Jaw Jigsaw

Surgical hooks are on! Really they aren't that bad. I thought they would hurt or be annoying, but not so much. So far anyway. What's a little more metal in my mouth? haha. They gave me a bunch of wax, but it never works on me because I just have wayyy too much saliva in my mouth, haha. It just slides right off.  The orthodontist took all of 15 minutes to get them on. He ALMOST lost one down my throat! lol He was like sit-up!!! I'm like .. why? It was so tiny I couldn't even feel it! Ha.  Tonight we're going to Longhorn Steakhouse to get my coveted final steak! I know I'll be able to eat regular things in the near future (a few months) but I think I may have to suffer through grilling season without a steak!! Haha anyway it's a good excuse to have a nice dinner out.  T-minus 5 days and counting!!!!! Got all my post-op supplies finally! We're good to go!

Wireless has a whole new meaning, haha! Too bad it's just for a day! Got my minor cavity filled. We're good to go... Surgical hooks go on tomorrow! I guess this is really happening!

Honestly... every time I CROSS-OFF an appointment. I add another one. This is getting a little out of control. I thought everything went pretty well on Thursday, but then the resident called me on Friday night to say that we need to RE-DO my upper molds. Sigh. He said that he has NEVER had this happen before and no one really knows what happened? Whatevs. He was SUPER apologetic and says it'll only take a few min. I talked to him last night and he gave me his personal cellphone number and is having me call him when I get there so he can do it right away. He's really a nice guy. I can't be too mad because he's being super nice about it. Even saying I can park in the free lot since it's $5 usually to park in Oakland. Woot. I'm just thankful I can just pop over after work. I know some people travel super far for jaw surgery. Anyway here's my (hopefully final) updated appt schedule. February 20th- Regular cleaning (with my regs dentist) March 4th- Regul...

Well I made it through the long pre-op appointment. Even though it was long- it went by super quickly. SO MUCH information. My brain literally hurt afterwards. Be prepared for a long blog post.  One thing I knew for sure leaving the appointment- I could not have picked a better surgeon team. The chief resident (who I talked the most with) was super fantastic and answered all my questions and then some. He was so easy to talk to. Dr. Ochs- the main guy that is actually doing the surgery- was just as awesome as I remember him. I haven't actually talked face-to-face with him since August 2012! Crazy, I know. I just worked with him through my ortho. I had to sign my life away saying I know full-well all the risks, yada, yada. And sign-off on the procedures. We started with two procedures on the sheet.... and then added two more. HA. The one is pretty minor though. I took a pic because I knew I wouldn't be able to remember them! I can hardly pronounce them still, haha. One thi...