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[Joey]

I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was 30. Now I've had a new one grow in where I had one removed, it took 4 years but it's completely in and I'm no longer teething. I have room for it but I still would like to get it removed. I've had cavities in the 60's and they were all filled. They are all molars and they are breaking because of the type of fillings that were used.

[Mark Olivarez]

I have a few teeth that have chipped, but the dentist told me at the time to not worry because it was just an area where the enamel was too thin and it wouldn't do any good to fill them. You wouldn't be able to tell that they are chipped so I don't look like a southern hillbilly.




I had to have my wisdom teeth pulled. My gums around them would swell every 3 months or so and it was hard to reach back and brush around them and keep them clean. It was driving me crazy.

[Stefancos]

Tuesday i fell and broke part of my front tooth. I looked like an inbred redneck for 2 days. Thankfully it's now fixed.

My girlfriend suggested I should get a gold tooth....but of course I'm white, so I didn't....

[Quint]

You haven't seen Goldie on the telly then?

[Stefancos]

Goldie...Hawn?

[Maglorfin]

No, Goldie from TWINE.



"I see you put your money where your mouth is."

[Stefancos]

He's not white....

[Omen II]

Goldie's a top man. He sponsors my 8-year-old nephew's football team and recently arranged for a major kit supplier to get all the lads in the team new football kits, free of charge.

I have a few teeth that have chipped

Me too (must be another JW thing to have chipped teeth). In my case, I had my head kicked in by a gang of youths when I was walking back from my local pub a few years ago (stop laughing, it isn't funny ) and had four of my teeth chipped or broken. Fortunately I have a good dentist who was able to repair most of the damage, although the repair on one of the front teeth tends to come off every couple of years.

I also had my nose broken playing cricket. I was keeping wicket for my local club (if you're not English or Australian, the wicketkeeper is the bloke who stands behind the wicket and has to catch the ball when it misses the batsman and the wicket) and our fastest bowler dug one in slightly short that bounced just in front of me, hit a slight divot and reared up to hit me between the eyes at about 70 miles per hour. There was so much blood it looked like something from a Sam Peckinpah film. I did not lose consciousness but was rather dazed (one of my few recollections at the hospital was having a tetanus injection where the sun don't shine). I looked like the Elephant Man for a few weeks afterwards, which was nice.

[Quint]

He's not white....

He's not black either, although he looks more black than white in that pic, granted. In Strictly Come Dancing he was as pale as a Scott.

[Richard]

Don't fret. I used to leave the room after the Ark was opened, Donovan drank from the wrong cup...

Those too. Oh, and the glimpse of Lars and Beru's charred corpses in Star Wars was a cover-your-eyes moment, too, simply because my parents told me to. I had a very sheltered childhood.

I didn't even notice the charred corpses at the homestead until about ten years ago (after having watched the movies dozens of times on VHS for at least five years previously and watching it in theaters in 1997). They kind of blend in with the desert without a higher resolution.

Gene wise my family history leaves much to be desired in terms of things like blood pressure/cancer/diabetes. So at an early age I decided not to worry and just try to control what I can control.

Yeah I try and do that too. All that runs in my family.

Worrying isn't good for your health, and the best medicine is prevention. The young lady and I try to get at least 30 minutes of cardio (generally jogging) in every day with another 45 minutes of strength training or yoga. And getting sweaty together is very sexy...so we try to sync our exercise schedules!

It usually ends up with me watching her (my wife, not Blume's) exercise because it looks so sexy.

Seriously, folks, I can sympathise with Mark on the eye front, since he and I are about the same age.
I just find that, as I grow older, my body (such as it is) takes a lot longer to heal, than it did even a few years ago. Colds take longer to go, imflamtions/infections, take longer to clear up, usually needing 2, or even 3 lots of antibiotics.
Happily, I am still a teenager on the inside. I consider that I have a "young" outlook on life, and that sustains me, no matter how often my body lets me down.
A luminous being, am I, not this crude matter!

Actually, while I do find myself feeling my age, I don't get as sick as I used too. I used to good for one cold a year and since I hit my 30's I rarely get sick.

WOW, Mark! What's your secret? (and what is "Lionel since 1900")?

If history is anything, I'll end up with cancer.

I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was 30. Now I've had a new one grow in where I had one removed, it took 4 years but it's completely in and I'm no longer teething. I have room for it but I still would like to get it removed. I've had cavities in the 60's and they were all filled. They are all molars and they are breaking because of the type of fillings that were used.

I never had wisdom teeth. I feel like a part of my youth has been cruely wrenched from my tender young hands. But I've heard they're rubbish, anyway, so what do I care?

[Hitch]

Ever since I had my pacemaker installed, I've had to give up looking at Playgirl.

[Richard]

Ever since I had my pacemaker installed, I've had to give up looking at Playgirl.

Yeah, but what a way to go!

[Maglorfin]

I never had wisdom teeth. I feel like a part of my youth has been cruely wrenched from my tender young hands. But I've heard they're rubbish, anyway, so what do I care?

Dear Richard who missed it and all of you fearless wisdom teeth debaters, here's something for the strong of heart and stomach.

[Blumenkohl]

Unless your wisdom teeth bother you why would you want to yank them? Your appendix also has similar chances to cause problems down the road, yet every teen doesn't line up to get those taken out preemptively.

[E.T. & Elliott]

I had my 4 wisdoms taken out because they hurt, got infected and were crushing my mouth in. Feel wonderful ever since. I didn't watch that video, but I had mine taken out while I was conscious. Quite an experience.

[Hedji]

I was conscious too for mine. The crunching sound as my teeth were being wrenched out was a foley artist's wet dream. I was high on gas and was stifling laughter for the entire procedure.

[E.T. & Elliott]

Yeah they made sure I was THX certified before proceeding.

[Richard]

I never had wisdom teeth. I feel like a part of my youth has been cruely wrenched from my tender young hands. But I've heard they're rubbish, anyway, so what do I care?

Dear Richard who missed it and all of you fearless wisdom teeth debaters, here's something for the strong of heart and stomach.

I. NEVER. WANT. TO. SEE. ANYTHING. LIKE. THAT. FOR. AS. LONG. AS. I. LIVE!!!!!!!!!!

[Melange]

Ever since I had my pacemaker installed, I've had to give up looking at Playgirl.

Unless your wisdom teeth bother you why would you want to yank them?

Mine didn't bother me at all. But a dental X-ray showed they were completely horizontal.
If left,they were going to slowly but surely take out my front teeth in a pincer maneuver.

[Datameister]

I had two wisdom teeth, the ones on top. None on the bottom. I had them removed...early in college, I think. The dentist recommended it because of the direction they were coming in. They gave me nitrous oxide first and then pretty much completely knocked me out - one second, my arms were getting very tingly, and the next, they were putting their tools away. Recovery wasn't especially fun, but the holes healed up pretty quickly, and I think Tylenol was enough for the pain. Definitely glad I didn't watch that video first, though.

[Stefancos]

I had all my wisdom teeth removed, lived on Ibuprofen for a week after!

[Richard]

I had all my wisdom teeth removed, lived on Ibuprofen for a week after!

In that case, I'm pretty glad I missed it all, but I did have to have 18 months of corrective work on my teeth, when I was a teenager. Thankfully, Big Fat Fanny (she was such a naughty nanny!) took care of me.

[Mark Olivarez]

Actually, while I do find myself feeling my age, I don't get as sick as I used too. I used to good for one cold a year and since I hit my 30's I rarely get sick.

WOW, Mark! What's your secret? (and what is "Lionel since 1900")?

I eat plenty of garlic and onions.


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If history is anything, I'll end up with cancer.

My dad and both grandfathers passed away from cancer and one of my uncles did too. The odds are probably in my favor of getting some form of the disease.

[Richard]

Hmm. Looks like I could go that way, too, Mark. 1 greatgrandfather, 2 great uncles, 2 great aunts, 1 grandfather, and both grandmothers all succumbed to the big C. Let's hope it's not too soon, eh, for either of us.

[Joey]

I had all my wisdom teeth removed, lived on Ibuprofen for a week after!

Wimpy wimpy wimpy.

[Hitch]

I never had wisdom teeth. I feel like a part of my youth has been cruely wrenched from my tender young hands. But I've heard they're rubbish, anyway, so what do I care?

Dear Richard who missed it and all of you fearless wisdom teeth debaters, here's something for the strong of heart and stomach.

I. NEVER. WANT. TO. SEE. ANYTHING. LIKE. THAT. FOR. AS. LONG. AS. I. LIVE!!!!!!!!!!

I found it quite amazing.

[Koray Savas]

I had all my wisdom teeth removed, lived on Ibuprofen for a week after!

Wimpy wimpy wimpy.

[Williamsfan301]

I sympathize with the bad vision. I'm extremely near-sighted. My wife has good vision, so I'm really hoping that our son takes after her in that respect.

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth yanked when I was 19. Took 45 minutes and left me with a bruise in the shape of a hand print on my face. They doctor put me on codeine, which didn't make me loopy, but just not totally with it. My friends got tired of my moping around, so they took me to see the first Mission: Impossible movie. Before we left, I took a dose and sat through most of M:I thinking "I can't follow this movie. It makes no sense."

Fast forward 2 years. M:I is on TV, so I decide to watch it, sans the drugs. Turns out, it wasn't the drugs....

[Maglorfin]

I never had wisdom teeth. I feel like a part of my youth has been cruely wrenched from my tender young hands. But I've heard they're rubbish, anyway, so what do I care?

Dear Richard who missed it and all of you fearless wisdom teeth debaters, here's something for the strong of heart and stomach.

I. NEVER. WANT. TO. SEE. ANYTHING. LIKE. THAT. FOR. AS. LONG. AS. I. LIVE!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, the disclaimer about the video not being for the faint of heart and stomach is there for a reason!

[Mark Olivarez]

That looks like my surgery.


I had to have my bottom one cut out, much like the one in the video. It was on its side as well. I had them knock me out completely. It was a fun ride.

[Richard]

STOP IT! STOP IT, NOW. JUST STOP IT, ALL OF YOU, PLEEEEEEASE!!!!!

[Wojo]

Tune in next week when JWFanners compare photos of their colonoscopies.

[Richard]

Tune in next week when JWFanners compare photos of their colonoscopies.

Colostomy? Nah. It's not my bag.

[Wojo]

Uh, no. I was talking about the surgery where they stick a camera up your tailpipe to look for colon cancer. After you drink a gallon of liquid that makes you shit your brains out.

[Hitch]

That looks like my surgery.


I had to have my bottom one cut out, much like the one in the video. It was on its side as well. I had them knock me out completely. It was a fun ride.

I too had an impacted wisdom tooth which I had to get removed. Boy that was the best 20 minute ride of my life.

[Richard]

Uh, no. I was talking about the surgery where they stick a camera up your tailpipe to look for colon cancer. After you drink a gallon of liquid that makes you shit your brains out.

A typical Saturday night, for me, then.

[Stefancos]

Light-weight!

[Mark Olivarez]

I could post a video of my vasectomy.....

Tune in next week when JWFanners compare photos of their colonoscopies.

Ugh, don't remind me, that's on my future agenda. Although don't they recommend, or doctors wait until you reach the age of 50, to start having them?

[Wojo]

Unless non-cancerous colon diseases run in your family or you show symptoms of possible colon disease yourself.

Fortunately, they put me under and I did not wake up until it was over. I do know someone who woke up during it...

Oh, and when they tell you to not take in air with the citrate (the particular laxative), they mean it. Sitting on the throne, with a bucket in your hands, burning both ends of the gastrointestinal candle, is not fun.

[Hitch]

I could post a video of my vasectomy.....

Now I'd pay real money to see that