Re: four extractions today

June 3, 2005

Joanne, Congratulations on surviving your extractions!! That

Hydrocodone is some really great stuff - have some left over from my

extraction last month. Be careful not to chew near the areas though;

that's easier said than done since the food just tends to slide right

over to the " holes " . My surgeon told me not to chew on my left side for

3 weeks, but when he saw how well I was healing, he told me to go right

ahead. My tongue has found the hole and now I have a little speech

impediment. I should be getting my braces sometime in the next few

months; I'm waiting for my Orthodontist to develop my treatment plan

and review it with me - that's scheduled for June 21st, and then off to

my OMS for the Orthognathic Surgery consult, which is scheduled for

July 18th. I'm on their " cancellation list " , so maybe I can get in

earlier. I just want to get going with all this - this waiting is

driving me up a wall! If I'm this impatient now, just wait til next

year, when I get closer to my surgery date!! My OD can't go ahead and

put the braces on til he talks with my OMS and then with me. My OMS

wants to meet with me twice (July 18th for the work-up and a few weeks

after that to discuss his surgical plans for me) before the braces are

put on, so I'm playing the OD/OMS waiting game for a while, I guess.//

When are you having your surgery? How much longer will you be in

braces? Take care. / Diane (Idaho)

> I had the extractions done (2nd bicuspids on top, 1st bicuspids on

> bottom) at 10 am this morning. Was in and out of there in about half

an

> hour. Had my mouth stuffed full of gauze for an hour after I got

home,

> and it was still bleeding pretty good, so I left it in another hour

and

> it was still seeping a lot. It wasn't scary at all, because I was so

> numb and it was more annoying than anything. Mom brought home a shake

> from Mcs and it stopped right away. Numbness wore off and am

> taking antibiotics and hydrocodone (painkiller) and am feeling pretty

> good. Little bit sore and drowsy. This is the first real step on the

> way to the surgery (braces since December). I'm on my way!

> ~Joanne

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