SO not stoked...

Well, here's how I'm feeling for anyone that is curious.

1) My cheeks are barely swollen. They're only slightly sensitive right back where the teeth used to be.

2) I'm not bleeding profusely. Yeah, I'm spitting up blood, but that began to taper off about 8 hours after the surgery.

3) I am starting to get really fucking sick of pudding.

Beyond that, it's actually not so bad. And if I can suggest anything to people getting them out in the future, find an oral surgeon and let him knock you the fuck out. Don't have your dentist do it. They'll use a local anasthetic and you'll be awake for the entire thing. In all honesty I can remember two things before and after I went down.

1) I remember the surgeon asking me if I was in a band and I said something to the effect of "Yeah, I'm in Led Zepplin. I'm Jimmy Page."

2) I remember having the hiccups on the way back to my parents house.

Beyond that, I have no memory of it, and therefore, no innate fear of having to have something like this done again.

So, if you're going to get it done, take my advice. Pay the difference it will cost to go to an oral surgeon, and forget about having your dentist do it. I'm in nearly no pain, but everyone I know that has gone to a dentist to have it done was in excruciating misery. It's worth the extra money.