More wisdom!

Recently I thought I had a little tiny dot of something stuck on my upper right molar gum. But I could not remove it. It suddenly dawned on me that maybe my upper right molar is growing! At this ripe old age? I have 2 wisdom teeth, one on my upper left molar and the other on my bottom left molar (this was already removed). And there is no sign of my bottom right wisdom tooth coming out as I have flat gum/space there.

I remember my first wisdom tooth extraction well. It happened in my 20s. At that time, the wisdom tooth was already grown but had turned into a bad horrible toothache. The dentist confirmed I needed an operation but it would be a straight forward case and I would need 1 week to recuperate after. I thought tooth extraction was just chicken feed. The dentist injected the gum around the wisdom tooth with anaesthesia. Although I did not feel any pain then, I could feel what he was doing to my mouth. I could feel him plying my mouth wide open and in a few seconds, he was cutting the gum around the wisdom tooth. Nip nip nip!!! And in a few more seconds my wisdom tooth was out. He proudly showed me the culprit (who was causing me pain). My case was considered a straight forward op. He told me the anaesthesia would wear off in about an hour's time and I should take the pain killers immediately. I went home and immediately fell asleep. But I was awakened by the excruciating pain in my mouth. The anasthesia has already worn off! It was the most dreadful pain I had ever felt in my whole life that shook my whole body. My health has been excellent all along (with blessings, I had no need to be hospitalised), so that pain was the worst I had ever experienced, because it just numbed my whole body while the mouth erupted in all kinds of pain. It lasted 2 days. I had to be quick to take the pain killer but then I found out I was allergic to the damn pain killers!

Now you know why I am most dreadful and afraid that I have another wisdom tooth (right upper molar) growing! I am hoping I would not need to extract this one in time as the right bottom molar is absent (hence I have the space to accommodate the new wisdom tooth). I need to visit the dentist to confirm that.

Long ago, I read a chinese book written by a Hong Kong fengshui master cum buddhist master, Edward Li. That book was talking about reading the fortune of face/body/palm. Each page would focus on different unique features. For example he mentioned we should never let the hair in our nostrils grow out (especially men), and we should always trim nostril hair. This is because having the hair grow out of your nose (which represents wealth) signifies potential money loss (lou cai). I remembered he mentioned about teeth on one page. If my memory serves me right, I think he mentioned ideally we should have 32 teeth or more. I counted and I have 30 teeth then. I was thinking at that time, what happens then if we had to extract our wisdom tooth or other tooth? I remember last time during the period whenever something was wrong with my tooth (eg. toothache or when a tooth need filling), my job was not smooth too. Was there any correlation or just coincidence? Well, just teeth for thought.... hehehe....