When it rains it pours <and not talking about the weather.
I went to the oral surgeon on Tuesday, having stopped at Dr. Hashmi's
office first to have my jaw blocked. The blocks worked as far as I
never felt any of the marcaine shots from the surgeon. The very first
thing she did was cut open all my bottom gums, then she went to pull
the first of 5 bottom teeth <took 12 last month>, the tooth came out
but one root wouldn't come out. As she dug deeper, she found a tumor
the size of a golf ball in my jawbone. It didn't show and I had never
felt it. The other extractions went routinely. She did some bone
grafting and finally closed me up.
That first night It looked as if I was going to bleed to death, two
doubled over towels and the blood still made it down to the pillow. I
woke at 4 am in agony and my entire right shoulder and upper arm were
crimson with blood. The next day she had me back, cut the sutures out
and re closed everything, same thing the next night only this time,
massive blood clots. I am going back today as the left side of my
face is so swollen I can't open the eye, plus am still in major pain.
Dr. Hashmi had me come off my nalbuphine injectable so I could take
demol or vocodin, thankfully as I am needing them so much.
Still waiting on the pathology about the tumor.

Follow up, today the surgeon once again cut out the sutures and re
did them double the amount today. Then I saw Dr. Hashmi who has me
back on the drags patch plus fentyl lollipops plus a super strong
topical painkiller, used for minor hospital procedures. I look like I
lost a battel, swollen doesn't even cover it, not to mention all the
bruising.
PFD's to all,
LizM