Guys,

I've got these crazy wisdom teeth (only three cause one never came in)
that protrude outwards.  The last, top two on either side anyway.  When
I eat they rub a hole into my gums.  Safe to say I don't eat much.

Anyway my dentist set me up with an appointment to see a orthodontist
(sp?).  Ok, so how painfull is this going to be?  I'm a skeptic when it
comes to surgery.  Four years ago I had both knees scoped and the doc
told me everything was going to be OK.  He presribed me some pain
medicine then sent me packing.

I went through the medicine in three days and needless to say I wasn't
a happy camper :(  I've never been in such sad shape in all my days.
My knees ached for six weeks.  I had to use crutches which did nothing
for the pain.  Now don't go thinking I'm a wussy.  I grew up working
dairy cows and a day didn't go by that I wasn't kicked at least once.
Might explain my limited mental capacity :)

Seriously, I have a tolerance to pain medicine because I've taken
narcotic based meds since I was nine years old for migraines.  I take
on average sixty vicodin 10mgs a year!  I'm told that's enough to kill
a heard of elephants :(  The even sadder part is they don't help a
whole lot with the pain, but do allow me to sleep which in the end
helps to rid me of the migraines that persist.  One before last lasted
26 days.

So, how painful is it and how long will the pain last?  What am I going
to do if the pain is greater than the meds?  I'm sure people without a
tolerance to narcotics would be better off, but this isn't my case.
Not to mention I would rather avoid all pain meds until I absolutely
need them as to not have any more tolerance than needed so when I do
use them they are effective.  Can they just prescribe you something so
you can sleep for 72 hours without using narcotics?  Then take up using
pain medicine?  Sorry, but I'm not a doctor and need an experts advice.
Sorry my questions aren't more intellegent...picture a guy getting
kicked in the head for several years by a 1200lb dairy cow :)

Randolf