Yesterday I saw Dr. D and let me just say that she is marvelous, I really do love her.

She started by rewiring the work that Dr. F had done.  On my upper left there are 4 teeth in the back, then the 3 toothless gap and then the right middle tooth.  The 2 left back teeth are staying where they are, the other 2 left teeth are the ones that will be moving into the gap with the bone.  She tied the 2 teeth that are moving together and then tied them to my bracket so they are guided by the wire as they move.

Yesterday Dr. D started to move the 2 teeth.  She turned the screw once (.3m), then my sister turned it once and later in the night I turned it once.  I can already feel the difference in the gap between my teeth in the back.  But when the teeth move I don't have any pain, I barely feel anything actually, just an extremely mild strange sensation.

She also took some weird high tech x-ray and showed me what she was doing.  I'll admit, there was nothing earth shattering in this but the x-ray was very fancy and a little over my head.

Oh, and she did say the surgery went well.

I have to go back on Monday.

I'll work on a picture or two so you can see what's going on.

First Trip to the Orthodontist

Wednesday I went to see Dr. F for the first time since the surgery.  He seemed happy with how things looked.  He also put 2 of my 3 teeth back in my mouth.  I'm sure my sister will be very happy (she was concerned after my surgery).

One of the two teeth that is being moved with the bone has moved backward in my mouth a bit.  This happened over time since my tooth was pulled back in June.  Dr. F didn't bother putting the tooth on the wire, I'm assuming since it has a different bracket on it and I was having surgery 2 weeks later.  I'm not sure why he didn't try to move the tooth sooner, but he didn't.  So now it was wired to the screw in my mouth to pull it back in to place.  I think it might have been easier doing it sooner then later.  But what do I know?

Surgery #4

This is just a quick post since I'm getting really tired, but since I haven't posted since the surgery I thought i should come up with something.

Surgery was Thursday and from what I remember, Dr. D said it went well.  I also saw Dr. S - he said he saw the photos and it looked good.

Now I'm just eating mushy food and waiting to see Dr. D on either Thursday or Friday and start moving this bone.

The pain isn't too bad, and the swelling is starting to go down.  But I have a screw sticking out of my mouth, that's a little weird.  It also makes swallowing a little awkward.  Lets just say that I'm working on my drooling problem.

I don't like that answer...

I saw Dr. F a week ago, nothing really new.  BUT, I did ask if Dr. D would be able to take my fake teeth and wire out - I have a wedding the weekend before surgery and Dr. F is away that week.  Dr. F said he would have to discuss that with Dr. D, he's not sure she knows how these braces work. 
BOOOOO!

I'm still around and still waiting

I haven't posted in a while because there is either nothing going on or what is going on is frustrating. 

The short story is that the Infectious Disease doctor cleared me for surgery, without seeing me.  That's fine with me, less running around.  And from everything that I have heard (from medical personel) the medication I had taken was the appropriate action and nothing more was needed. 

My surgery is now scheduled for Sept 22, a much longer wait then I wanted, but between my schedule and Dr. D's schedule this was the earliest I could get in - darn summer vacations! 

So, I'm just waiting...

I'm confused

On Friday I FINALLY got a call regarding my clearance by the Infectious Disease doctor.  He sent a letter to Dr. S clearing me for surgery.  Except, I never saw him, he only saw my test results.  Basically, Dr. S requested my cases be reviewed with all the information that was available to the Infectious Disease doctor and the doctor decided I was fine.  Sounds like my surgery got postponed for nothing. 

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the delay if it's for the right reasons.  But I'm left wondering if Dr. S will be fine with this approval or if he'll push for more.  I know he wanted me tested again after I was on medication, which I haven't been, thought the Infectious Disease doctor would do that. 

I guess I'll find out on Tuesday, if someone actually calls me then. 

I didn't have surgery...

I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but my Mother got an infection after having her hip replaced, MRSA.  It's not a pleasant infection!  I've spent a lot of time around her -  helping her, keeping her company.  Not surprisingly I tested positive for carrying MRSA. 

My surgeon decided to postpone my surgery until an infectious disease doctor could review my case.  When I spoke to my primary care physician he told me that Dr. S was concerned that maybe I had been carrying it when I had my previous surgeries and that was part of the reason that my bone grafts were not a sucess.  But my primary care pysician also said that I had been cultured during the surgeries and didn't show MRSA then.  But, Dr. S wanted to have my case reviewed.  I'm told that my case was reviewed and I was cleared for surgery by infectious disease.   But of course this is a holiday weekend so I wont get an update until at least Tuesday when Dr. S can take a look at the note sent over to him. 

It worked out well though, my Mom was pretty sick earlier this week and I wasn't totally comfortable with having the surgery.  But I'll feel better about it in another week or so, she is doing much better.