It’s Been A Doozy…

 Hi friends!

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     I had my oral surgery on the 25th of July.  I expected it to be horrible but it turned out to be horrific (which is clearly worse than horrible!).  The pain and agony topped my most painful surgery.  It was the first surgery that narcotics were involved at home.  I woke up from anesthesia to feeling like someone had crushed my face into a brick wall.  I went home majorly under the influence…I was flying high on pain meds! LOL  I don’t remember most things they say I did but apparently it was pretty hilarious.  I was heading in the right direction with healing for the next several days when suddenly my pain took a turn for the worse, I started having disgusting tasting drainage from one of my implants, and started smelling Brussels sprouts (THE worst!!!!).  Yuck!  So I saw my surgeon for my follow-up a day early and it was determined that I have a sinus infection now from him having to go up, cut my sinuses, and put the implants through.  I was started on an IV antibiotic yesterday and I’m hoping it kicks in really soon!  The day after I saw my surgeon, I started having issues with an abutment screw being loose and nearly falling out (it actually fell out yesterday morning right before leaving home).  So yesterday I went back to the Surgeon’s office and the surgical assistant tightened down that screw plus any of the others that were loose.  Those folks out there who have had braces on their teeth will know what the painful soreness of tightening braces feels like…times that by about 1,000 and you’ll have what I’m feeling right now.  It is SO painful because it’s pulling on my skull.  So I am currently 9 days post op and the pain is still a real struggle.  My face looks pretty much back to normal as far as swelling is concerned.  There for a while I looked like someone had beat me up…at one point I could barely see out of my right eye because it was nearly swollen shut.  Please pray that the infection and pain will subside quickly and everything will heal correctly for my next step…TEETH! :)

Thank you to all my prayer warriors out there!  Y’all mean so much to me!

Allison