List of all the things I want to do/eat before surgery

Chick-fil-a
Waffle House
Yuki (Japanese food)
Mexican (my favorite)

See Age of Adeline
See Unfriended
Go shopping at the mall
Go Swimming


The swimming part is probably out of the question since our pool isn't clean but a girl can dream. I love food. I am going to miss it tremendously, especially chick-fil-a, good thing they have good milkshakes.

2 Weeks to go

I am finally at the 2 week mark until my surgery! I am starting to get excited. I know the recovery will be brutal but I am so excited to see the ending result. I decided it would be best to recover at my moms house and have my boyfriend, Matt, there to help. I was originally going to recover with him, but because I am allergic to some narcotic painkillers and I'm not sure if I will be allergic to whatever they give me It would be best to be with my mom where she has experience in how to deal with that. So far we have stocked up on Pedicure (that stuff is crazy expensive) and pajamas. I went to my orthodontist on the 15th. I asked him when he thinks I will be getting these braces off. I had asked him in the beginning and he said 3 months after surgery. I asked him last week and he said 6 months. That is making me nervous. I did not really touch on my tooth issue in my last post. But the tooth I had surgically moved after being in braces for 3 years is dying. It has root absorption. My surgeon believes it is because I was in braces for so long. So we are fearful that being in braces for much longer will kill the tooth all together. It is still alive and my surgeon says it could live for a few more years but ever since I got braces put back on it's been worse. I cant even drink water on that side of my mouth without that shooting sensitivity feeling. I feel like I have more problems with my mouth now then I did before braces. GRRR. 21 and still rocking the train tracks. After 6 years you find that you've done every color combo you and think of so its been all gray bands this time. On a happy note I got my hair cut... a lot. I wanted shorter hair for surgery so it wasn't all in my face. I am starting to get excited!

Question for my readers: Have any of you had jaw surgery? If so, did it leave any scars on your face?

Thanks for reading!

3 Weeks Before Surgery

Hey readers! I am Megan, I am 21 and will be having jaw surgery on May 6th 2015. With 3 weeks until the big day I have spent most of my time doing research. There was not much out there so I am hoping that by writing a blog it may help others. Here is my history with dental issues...

I was born without my bottom cuspids and major spacing between my teeth. Naturally that meant braces. What was suppose to be only 2 years turned into 6. Yes I had braces for 6 consecutive years, which is a lot of time to go without eating candy. Around year 3 of braces my orthodontist decided that I need to have a procedure done to move my top canine tooth into place (it was on the opposite side of my mouth). They did this by twisting the tooth and attaching a chain that would slowly pull my tooth into place. The surgery worked great and after 3 more years I was finally out of braces. I was so excited that I did not notice my bite was so off. I ended up have random growth on one side of my jaw, causing my teeth to not touch. I actually only have two back teeth that actually touch (picture below). Making eating a headache. The bite got worse and worse until it was decided I needed jaw surgery. So I was put back into braces in September.

So here I am. I am focusing on jaw surgery right now, but there is a possibility I will have another surgery in a year or so for a tooth I have that is dying due to having braces on so long. I am ready to have this surgery done, just nervous. I'm not sure what my surgeon will be doing. Because of the surgeries short notice I have only met with him once (he comes highly recommended). I will meet with him again the week before my surgery, that is when he will tell me if I am having double jaw surgery or just lower. I hope this blog helps!


Note that in all of these pictures I am "biting down"

Left side

Left side

Right side

Center