Wisdom teeth

I am recovering from having all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out. So, right now I am a half chipmunk because only one side of my face is swollen. The other side seems to be doing all right. It's the weirdest thing to be knocked completely out and wake up seemingly seconds later to be in an unhealthy condition and you have to recover from it for a week. A worse story I heard was that my mom had all four of her wisdom teeth taken out without any anesthesia. I guess that they just strapped her down and someone held her hand. I think that I would pass out from the shock if I were in a situation like that.