Re: Surgery a second time?

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I have heard of something like this before. It had to do with the

bone not healing, and being " sponge-like " . The person had to have

another surgery and have a bone graft. It then healed properly.

Don't be too worried about being wired shut, it isn't that bad. OK,

maybe I'm trying to make it sound better for you--you just get really

tired of strained liquid only. And the wires coming off, not too bad.

Good Luck, keep us posted.

a

>

> I don't know if any of you remember me, but I had upper and lower

> jaw surgery Sept 24. I had posted about it right afterwards. My

> lower jaw was set back and my upper jaw was set forward and also

> widened.

>

> While I was in the splint I noticed movement when I would open my

> mouth and close it. I thougth it was the splint moving. I had my

> splint removed at 6 weeks and all looked fine. I did notice that my

> upper teeth were moving, but I didn't think anything of it. I went

> to my ortho and they changed out my upper wire, it was split for

> surgery, so they had to put in a whole wire. Right before

> Thanksgiving I had emailed the surgeon's secretary asking that she

> forward a question to them...it was about the teeth moving. I never

> heard anything. Then in Dec I had to go back to my ortho and I told

> him I hadn't been able to talk to the surgeon yet, but I asked him

> to look and he did. He was almost in shock!!! He said he wasn't

> going to do any adjustments because I needed to see the surgeons

> ASAP. He said that the entire top jaw was what was moving. So I

went

> to see the surgeons. My top teeth are moving up and down, and it is

> my jaw, not the teeth. They said they have never seen anything like

> this at all, maybe movement before surgery, but never after

surgery.

> They said all the plates and hardware look fine, so they aren't

sure

> why this is happening!!! I don't have any pain....it moves when I

> bite and if I do it a certain way I can sort of feel a little

> tickle, mostly near my nose.

>

> I have to have surgery again on the 31st of this month. They are

> going in to remove the hardware and then putting more back in and

> also in differnt places. They may even have to do a bone graft.

With

> the first surgery I was banded shut, and I could still open my

mouth

> a little, so I'm wondering if they will band me shut or wire me

> shut. I'm a little afraid of being wired shut, esp when they have

to

> remove the wires. I'm not exactly sure how that works. I'll be in

> the splint again for 6 weeks. So that means a liquid diet for 6

> weeks again. I don't look forward to it all at!!! Right now I'm not

> allowed to eat anything harder than potatos. Also last time I was

> put on a blood thinner and had to have shots for 7 days after

> surgery. That's not that bad. When I had surgery the first time, I

> was only there the night of the surgery so I am wondering if, given

> the circumstances, they'll keep me longer. I don't have any

vacation

> time left at work, so I'll be out of work!

>

> I was just wondering if any of you had ever heard of this happening?