Clicking

All of a sudden, my jaw has started clicking. It's only on one side and only when I'm chewing. Still, it's really disconcerting. I never had that before surgery! I'm going to ask my orthodontist about it tomorrow, and then call my surgeon. Anyone else have this happen after surgery?

Two months + !

Geez, it really has been a long time. Sorry about that, friends.

I'm doing well. Very very very very well. I feel great -- I occasionally have pain in my chin (anyone else ever had that? it's a little weird) or my jaw muscles when I yawn, but nothing too bad, and I have almost all feeling back. I'm eating almost completely normally, or at least as normally as I've ever eaten in braces. That pretty much means I can't handle a whole apple or corn on the cob, but nuts, sandwiches, steak, etc are a GO! I'm very happy with my appearance, as well.

On the orthodontia front: I saw my orthodontist at 7 weeks post-op. He was pleased, but didn't ogle, which was a little disappointing. He freed me from the heavy-duty elastics, gave me new, lighter elastics, and replaced the bottom wire. He hasn't replaced the top wire yet, which is still in three pieces. He couldn't do that until my dentist cut some bridges I have so that the teeth could be moved independently and room can be made for implants. I see him again in two weeks. It seems like my bottom teeth are done, and at this point, he's just stabilizing them. He estimated 6-7 more months of braces (from my last appointment) which brings us to August or September. I would realllllllllly like them off before I go to college at the end of August!


It was a tough recovery, but I think I can finally say it was worth it!





(Pictures are a couple of weeks old, but I don't think there's been any significant change since then)