Thanks meryaten and Zou
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(and sorry to hear of your probs too zou
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Well had my 2 appointments at the hospital today...heres what happened, now ive calmed down enough to tell it
Firstly-the issue of the infection-its still there (which hardly comes as a surprise seeing as its still swollen) and on the xrays they can see what looks like infection around a screw (or in that area) which in a funny kind of way is the good news, as at least SOMETHING has shown up. But the jaw bone on the left side is showing no real signs of starting to heal, and they wont remove the plate until the jaw bone is healing. So they want to wait
at least another 6 weeks before removal
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obviously this is pretty aweful for me, as its painful and quite franky i look abit silly too!
Then one of my oral surgeons, collegues said i really needed the molar taken out asap, so im booked into have that removed on the 11th april (really scared about that which i know is silly, but have a real phobia of extractions whilst awake, even tho ive had some) at this point i got a huge shock, as its become apparent that my surgeon took out the molar on the wrong side
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during my jaw op. (slightly embarrassing for me too, as its been 6 weeks and until i saw todays xrays compared to the ones pre op i didnt notice i was missing a tooth!) even worse hes trying to deny he did it, tho the xray pre surgery clearly shows the tooth there 3 weeks before op, and i think id remember having it out somehow.
And then to cap it all off, my roms gone from 2 finger widths too, barely even one in the last 2 weeks, due to the swelling etc, and because the muscles have got tight its very hard for me to open my mouth.
Oh and im still on no chew, to avoid putting extra stress on the bone as it tries to heal.
There is SOME good news too:
Ive been released from the tight bands and am now on guiding elastics, which feel fantastic
Im keeping my mouth and teeth clean
So far my bites still good and the ortho seems very happy.
So things could be much worse, still have to admit that i did have a little cry
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as it just seems to be one thing after another and i just want to be able to move on, and now its looking likely to be nearly summer before i get the plate removed.
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