And at 7pm the heavens opened at it began to pour down....I was convinced it was an omen of things to come...This visit was to expose the implants ready for placement.
You may recall last time I went to Dr Sunils I was peaking. I was crying I was hyperventilating, I looked like a Vietnam Vet having a flash back....this time I fell asleep in the car on the way....I don't understand where the calm came from, I had taken no drugs just a few Bacardi Breezers...
Now if you have been to Bangkok you know what the traffic is like, for those of you who haven't Id call it a "shit fight", anyway, when it rains its even worse. Dr Sunils surgery is about 10 mins drive in normal traffic, tonight it took almost 2 hours. That was plenty of time to work myself up into a complete mental breakdown but I didnt I SLEPT, I still don't understand that but anyway, I finally arrived.
I was still all good when I walked into the dentist. My shoes were removed and the Dr Sunil slippers were placed on my feet and then I was handed THE DRUGS.....
WHOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Thailand Xanax is wickedly good. They gave me 4 to start with and a blanket. They put on a Kylie Minogue Concert video, word to the wise NOT ALL AUSSIES LIKE KYLIE...she sounds like a dying cat to me but anyway once the drugs started to kick I I liked it then I must have passed out because the next thing I knew Miss Wendy, the receptionist, woke me and said "Miss Susie Madam", as an aside I love being called that, The Doctor will see you now. I got up to try and walk but that wasn't happening I had to be helped. I was off my dial and it was good.... it was real real good.....
So onto the scary chair, ok not so scary chair after hearing Kylie sing for 45 minutes and being drugged like Ive never been drugged before, its even better than Ecstasy and LSD all rolled into one. Even with the drugs I was a little scared and told the dentist to cover my eyes so I cant see anything that is happening, they so very kindly obliged...and so it began........
Back In Australia they tell you they are going to use some numbing agent before they put the needle in but it does nothing. Dr Sunil's cream made my entire mouth numb and THANK YOU UNIVERSE FOR THAT!
I had 6 needles to begin with then the work began.
They cut open my gums to expose the implants and then started to scrape back the skin from all around...it hurt, it hurt alot, so I asked for more needles....Sure they say then jab me with 6 more needles.
Everything from this point gets really hazy...I remember there was no more pain just a weird feeling of things being unscrewed and screwed.
I remember Dr Sunil saying that we needed to discuss the colour for the permanent ceramic teeth. I asked him for Hot Pink, he suggested they might not really work with my skin tone, so I said purple....he said we can talk about that later.....
I remember nothing else, not a thing until I arrive back to my room, but I have been told the story...
Dr Sunil sent 2 men back to the hotel with me because I was passing out and just well, drug fucked. I apparently called April, my wonderful GHT nurse in the car telling her I was on my way back but I didn't have a key. So we must have arrived and the men carried me into the lobby to wait for April...the cheeky men donned Thai Police Jackets and waited for April to get downstairs.
I hadn't told GHT that I was going back to Dr Sunil's after my earlier appointment so when April found me spread-eagled passed out in the lobby holding a piece of paper with 2 "Thai Policemen" she freaked out and was thought that I had ditched The Drill and gone out gotten hammered, been arrested by the Thai police and brought back to the hotel. After the initial panic they explained to April what had actually happened and I was frogmarched to my room.
I remember entering the apartment and seeing The Drill look at me shocked I made some type of face and then passed out again.....
I woke up the next morning looking like "Jaws" from the old Bond movie Moonraker. The was no swelling, no pain just a mouth full of metal stumps.....I have to wait 2 days before they give me my teeth......
NOT LONG NOW!!!!!!!
Saturday 5 October 2013
Thursday 3 October 2013
Tooth Fairy Does Thailand Act 2..... This Time She's Bringing "The Drill"
So posting about waiting for this to happen got boring so I stopped, until now
I wasn't going through anywhere near the emotional turmoil I did last time, probably because I knew where I was going and I knew The GHT team and Dr Sunil. Last time al I did was cry and freak out this time I could barely contain my excitement. My fear level was at 2 on a scale of 1 - 10 last time it was at about 25.....somewhat reflective of the number of extractions I had to get.
My last day in Brisbane was cool, It was fun saying "See you when I have teeth" to everyone nd the encouragement and support I have gotten from people all over the world let alone those in my daily life has really steeled me for the terror of the dental chair again.....
This time I flew Thai Airways, if you want to come to Bangkok fly with them. The flight was smooth the hostesses were lovely and they just kept on coming with the Bacardi and Coke so who could complain? The fact I did not have a stopover in purgatory i.e Kuala Lumpur made it even better.
I think what has also made this alot less scary is the fact I have a sidekick this time, we will call her "The Drill". The Drill came, not only as support for me, but also to get a bit of medical treatment done here to. A bit of laser skin treatment and some dental work too.
Now, I can understand why people run drugs internationally. The Drill and I alighted from the plane got our passport stamped and walked out of the airport. The bag checking people were all just standing around laughing and chatting and did not x ray or search ONE bag that came off that plane. I wasnt happy about that and a little confused, it took me 2 hours to get through customs in Australia here it took 2 seconds. SCARY.
Airport pick up went smoothly, Thank you Dr Sunil, and we arrived at our apartment...WOW! Global Health Travel have wonderful accommodation. They have two apartment buildings they use and they are both great. I could not be happier.
Our first day here was basically medical day, The Drill went and had a laser skin treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital, it would have cost her over $2000 to get it back in Oz here, $240, and she saw the Dr and had it done straight away, she was back at the apartment within 2 hours!!!!
At 2 pm Dr Sunils car arrived to take us to the Clinic...I have to admit I was a little scared but mostly excited. I was so looking forward to walking in there again looking healthier and not like a sobbing lunatic. Dr Sunil has had some renovations and the surgery is even more ostentatious than before, gold things, chandilers...fancy shit!
I had had no drugs at all not even a sneaky bourbon when I walked into the room and guess what the chair did not freak me out I was excited. So excited I hoped everything was perfect and it was!
My implants have bonded nicely they are perfectly straight and we are ready to go he says. They took an impression of my mouth and the Dr Sunil said, we will start tonight at 8pm. You can wait here til then I will make you dinner then the surgeon will be here.....
OH MY GOD! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY SURGEON????? WHY?????
He explained to me Id need anaesthetic because they were going to expose my implants unscrew the abutments and put in the posts....Ummmmmmm..........WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!! So I said you mean go to sleep type anaesthetic, he said no, Local........this is when I started to freak out.....
MOUTH NEEDLES WHILE IM AWAKE, that's way scarier than birds, but I also knew that a little needle is nothing compared to what I've been through. I told him Ok but I wasn't staying there that long, I was going home having a bourbon or 28 then coming back....he agreed. Dr Sunil is so cool. Id kiss and hug him if it was appropriate. I went back to the waiting area, crying a little but The Drill was there and calmed me down.
Then she was called in.
The Drill was expecting just to have to get a crown and maybe get some laser tooth whitening .....mwahahahaha......... little did she know what Dr Sunil had to tell her.....The Drill has a fracture in her root and needs an implant! But she is so tough and so brave and just a really cool chicky AND SHE IS NOT GOING TO GO UNDER SHE IS GOING TO DO IT AWAKE!!!! The Drill is my HERO!!!! She also had a deep clean and polish, while she described the experience as harrowing her teeth look amazing and apparently feel wonderful and smooth. For all of the Drills work it cost around $2800! Half the price of in Australia!
So we leave and get back to our apartment and I throw down as much alcohol as I an and at 7pm, I go, back, alone, to Dr Sunil........
I wasn't going through anywhere near the emotional turmoil I did last time, probably because I knew where I was going and I knew The GHT team and Dr Sunil. Last time al I did was cry and freak out this time I could barely contain my excitement. My fear level was at 2 on a scale of 1 - 10 last time it was at about 25.....somewhat reflective of the number of extractions I had to get.
My last day in Brisbane was cool, It was fun saying "See you when I have teeth" to everyone nd the encouragement and support I have gotten from people all over the world let alone those in my daily life has really steeled me for the terror of the dental chair again.....
This time I flew Thai Airways, if you want to come to Bangkok fly with them. The flight was smooth the hostesses were lovely and they just kept on coming with the Bacardi and Coke so who could complain? The fact I did not have a stopover in purgatory i.e Kuala Lumpur made it even better.
I think what has also made this alot less scary is the fact I have a sidekick this time, we will call her "The Drill". The Drill came, not only as support for me, but also to get a bit of medical treatment done here to. A bit of laser skin treatment and some dental work too.
Now, I can understand why people run drugs internationally. The Drill and I alighted from the plane got our passport stamped and walked out of the airport. The bag checking people were all just standing around laughing and chatting and did not x ray or search ONE bag that came off that plane. I wasnt happy about that and a little confused, it took me 2 hours to get through customs in Australia here it took 2 seconds. SCARY.
Airport pick up went smoothly, Thank you Dr Sunil, and we arrived at our apartment...WOW! Global Health Travel have wonderful accommodation. They have two apartment buildings they use and they are both great. I could not be happier.
Our first day here was basically medical day, The Drill went and had a laser skin treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital, it would have cost her over $2000 to get it back in Oz here, $240, and she saw the Dr and had it done straight away, she was back at the apartment within 2 hours!!!!
At 2 pm Dr Sunils car arrived to take us to the Clinic...I have to admit I was a little scared but mostly excited. I was so looking forward to walking in there again looking healthier and not like a sobbing lunatic. Dr Sunil has had some renovations and the surgery is even more ostentatious than before, gold things, chandilers...fancy shit!
I had had no drugs at all not even a sneaky bourbon when I walked into the room and guess what the chair did not freak me out I was excited. So excited I hoped everything was perfect and it was!
My implants have bonded nicely they are perfectly straight and we are ready to go he says. They took an impression of my mouth and the Dr Sunil said, we will start tonight at 8pm. You can wait here til then I will make you dinner then the surgeon will be here.....
OH MY GOD! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY SURGEON????? WHY?????
He explained to me Id need anaesthetic because they were going to expose my implants unscrew the abutments and put in the posts....Ummmmmmm..........WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!! So I said you mean go to sleep type anaesthetic, he said no, Local........this is when I started to freak out.....
MOUTH NEEDLES WHILE IM AWAKE, that's way scarier than birds, but I also knew that a little needle is nothing compared to what I've been through. I told him Ok but I wasn't staying there that long, I was going home having a bourbon or 28 then coming back....he agreed. Dr Sunil is so cool. Id kiss and hug him if it was appropriate. I went back to the waiting area, crying a little but The Drill was there and calmed me down.
Then she was called in.
The Drill was expecting just to have to get a crown and maybe get some laser tooth whitening .....mwahahahaha......... little did she know what Dr Sunil had to tell her.....The Drill has a fracture in her root and needs an implant! But she is so tough and so brave and just a really cool chicky AND SHE IS NOT GOING TO GO UNDER SHE IS GOING TO DO IT AWAKE!!!! The Drill is my HERO!!!! She also had a deep clean and polish, while she described the experience as harrowing her teeth look amazing and apparently feel wonderful and smooth. For all of the Drills work it cost around $2800! Half the price of in Australia!
So we leave and get back to our apartment and I throw down as much alcohol as I an and at 7pm, I go, back, alone, to Dr Sunil........
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