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ziptie

Toothless update

Jan 15, 2007 00:47

It's going well. I've had very little pain and very little swelling. I'm trying to be careful about what I eat, but am getting sick of soup, yogurt, pudding, juice, and canned fruit. Soft foods seem to be OK. I carefully nibbled down a quesadilla tonight ( Read more... )

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800 mg Ibuprofen every Four Hours rorybowman January 15 2007, 18:51:14 UTC

I recenty had some jaw surgery and found that the best thing for me was 800mg of ibuprofen every four hours, which the doctor assured me was safe. I actually found that this was more useful than vicoden (sp?) so FYI and YMMV.

Re: 800 mg Ibuprofen every Four Hours ziptie January 15 2007, 19:11:09 UTC

I've been taking the 600mg ibuprofins a couple of times per day. My nurse friend said it's the best thing for the swelling. Seems to be plenty for comfort/pain as well.

what kind of jaw surgery did you have? bster January 15 2007, 20:05:28 UTC

As someone who has has waaay too many jaw surgeries, I'm curious (if you're willing to share) what you had done?

Bone Graft rorybowman January 16 2007, 01:58:50 UTC

I have a birth defect called ameleogensis imperfecta which is such that my teeth don't have enamel. I had very ugly and malformed teeth my entire childhood and when my permanent teeth came in they were all splinted together under crowns.

For better or worse, though, I have also practiced martial arts off and on since I was fifteen (mostly without a mouthguard) and over the years have pretty much had the entire upper right left side of my teeth knocked out on the installment plan. Without teeth in place the jaw tends to recede and get weaker, and as I reached 40 it was obviously a problem so I had a bone graft from the upper portion of the jaw down to where the receding bone was, in the hopes that I can somehow have implants placed and keep the jaw from completely dissolving and collapsing into my sinus.

While they were in rearranging my jaw I also had my wisdom teeth out and I really hope the graft takes. I promised myself at fifteen that I would kill myself rather than be that ashamed of my body ever again.

Is that your panograph?

Re: Bone Graft bster January 16 2007, 19:11:29 UTC

Wow...thanks for sharing that with me.
Did you have bone grafting done from your hip?
I had bone grafting done (cadaver) in March '06 that failed. My most recent jaw surgery (Oct '06) took bone from my hip to try to bulk up my very thin lower jaw (right side only).
This has been an ordeal!
Where are you located? I'm in Seattle. If you're ever this way, we should go get milkshakes!
And yup...that's my pano.

Re: Bone Graft ziptie January 16 2007, 19:12:39 UTC

OMG Milkshakes. Yeah.

Re: Bone Graft bster January 16 2007, 20:34:37 UTC

Hells yes. Milkshakes are the bomb. Especially those B&O ones. Mmmmmmmm.
How's yer sockets today?

Re: Bone Graft ziptie January 16 2007, 20:47:13 UTC

My sockets need a milkshake.

I've been meaning to buy one of those little handheld blenders. Maybe I'll do that today and blend up some ice cream and milk. :-D

Or we could just go to B&O.

Also, cream top maple yogurt and apple sauce is pretty tasty, and has enough texture to not be boring.

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