My surgery date was moved and confirmed to November 30th, so as of today, 29 very short days before my surgery.
I'm still on the diet that I mentioned in my last post, and am down 11 lbs. 4 from slimfast and the other 7 from low carb. 6 more days until the physical and then I can start eating normally, and more importantly, eat some things for the last time before my surgery. I have a list of foods, they aren't healthy, and I honestly don't care. I've been eating lots of veggies, meats and cheeses for the last 2 weeks and I'm entirely ready to eat something horrible for me before I'm confined to liquids for weeks.
I had my Kobyashi hooks put on last Thursday (no new wires). And while my dental assistant is good, and an absolute expert at putting on braces, she's not as experienced at putting on the Kobi hooks and I have been suffering from a migraine since she put them on (lots of torque on my teeth and roots, it was very unplesant).
I've finally adjusted to the feeling of the hooks, and have gotten past the worry that I'm going to bend them, so I'm doing ok.
I had my surgical consult on Friday (they moved the appointment) and it was... bad. Very, very bad.
The dental assistant that I had wasn't good. It's not that she's inexperienced; I believe she assisted on my tooth extraction 3 years ago. But she had a hard time with my impressions and it was the hardest 2 hours I've ever spent in an exam chair - including my wisdom teeth extraction, my extraction 3 years ago, both times having my braces on, and the one time off and any cleaning I've ever had in my life.
I have very pronounced lingual mandibular tori, which has rarely caused a problem with impressions at my orthodontist's office. Usually to get good impressions they can use an upper tray for my lower jaw and it's not a problem. I also suspect that because I'm a rather small woman (height and bone structure) and can readily pass as a 15 year old, my mouth is significantly smaller than most of my surgeon's patients, which is why my ortho's trays fit better - they're for kids. But because of my prounounced tori and the size of the trays, it was hard.
She tried 15 different sized trays, took 5 impressions (2 uppers, 3 lowers), had me brush my teeth 4 times and caused my tori to bleed, she pressed down so hard on them. She tore the gum off of the entire side of the left tori and scraped a lot off of the right. All of this took 2 hours and I was in tears while she took the impressions. By the time she was done (she told the doctor I was bleeding and he told her to stop; she would have kept going) and I was watching the consent video, I was trying very hard not to sob because I felt so worn out and exhausted.
I watched the consent video and the doctor was finally ready to see me. By this time I had been in the office 2 hours and 45 minutes, and was supposed to be back to work. He barely spoke to me because a surgical salesman had followed him into my exam room (poor form, Dr. L, not cool) and took my splint impressions and sent me on my way. I'll see them again the Tuesday before surgery.
Besides that... I'm getting nervous. I had a very scary physical reaction to the assistant pressing on my tori; it felt like my heartrate plummeted and I had to remind myself to breathe. I'm going to ask my GP about it when I see her for my pre-op physical. I've been under general anesthesia once before, so I'm sure it will be ok, but I've never had a reaction to pain like that. Then again; I've never broken a bone... I'm sure it'll be fone.
Do you want to see my Pre-Op Pig Out list? Some of them are local restaurant or eatery specific, as I really like their versions of the food.
Ming's Chinese (sesame chicken, rice, crab cheese, eggrolls)
Pizza (Little ceaser's deep dish pepperoni or pizza hut supreme)
Perrin's landing cheeseburger & fries
Keylime pie
Cheesecake
Pumpkin pie
Lemon poppyseed muffin (olsen's with sugar on top)
Wendy's spicy chicken combo with vanilla frosty
What was/would be on your list to eat before surgery?
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