How are you doing? I am glad to see you still have some humor. How is the jaw doing today?
I go to my new dentist this coming week, to finish up a crown. Believe me I was a chicken, scared, panicked too, when after 8 years I decided I have to take care of my teeth. This one dentist, turned me around so where I am not afraid any more. I also came here before my extractions for the comfort I received from Bryanna. She helped educate me on many issues.
I do hope you are doing OK, and that you continue to heal. Keep in touch. ginnie

Hi Ginnie, Bryana,

Sorry, haven't been in touch as much lately, though I suspect no news is generally good when it comes to teeth, at any rate.

Anyhow, my mouth feels more or less "normal" again, but there were a few bumps along the road a few weeks ago when I wound up with some sort of infection around the extraction site. Hard to go in and have it dealt with in some not terribly fun way, and then for the next two weeks that area and my lower left TMJ area ached like mad after eating or sometimes even after talking. Only really in the last week has that subsided and I still even now instinctively tend to favor my right jaw for chewing, but I really can't complain anymore - or, rather, I can, because I can talk lots again!

Thanks again for your help and advice here, you both are just gems and great help in at times somewhat stressful month.

Sincerely,

- John

Hi John,

Thanks for checking in!!
If that area acts up again with what seems like an infection, it is best to have the surgeon take a look at it. But hopefully that won't happen and you will be chewing on that side again before you know it!

All the best to.... have a good week
Bryanna

So glad you are doing better. any time we have to deal with teeth, it is kind of a pain in the back side. I hope that your surgeon was kind to your through all of it. I was happy to hear that you were doing OK. Hopefully the bumps in the road have smoothed over, and that you can continue on now to have good oral health. Sorry I have been absent for so long. I have my house on the market, and boy oh boy am I busy. Take care of yourself, ginnie

Hi Ginnie,

Thanks, yes, I believe my OS (Dr. Humble in Portland, OR) was excellent. Btw, I don't know if this is useful, but I recently was researching a legal case involving a housing company that was exploiting sellers who were under duress due to foreclosure, etc. I hope (and expect) that your sale will not involve any unscrupulous buyers but if you run into trouble or have questions there's a chance I might be able to help, or at least share what I've learned so far about the matter.

Sincerely,

- John

How kind of you to reply about the sell of my home. That meant alot to me, as the whole sitautiion is very scarry and upsetting. I picked a realtor here near me, who has been here for 30 years. He is 84 and still wants to work. He has a heart, and knows all kinds of people down here. I picked him after asking about various realtor all over. His reputation was sound. The showing of the house with all the realtor went just fine. Now I pray for the sale to happen, and that I get what I need to move on.
Thank you again John for caring about me. your friend at NT ginnie

Have been praying all goes well,


(Gerry)

Gerry, I miss you too. Forgive me for not being around much. My life is so hectic it is silly. I am taking care of what I need to do to get this young new son I have aquired some help. going to go to vog re-hab for training, and we are going to the food bank. His parents are just awful. Offered to house him in their garage, with baked potatoes to eat. No kidding. Being a christian isn't in what you say, it is in your actions. I hope my actions are pleasing to my God above. I do all in his name, and pray for mercy for all of us. Love you Gerry. Keep in touch, I will respond in time. ginnie

Sounds like a good start, and I wish you the very best - a neighbor here in Portland had a problem with a housing company that agreed to a sale but then backed out at the last moment, essentially forcing the owner to make a much lower offer in order to avoid imminent foreclosure. I'm not an expert in real estate, but the lesson I think from that was to try and make sure that your realtor secures sufficient "earnest money" (basically a deposit, I think) from the buyer to cover such an eventuality. In any event, good luck and hang in there, this forum needs you!

Love,

- John

Hello,

Something strange and unpleasant seems to be happening to the area where my tooth was extracted last July - basically, my jaw hurts in an increasingly nasty throbbing way a few minutes after chewing anything at all "chewy" and continues to hurt for about an hour or so after. Mind you, this was something that was occurring after the extraction and also when I had an infection that was lanced two weeks later, but it seemed to be going away and by August felt practically nonexistent. Now, however, it seems to have returned with a vengeance and I'm not sure what it actually is. I went for a cleaning with my regular dentist last Tuesday and he said it was probably "scar tissue" that needed to be removed by my OS, which is confusing since I don't quite understand why scar tissue would suddenly and rather randomly get so much worse. Could there be still be an infection that simply never quite healed? I also wonder this because I've gingivitis and therefore probably some infection in my gums (they bleed profusely during the cleaning) that I might have made worse recently when I returned home last September in an odd way: my apartment was very high water pressure and I sometimes try to, while showering, blast my teeth with the forceful spray. I thought this might help things, but now I suspect it could be forcing bacteria deeper into the gums and possibly jawbone.

Anyhow, I'll try and contact my OS and so forth, but figured I'd share this with you guys as well just to see what you think.

- John

P.S. -> I don't know how much this rules out, but I should mentioned that my teeth seem to be doing reasonably well as far as my dentist is concerned (or, as the case seems to be, not concerned), and this pain is clearly brought on by chewing or possibly clenching (I woke up with it this morning).

P.P.S. -> I should also point out that it is really quite painful at times now, though. Throbbing in a sort of deep, radiating king of way, centered somewhere near the now absent tooth.