Yawning...has consequences

I was ever so close...just that tiny fraction away from a couple of proper yawns last week...But they hurt...and it seems I've done some damage...which has resulted in more swelling and pain in my jaw, and we're back to the old days of restricted 2-3 finger opening, and pain...rather a lot of it.

Its nothing to worry about really, I stretched the muscles a bit too far going for the yawns and tore some fibres, and now I have to wait for things to heal again but it means I'm back to doing my finger and thumb push ups on my teeth to stop things siezing up. Worse still is not being able to eat cleanly again...food keeps banging on my teeth and falling of the fork...bahh.

As usual, I'll give it a week or so to settle down and if no improvement will go see the doc.

One new thing...my tongue...does not feel quite so numb down the edge as it has done...its not that I have regained feeling as such..just that the actual sensation is different, like I'm no longer aware of the numbness...hard to explain really.. This may also be why I've noticed a slightly more pronounced speech defect in my voice when I am recording my terrible singing, certain sounds are just not coming through as clearly as previous recordings and I sound like I have something in my mouth when talking/singing...its subtle but I have noticed it.
Something to keep an eye on...or an ear!!

all fine

lumps and bumps are nothing to worry about, I just have less flesh and fatty tissue on my neck so I feel things more sharply that you would expect.

check up in 3 months.

Appointment

Appointment booked for 14th Oct.

Just as a small note, prothesis is becomeing much more wearable, can keep it in for hours at a time now though eating does cause some cleaning problems..it does have 1 huge huge bonus, I'm sorry I ever doubted it.

When in place, the prothesis covers up the very ternder new "gum" area which can't abide chillies.....I can eat curry again ;) (so long as no sauce slips under :o)

Sooooo happy.

too damn quiet and worrying developments.

Ok nothing heard from the docs, since my last checkup. I missed my last appointment by accident and have been expecting to have a new appointment sent to continue checks, so far nothing...and now I'm a bit worried.

A lot of the swelling and fluid that surrounded my surgical site has eased away in the last couple of months, which is good. But its also allowed me to feel about a bit at my neck. Now granted it won't feel the same on the bad side as it does on the good site due to lots of missing fat and flesh an a couple of still tender spots, but it does appear to be quite bumpy there..How much of this is scar tissue and how much is natural bumps I don't know but given the nature of these things, bumps are a bit of a worry.

Also in the last week or so, my neck has been feeling quite uncomfortable and tight around the scar..no issues with eating swallowing or anything just a sense of discomfort and tightness....and today that discomfort has turned to very very mild pain...
I emphasise very mild but still..pain isn't good.

Have booked an appointment with Drs van Gemert via the online appointment system they have here, so hopefully will see him inside the week.

I must admit a very slight trepidation at the moment, I hope its nothing of course...
hmmm what to put...yes scared and worried..but its probably nothing at all...but posting here for posterity and the usual record keeping..

oh...before you get all worried mum...its almost certainly nothing at all, more likly a scar tissue problem so lets not get all moody and stressy...See what the doc says 1st.

I will keep you posted.

Quiet!!

Not much happening at the moment, my last dentist appointment was a quick in an out to check that the prothesis isn't rubbing or causing too much pain.

Its not, though I have realised eating with it and wearing it for too long are no no's. But the dentist says I should stick with it. He does not want to see me for a year now so that side of things is over.

Now that I've had it a week or so though I am starting to question its worth..apart from the bit about stopping my upper teeth from falling out in time it does not really add much.

hmmm anyway..am going to book a checkup, since I missed my last one, and they have a funny habit here of dropping you when you don't book followups at appointments. So that I can get my regular 3month checks done...

thats all for now!

Lotta metal

voila...the new teeth



Big chunka metal and artificial gum there. Also I should point out thos sharp looking points, are indeed sharp and I've pricked my lip/tongue a few times putting them in and taking them out.

tbh, I am finding the benefits hard to quantify, yes I can eat with it on my right side for the 1st time since my surgery, but nothing too hard, and after an hour or 2 it does start to feel a little uncomfortable. But I am trying to persevere and overcome that.

Eating with it in though is much more trouble than its worth, eating anything with it in means you need to go remove it and then brush your teeth....so probably best to just remove it before eating.

Anyway...will keep going with it for now. My mouth still feels all strange and odd with its new teeth in place.

The implant is a fantastic success as I can now eat any kind of crunchy food, something I was unable to do before, but like the implant, I often find I must brush/pick/floss immediatly after....We'll have to see if this is going to be a constant, or just a bedding in process.

New Teeth

Back from the dentist. My implant is in and feels ok, though perhaps its a tiny bit high so might need leveling on the next visit. At the moment I'm just getting used to biting down and I have to wait till my jaw muscles settle into a new pattern. It was screwed in pretty tight, then the screwhole plugged up with filler, it looks totally natural.

But more impressive, the prothesis on my right side is also in place and I have teeth again. A fact my tongue seems a bit put out about after having all that space to itself again.

It feels extremly odd, I have to say. The 1st thing I did when I got out of the dentist office was pop over to the hospital canteen to try some food. I only risked a sausage roll (This is Holland, there wasn't much more choice) but yeah, it was ok, I could chew on both sides, no discomfort, though as I said it does feel a bit odd. I wonder how it will cope with a nice steak!!

One thing though my tongue can't get up and over the prosthesis to clean the cheek pouch when and after eating, my tongue is weak/numb on that side so it seems to have problems. So I need to either practice that so my tongue regains that function, or make a point of cleaning after eating pretty much anything.

The thing is locked onto my remaining right and rear left side teeth with a bar under my front teeth. It all feels quite strange, and it also has front steel/tungsten/shiny whatever metal, at the front, so I have a distinct Jaw's from Bond look on that side..But since I can't smile on my bottom right that will never be seen.

I have never had dentures, so I am wonderng if this is how people feel when they have them fitted, like they have a gum shield in place.

Talking is very slightly altered too, I think its the toungue being pushed back into its normal place again and the area the tip of my tongue being slightly different,gives me a very slight lisp again...should sort itself out.


I'll post pics soon.