Hey gooder,
I'm right with you. I need to get mine pulled, too, and I'm scared to death. (And I'm pretty sure I'm a lot older than you.) I guess what I can offer is the reason to get them pulled early. In my case, three of them grew in at least part-way. One of my uppers came in about a centimeter above where it should have, sideways, and the other upper came in about where it should have, also sideways. The single bottom wisdom tooth that came in is almost straight, but angles off toward my cheek, like the upper one.
The result? At least once a week, I bite the side of my mouth on the right hard enough to make it bleed. Then I have to deal with a sore until it heals, usually just before I bite it again. So, given the choice between bleeding for a few days and never having to worry about it again or going through the 20+ years of mouth sores that I've dealt with, I think getting them removed is the right choice.
Of course, since I've had these wisdom teeth for so long, I'm very wise. When they take them out, I will lose a lot of wisdom.
Good luck with the surgery, gooder. You'll be in my thoughts.