I can’t believe it’s only Thursday. It feels like next week should be starting already. I only just got home for the evening from going to dinner with my daughter’s cross country team after their meet, and I left the house at 7:15 this morning.
Monday, I followed up with my back doctor. Next week, if I have the time, I am due for my next set of in brace and out of brace X-rays. Tuesday, I had my pre-op appointment and was cleared for surgery by my physician. While my ekg hasn’t changed at all, the little computer interpretation thinks there is an issue. My doctor has sent the current ekg along with the 2 prior over to my jaw doctor for his review and the anesthesiologist’s review to make sure they’re both good with it. Just in case, I was miraculously able to get a cardiology new patient appointment for next Wednesday to get an ekg review if needed.
Yesterday I had my orthodontist appointment and had 6 surgical hooks added to my braces. My top jaw has wire ties holding in the archwire in 3 different sections around where my jaw will be cut. It’s the tightest my braces have ever felt, but thankfully was only a little tender overnight. My lower braces got 3 of the hooks along with a new power chain. The best part is I finally get a break from elastics. I’ve been wearing them in one configuration or another for just about 2 years now. The hooks haven’t been too bad. Only the bottom ones have been poking into my lip. The middle one on the bottom wiggles and I can’t stop playing with it. Both the upper and lower set of hooks are spaced weirdly due to the small bends in the archwires to level my front teeth. They look funny.
I’m hoping for a calm day tomorrow. Saturday is my son’s homecoming football game. His team is 7-0 this season and hope to continue the streak. They will be playing a pretty evenly matched team, so it should make for a game.
Next Tuesday is my last appointment with my jaw doctor before my surgery. I’ll get to see my teeth models and get a better idea of how the surgery will go. I have a couple of questions- more out of curiosity than concern. What questions would you ask if you were in my shoes? I would love to hear your thoughts.
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