I have returned with an update! I thought it was the right thing to do, as so many people tend to post when they have problems, and then disappear with no follow-up or resolution to their situations.

So, after months of waiting, my RC teeth were finally extracted 4 weeks ago. It took ages to get a hospital appointment with the oral surgeon, but eventually one was scheduled, and I arrived full of anticipation...

Only to find that when my name was called, it wasn't the oral surgeon doing the procedure! It was one of his registrars. I was quite unhappy about this, and proceeded to explain my situation and history to her. I told her about my previous conversation with the oral surgeon, where he said that he would thoroughly clean and scrape the sockets to make sure all infection was removed. I asked her if she would be doing this, and she said no, that she just had instructions from the surgeon to do a routine extraction of the two teeth.

I then asked her if she would speak to him (he was actually working in the next room) but she refused. She said that he was always extremely specific with his instructions, and if he wanted extra scraping done, he would have given her those instructions. So I was left with a choice to go ahead or refuse the procedure (and possibly wait weeks or months for another hospital appointment), so after her attempting to reassure me that the teeth were the source of the infection, and that the body would heal itself once the teeth were extracted, I let her go ahead with the extraction. However, I told her that I would only sign the consent if she promised me that she would be extremely diligent in cleaning the sockets, and do some scraping to get rid of at least most of the infection.

In her defense, she said that she would go very slowly and gently to try to get the root tips out with the teeth, otherwise she would have to go back in and get them afterwards. Luckily, the root tips came out with the teeth, she then did a lot of soft tissue cleaning and suction, and I felt her do some scraping in each socket. And I was sent on my way. I had a 2 unit temporary partial ready to go, but was told to keep it out as much as possible for the next 48 hours to allow the clots to form.

The next part was quite remarkable - as I left the hospital, everything looked different to when I had arrived. Colors were more vibrant, and my eyesight was already clearer! When I got back to the car, I rolled up my sleeves because I was so warm, where I had felt cold and shivery on the way there. I checked the temperature, and it was 2 degrees colder than it had been earlier!

I had no pain whatsoever the rest of the day, so I think the registrar did a good job, if not as thorough as I wanted. The following day I woke up with what seemed like a horrible flu - my ears were blocked and I could hardly hear a thing, and my head felt completely blocked and stuffed up. So I hit the couch for the day! The next day I woke up expecting more of the same, but my 'flu' was gone! And the best was yet to come...

For several months prior to the extraction, my hearing had been deteriorating quite noticeably. The day after the extraction I literally could not believe my ears - my hearing had returned completely, and when I switched on my stereo at home, I was blown away by how bright and clear everything sounded! In fact, the sound was so bright it was almost painful!! Anyway, over the next couple of days my brain readjusted and everything just sounded normal again.

I've been seeing the holistic therapist weekly for bio-energy balancing sessions, and her first comment when she saw me 3 days after the extractions was "wow, your eyes look much clearer". She also said that the massive energy blockage around my head was almost completely gone. Over the past 4 weeks she has been helping me to slowly recover, and the current state of play is that my liver is now apparently working very hard to expel the accumulated toxins, and that there's also a bit of an energy blockage around my stomach. She has repeatedly told me that this will take time, and that I can expect to see earlier symptoms returning, but it is a sign of the healing process and my body gradually regaining strength. And sure enough, the abdominal pain that I had during all of last year, and that went away a few months ago, has now returned.

So, 4 weeks later, the other strange symptoms I had been experiencing (dizziness, brain fog, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations) have also started to improve, although not as much as I had hoped. Again, apparently I must be patient while the recovery happens.

Bryanna, I would very much appreciate your thoughts on my situation now. I'm pretty sure you'll be as annoyed as I still am that the oral surgeon handed the procedure off to one of his registrars after all his talk. Do you think I should contact him and ask him to do a follow-up procedure to clean any remaining infection from the sockets before they close up? I can't help thinking that I might have been making a better and faster recovery by now if that had been done properly first time.

Many thanks!