Medical Massages

I am not one for chiropractor's, I have had an opinion on them since my early days of imaging. So, in the last few months of preparing for surgery I read a girls blog who had had the surgery, and she praised medical massages. Basically I doing this for 2 reasons, I have to sleep on a recliner for a week or so, and also my insurance is covering it. (WOOHOO).
Therefore today I had a pre-surgery meet and greet with an hour massage with a goddess named Marlo. And yes I believed I drooled on the table. lol
Still being leery on the whole cracking and adjusting I meet the doc, and he was so nice and understanding. I might even consider taking him up on the acupuncture for healing before the adjustment.

If anyone wants my recommendation to the place, ask me, and I shall give it.

I have already booked 5 more sessions in the next 3 weeks :)

I'm Like A Squirrel...

Preparing myself.

Today we are making another big purchase for the upcoming surgery.....wait

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a freezer!!!! For all those smoothies, veggies and soups that I will be eating.

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RECIPES I MUST TRY...SMOOTHIES

4 scoops vanillas ice cream
1 cup of milk
1 banana
2 tablespoons of peanut butter
1/4 cup of chocolate syrup

ooohhh and another

1 cup soft tofu
1/2 banana
1/2 cup soy milk
1/2 cup soy yogurt
1/2 cup strawberries

3 weeks and counting

It is really frustrating right now trying to get people to understand that this is probably the most important and scariest situation that I will probably ever put myself in. Think about it....you can marry, and you can divorce. You can buy something expensive and return it. Heck you can get a tattoo and have it removed (or covered, like me). But physically altering your face is non-reversible and FRIGGIN' scary (unless your Michael Jackson).

I am more scared of throwing up with my teeth banded together, than the surgery. I am more scared, of the pain that the heeling. I am more scared that preparing a meal is going to be very difficult....breathe, breathe.

Latest news... GOOD: Surgery is 100% covered by my insurance. (See why I kept my job---woohoo).
BAD: my wax mold broke for my splint and I have to go back in to surgeons office on Monday to remake it. (this is a fixable boo-boo).

I am trying to get my house and eating situation ready. Since the PAR-TAY last week, my dear friends have made a stock pile on the dinning room table of supplies that I will be using. (and yes you can register at TARGET for a surgery party!!!)

Mom Did Good

So after all the searching on the Internet to get necessities, my mom finds what I need. She purchased me a kit. Yeah!!!

PAR-TAY!!

Jim and I had a Pre-Surgery Celebration last night,

close friends and family came over to help pack on the calories...and lots of beer.

I only got 3 pics of people...but here is my favorite

"fires are just mesmerizing"

4 Weeks and Why?????

So less than 4 weeks to go...I have been doing some online shopping trying to get some necessities lined up and here on time. I figured boxer/goalie water bottles with the straw will be a good way to squeeze in some fluids. Ice and gel packs to reduce swelling. So its like Christmas in the mail :)

And now with it just looming around the corner, I am getting the "WHY??" from friends and coworkers, that are around me everyday. Let me just put it out there....I don't like the way I look from my profile, to my invisible chin, to the horrid pictures of me laughing. This is something I am very self conscious about. Some people have itty bitty titties or hate thier nose, my flaw is my chin and my teeth. And I am willing to go and try to fix it.

I saw some pics on my computer today and decided to make a collage...just for laughs.

Photo Shoot with Kelly Ann

My cousin married this vivacious young woman named Kelly Ann

and she is a talented photographer.

I asked her if I could do a shoot with her, but in a style that I think is totally glam...Pin Up.

Weeks before my surgery; mouth full of braces; and jaw and teeth prepared...

I pushed my teeth forward to make the most of my hiding chin.

Here are some of her photos that I will cherish forever.

check out more at: http://kajonesphotography.com/

Getting Prepared...5 weeks to go

Surgery is scheduled November 9th. wohooo.

Okay so time to get serious on getting prepared. Girls love to shop. But not for this stuff. So the most important thing post op is healing and ingesting. EATING!!!! Okay, here is the scoop this will be very difficult in the lines that I am a aquatarium. Finding pureed food, and making pureed food is going to be very difficult. Today I spent $60, on canned food. I got some carrot & peas, green beans, mixed berries...and -------------------------> breakfast!!!!!!!!!!!!!







Now comes the issue of how to get this in my wired shut mouth. I originally was going to purchase a product called zip-and-squeeze, but they appear to have gone out of business. This would have been easier and I would have gotten more for my buck.






So now I am debating on buying this odd device used for dysphagia patients. See pic. The problem is if I have to eat at least 6 times a day (small meals, roughly 2-3 ozs at a time). I am not going to be able to clean this, and be prepared. Plus the ting cost $90.





I can always go with the option of using a luer tip syringe and a small tubing. I just don't think I will successfully get the food in. And that to will be difficult to clean.

I shall keep looking. But the decision has to be made soon, if I need to have something shipped.

So today (9/28) I got my surgical wires placed, sounds weird...little painful to the gums. Lots of wax on the uppers.

Surgery is scheduled at 7:10 am on November 9th. Until then I plan on eating everything I can, that won't get stuck in it. lol

I had to find an explanation picture. The braces for the last year and a half were to prepare (correct, straighten, widen) my small structured-highly crammed mouth. Total 4 teeth pulled, 2 impacted wisdoms pulled, 4 times with braces, and mucho dinero has been spent in over 20 years...thanks mom and dad for trying to make an ugly situation better. So now I put this in the hands of my surgeon.

More to come....

The Beginning

So as a youngin' I was put in braces 3 times. 2 times to fix the issues of over-crowding and over bite. I just had too many teeth in such a small space. In the first round I endured devices such as a headgear...which I remember wearing to school thinking it was cool, until I was taunted. Teeth got pulled to bring the over bite inwards. I wore such crazy devices like a Jasper Jumper (looked like hydraulics in a car). So the first time was in elementary to junior high. The 2nd I was in high school, my mom going through the braces torment with me at this time had them off my teeth by the time I had my senior pics. Good Mom!!!
The 3rd round was my own fault, I assumed it was because I did not wear the retainer. Well come to find out darn it, it was the overcrowding, again!! Mom at this point had the impacted (not-bothering me) wisdoms on the bottom removed. Oh, I came out swinging like a CHAMP, and yelling at my orthodontist.

So at the tender age of 30. And with the advise from my dentist, a visit to a GI doctor, and the oral surgeon...Dr. Imray, I made the decision to go through with having lower sagittal orthognathic surgery. Oh, and I asked for a chin implant also, while he is in there and he said it wasn't necessary..."you have a chin, it's just hiding".

So in March 2008 I went on several consults for braces. I sure as heck was not going to the Orthodontist of my childhood. I made my decision to go to JU School of Orthodontics, because of the price (we were in the middle of a recession and job security was an issue) and I liked the teaching environment.
I got a 2nd year student, one year from graduating...Dr. Oweisey, she had lots of time to deal with my issues and my one breakdown and cry in the office. One, I promise.
She had 2 teeth pulled, had a re-do of a root canal b/c she saw an infection in the root. The specialist pulled out a broken file bit that had been sealed in there for over 5 years.

(Is anyone clueing into my dislike in people who stick there hands in my mouth????)

I originally was told 18 months in braces, surgery and then I would still be in them 8-12 months post surgery. Original proposed surgery around June/July. Things did not move fast enough, things were delayed. They suggested December, this is when I had the breakdown. I was tired of waiting. Insurance may change, my loving boyfriend would not be there to help me, oh - so many reasons to have a breakdown and cry in the orthodontists office.

But now, 5 weeks til surgery I wish it was later. Last night, I had my first night of no sleep because of worry and inticipation.

I'm being optimistic.

And I will tell you more....