In exactly one week I will be having the big surgery. I couldn't be more excited! I still have most of the things I mentioned in my last post to do, but I did have the pre-op blood draw at the hospital yesterday. I think they ran a CBC or something like that with the blood sample. Because I am in the middle of moving I don't have my pictures with me, but as soon as I get home and settled I will be posting some "before" pictures so that when it's all said and done we all have something to compare the changes to. Also, when I get home I will look at some of the paperwork from the oral surgeon and post the exact procedure that's going to be done. I remember reading it and it sounded very intense, not to mention the procedure description was roughly two lines typed in what seemed like a foreign language.
I thought I should let people know why I am having this surgery, or what some of the symptoms of this problematic jaw are. I believe the official diagnoses is a class 3 occlusion, but I'll have to double check on that. Some of my "symptoms" include talking with a slight lisp, spitting when talking (especially after a few drinks), my mouth almost constantly hanging open (especially when I sleep, or so I'm told), brief flashes of intense pain when yawning big, and the most noticable to me....only being able to chew with a couple of my back molars. This last symptom is due to the fact that the jaw is not aligned properly, which can be seen when I attempt to bite down. When I bite down, there is a big enough gap between my front teeth that I can stick my tongue completely out. And I am pretty sure only one side of my teeth touch, because my jaw is also slightly crooked. I hope to be able to get my hands on the x-ray from the orthodontist so that I can post it. Everything will make more sense to everyone else once they see the x-ray. It is a pretty interesting picture!
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