An update on my surgery

Early yesterday morning daughter Angela drove me to Langley for this to take place. 

My mouth is sore, not only from the surgery, but all the numbing shots I had in order for him to do all the extractions of the 6 implants, two of my own teeth, and put in bone implants to fill all the holes in my top jaw bone.  Both of us were very worried he would not be able to remove the two placed in the eye teeth positions, as they had been implanted right into my sinuses (bad and not supposed to have been that high).  these were the ones giving me the most problems, causing all kinds of sinus and ear problems for me, and creating most of the infections I have been experiencing constantly since they were put in 5 years ago.
The shots only did half the job on those two particular ones – Ouch but the nerves were still active and nothing he could do but carry on while I “bit the bullet” so to speak and hung in there till it was over.  Dr. Jang was so happy though – he was able to remove them without tearing the membrane that had grown over them.  When he told me after it was all done I just started to bawl.  How could I explain to him how relieved I was he could do it, and they were gone! He did say it was too dangerous to add bone implants in their holes, but he did sew in an extra membrane, and I can just hope that some of my own bone will regrow to fill in the gap.

I was so worried to how the false teeth plate was going to be – with my mouth and face so numb, I did not really feel that much lol.  Afterwards, I felt glad that they were done this way, my top jaw is full of stitches, and so very tender now that the numbing part has finally receded – did not go away till after I went to bed last night. I slept on the recliner for at least two hours after getting home, then climbed into bed and continued sleeping ’til almost 5pm.  The plate actually protects the sore gum. going to take a lot of getting used it though. I have to remove them at night, and that was another experience as I was so worried I would suck on the gum, or my bottom teeth would clench or something while asleep and hurt some of the stitches (especially as the instructions are – no suction, no straws, no solid foods, no chewing for the first few days, especially do not use the front section of the teeth once I do start to try out softer foods(until the mouth has healed and the adjustments done for the plate to fit correctly), talk as little as possible, no hot or cold drinks or food for the next 4 days, no bending down or exercise that would put any strain on the mouth or facial muscles,  no blowing my nose, even if it is dripping, no sneezing, try not to cough in such a way that it would affect the sinus area (do not want to tear the very delicate membrane that is there) quite the list of instructions to keep in mind. 

This morning my face looks like a chipmunk with it’s cheeks stuffed with food  haha – very swollen, and there could be a possibility of turning black and blue in the next few days.  Tomorrow I go the Denturist for him to adjust the plate or plate lining? so that it does not slip and slide all over my mouth the way it does now. Guess there are going to be quite a few of those appointments as my gums change and heal.

Well now you know probably more than you wanted, but it is quite an experience for me, and will continue to be so till done.

I know, I have not written a blog in forever. Have not truly felt like saying much about myself in so long.

Some of you are aware I have been having problems with my implants. To be honest, I have been a miserable person for so long now because of them. Set in motion this Summer to get them removed and try to do other. At this point I am not sure where it will end up, and I have been going through bouts of depression at all the uncertainty. The last two months I have been going into the Denturist so that he can create an upper plate to be put in as soon as all the implants and rest of my teeth are removed.  As he has had to work around the badly placed mess in my mouth, it has given me nightmares that I will end up with something that will also be like them.  Last week I picked them up. Now I have no idea what teeth look like when they are out of the mouth and on a plate like this, to me they  do not look right, but I have to tell myself it will be different when in my mouth. I so hope so!!!!
On one hand I am really looking forward to having the surgery and finally getting rid of what I have – countdown is on. Wednesday morning is the big day.  Today and tomorrow are the last days these ugly teeth will be in my mouth!
On the other hand I am not exactly looking forward to the pain involved, the fact that I will be having to put that plate in my mouth, the weeks I am going to have to go through eating soft or liquid diet, and at this point in time the uncertainty of what the new teeth will look like and how they will fit in my mouth.  I know I have two good people working with me on this venture, and have to put my trust in them, but after all the problems I have had in the past, this is very hard for me to do fully.

Facebook has been my salvation and my escape from all the worries, and I have met some wonderful people in there. Despite all the glitches and problems they have   I have been enjoying the games I play and the camaraderie of the players in them.  I have not felt quite as isolated as I would have otherwise.  New friends and old have been my support and connection to the world other than what I live in here at home.  I can only ask that those that care send me good healing thoughts now, and for a satisfactory outcome.