Oh the pain
j/k
Actually mine were pretty bad. I too had all four impacted but one of my top ones was SO impacted that it was almost in my sinus area. The oral surgeon said he wouldn't know until he got to that one if they'd have to finish the surgery at the hospital
Luckily everything was okay.
The experience:
SUCKS! I had an IV and a little bit of that gas to put me under. I could hear what was going on the entire time, but couldn't react to it. So I HEARD them grinding at teeth and breaking stuff...BLAH (I'm gonna puke).
Then they had a seriously hard time waking me up. My mother, who is an orthodontist assistant, got me home and I fell asleep after taking a pain pill....oh yeah, and to back track...I WAS SO HUNGRY CUZ I COULDN'T EAT AFTER 6AM (and my surgery was at like 2). So I wake up cuz my mom wants to change my gauz...that was when I felt the most incredible pain ever (cuz my mouth had been shut and so the minute the pressure was released so was the pain).
DO NOT BE AFRAID of the amount of blood you may spit up the first time you change the gauze. It's a little scary, so have someone there with you.
AND FOR PETE'S SAKE: no matter what your mom says (like mine) TAKE YOUR PAIN PILLS. Mine was afraid I'd get addicted to them so the day after she took me off em. It only worsened cuz then a week later I was in TERRIBLE pain (no dry socket though).
Good luck. I wish I could say it's a breeze, but it isn't.
