So on 1/12 I had a surgery on my upper and lower jaws to correct basically a severe cross bite which was causing TMJ pain.
well, that surgery came and went, and I started having SEVERE pain in my left jaw joint, and my jaw was locked... couldn't open past 1/4 inch a month post op. doc found an issue in the joint and I had surgery #2 in late February.
well, yesterday evening I was eating ( I just began eating solid foods) and I got some food caught between my cheek and gums on my lower right side. had to use my finger to get it out and I felt something.... it was metal.
apparently one of the metal plates they put in my lower jaw has come through the gums, and is showing. my wife can literally SEE it. almost 1/2 inch worth. I was in NO pain, etc. I immediately call the on call nurse number, and they had the on call oral surgeon call. he calmed me down a bit, but then MY surgeon called last night.... Surgery #3 scheduled for April 1... and this isn't an april fools prank. they are hoping to move it up but that's the earliest opening at this point.
they're going to take the titanium plate out of that one side... if the bone has grown enough they will not have to put another back in.... but they will have to open be back up and restitch my gums on that side, so I'm back to a f'in liquid diet after that.
I'm so sick of this... I'm beginning to think everything will never be the same again and I should have just learned to deal with the pain. what sucks the most is that I got really depressed after the first surgery.... like I've never been depressed in my life, but the inability to eat, and constant weakness really took a toll on me. they even put me on antidepressants.... and just when I start feeling better, I have to do it again.
just getting it off my chest. literally just got the call from the surgeon.
well, that surgery came and went, and I started having SEVERE pain in my left jaw joint, and my jaw was locked... couldn't open past 1/4 inch a month post op. doc found an issue in the joint and I had surgery #2 in late February.
well, yesterday evening I was eating ( I just began eating solid foods) and I got some food caught between my cheek and gums on my lower right side. had to use my finger to get it out and I felt something.... it was metal.
apparently one of the metal plates they put in my lower jaw has come through the gums, and is showing. my wife can literally SEE it. almost 1/2 inch worth. I was in NO pain, etc. I immediately call the on call nurse number, and they had the on call oral surgeon call. he calmed me down a bit, but then MY surgeon called last night.... Surgery #3 scheduled for April 1... and this isn't an april fools prank. they are hoping to move it up but that's the earliest opening at this point.
they're going to take the titanium plate out of that one side... if the bone has grown enough they will not have to put another back in.... but they will have to open be back up and restitch my gums on that side, so I'm back to a f'in liquid diet after that.
I'm so sick of this... I'm beginning to think everything will never be the same again and I should have just learned to deal with the pain. what sucks the most is that I got really depressed after the first surgery.... like I've never been depressed in my life, but the inability to eat, and constant weakness really took a toll on me. they even put me on antidepressants.... and just when I start feeling better, I have to do it again.
just getting it off my chest. literally just got the call from the surgeon.
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