go through the pain like the last time. the injections pretty much is the easy part, its the actual extraction that hurt like hell before. surprisingly though come extraction time, we breezed right through it. my ortho kept telling me to stop him if i needed more anaesthesia but i didn't - it wasn't really painful. it was just uncomfortable to say the least. i guess the anaesthesia were all in the right places this round so i should be thankful for that. the other thing i should be thankful for should be that my teeth weren't as bad to begin with and that was maybe why the discomforts of adjustment weren't that bad after a while. what remains true is that braces, adjustments and tooth extractions feels more like torture than anything else. that's the price to pay for wanting to have perfect teeth.

today, i went to a plastic surgeon to have this wart-like growth on my neck removed. i've had since i was still a kid and since our company health card covers it, i decided it was time to have it removed and take advantage of the benefit. i was surprised that instead of a dermatologist (or something), i was consulting with a plastic surgeon. suffice it to say, i knew i was in better hands. the procedure was pretty quick, probably a good 30 or so minutes and i didn't really feel any pain except for that strange feeling of knowing a part of you is being sewn up. i'm actually sporting a big bandage on my neck right now and turning my head takes a bit of an effort. no heavy lifting, no physical exertion - there goes my gym time. i took ponstan a while back and will be taking my antibiotics in a while. hopefully the sutures won't sting so much as the anaesthesia wear off.

tomorrow, i'm going back for the results of another consult. i'm really gettin' old - but its a good thing these procedures i'm doing are more aesthetic rather than because of some life-threatening illness. i should be thankful for that. but still, hospitals = gloom, regardless of whatever reason you go there.