Oh the pain!! (and info on reverse torque)

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Hey People,

Oh my...what a dreadful 2 days I just experienced.

I had another post-op appointment with my surgeon yesterday (had to drive to

SC). She's ecstatic about my results so far. I asked her about the " spasms "

and " teeth tremors " and she said she's never had anyone who experienced that

before, but she guessed that it's just the muscles trying to find their place

again. Actually, she explained it in much more detail than that, but that's the

gist of it. She said she would check with the neurologist to see if he has any

ideas about what could be causing them and will let me know.

(Note to : I gave the web address to my OS and she was telling me that, at

first, she thought the MLD sounded like some type of voodoo to her, but she went

to a chiropractor last week who took her pain from 7 to 1 and made a " new woman "

out of her. Now she recommended that I try the MLD for my swelling...but

suggested that I go to a professional and not just anybody who says they can do

it.)

After leaving my OS appt, I had to drive to NC and drive straight back to take

my daughter to the airport at JAX (didn't even get to go home first)...approx 18

hours of driving (I did stop a few times and take some power naps). After taking

my daughter to the airport, I had less than 30 mins to go home, shower, change

and get back on the road to SC for my ortho appt today which lasted almost 2

hours. What's even worse, there was a bad accident just before the bridge to

enter Beaufort and we sat still on the highway for about 20 minutes...I was late

for my appt.

After the ortho appt, I got back on the road because I had to go to class.

However, I was (am) so tired, I had trouble staying awake driving home - don't

want to chance behind the wheel again...the school is another 45 minutes to an

hour away from my house. Needless to say, I won't be going to class tonight.

Anyway, I will be 11 weeks post-op tomorrow and would you believe I WAS BANDED

TODAY?!?! Ooooooh my teeth hurt sooo bad right about now. My ortho put one

band on the left side at a diagonal, another one on the right side at a

diagonal, then a third one starting from the top left going diagonal to the

bottom right. My midline shifted about 1 mm and they're moving it back. I also

have another one that they put on in what they call a " box " shape (shaped more

like the top half of a stop sign). It connects to the end teeth on the bottom

six and on up around the top front two. I only have to wear this one only at

night. The others, I have to wear all the time except for eating and cleaning.

Then I have to put them " right back on " .

They also changed my wires and filed my teeth. One of the problems I was having

with eating post-op was that when I would chew, my bottom front teeth would hit

the top front and stop the motion - painfully. My ortho filed my teeth - the

edges were jagged from hitting so much - now I don't have that problem.

Aside from my being dog tired, my face and mouth being in so much pain (these

bands are so tight), and me not being able to eat, I'm okay. :-) I'm just

going to take a shower, some Motrin and go to bed.

Oh, for anyone interested, I asked about the " reverse torque " and was told that

it adjusts the " torque " of the teeth - in other words, if your teeth are slanted

too far inward or outward, it corrects that.

Smooches