Wisdom Teeth

Fact: This Wednesday morning an oral surgeon extracted two of my wisdom teeth
Fact: That afternoon I went into work

Other than some local anesthetic during the extraction I didn't take any pain medication. They didn't put me out for the procedure, didn't apply nitrous oxide, and I haven't taken Vicodin afterwards. I haven't even taken an Advil (I'm on a 27 year streak of not taking Advil). As a result I've been completely cognitively active this whole time.

Going into the procedure I was anxious. I had heard horror stories. I'm now issuing the reverse of a horror story, perhaps a (true) fantasy story or a "it's really not so bad" story. I had my wisdom teeth removed and it was about the same as having a tooth filled.

Perhaps I just had a rock-star oral surgeon or my teeth were an easy case. In any event if you can avoid pain medication I suggest doing so. I suspect that the side effects are far worse than the pain itself in many cases.