Aug 12
Clean bill of health, kind of
Went to my follow up appointment with the oral surgeon on Friday. He said everything looks great and that I can go back to regular activities. But…when I asked him about when these big holes in my bottom jaw would heal, he said in 4-6 weeks. What?!!? He gave me this syringe looking thing that I have to use after I eat to squirt warm salt water into the holes to clean them out until they heal. Great. This means still no regular food for a month or so. Can’t really chew with my back molars, so no big bites of anything, no rice or things with small bits that can get down into the holes *sigh*
So…back to normal living…somewhat. Going to have to adjust my menu till the holes in my mouth heal…pretty bummed that it’s going to take so long. I don’t really have much pain anymore; Advil seems to work for me now, but I hate not being able to eat regular stuff. Grr. That’s all I can say. Grr.