I had all of my wisdom teeth removed roughly two years ago. I was way overdue, though. My dentist had been trying to get me to have them removed for like three or four years before that, but it just wasn't something I could find the time or money to do. I was travelling for school, trying to find work, trying to pay off school, trying to care for my mom after she had a stroke, etc. It was always a lower priority, because it didn't seem so immediate.
Eventually they started to actually grow in, and they were causing me a lot of jaw pain. It started out fairly low-key, and the worst part were all the people with their "lol, he's teething!" jokes. But as they started to grow in more they started to shift the rest of my teeth in order to fit, and that hurt like hell. Like a constant throbbing pain in the back of my jaw. The wisdom tooth on the lower left ended up actually cracking itself in half trying to shove its way into the rest of my teeth, and that's what prompted me to finally make the time open on my schedule to have it done.
I was pretty nervous about getting it done, because I'd heard nothing but horror stories from people about how much it hurts and how much the recovery sucks. But really, it was nothing. They put the mask to my face, asked me to breath in deep and count to three, and I don't actually remember counting to three. I woke up a while later with no pain and no wisdom teeth. I was able to speak coherently, didn't feel drowsy or anything from the anesthesia, the bleeding was pretty mild for an hour or two and then it was done, and that's about it. After a day or two I was back to normal, minus the jaw pain. Not even any swelling, because I was diligent about changing my ice packs.
So yeah... best of luck, and don't get too nervous about it. In my experience it really wasn't a big deal at all. The build-up was a lot worse than the actual procedure.
