CT Scan

Hello again!

Since my last post I finally had my CT scan in preparation for surgery. They will use this scan to create my custom jaw joints. So, that is pretty exciting and means that things are moving forward as planned. Yay!

On the downside, my CT scan apparently showed a pretty severe sinus infection. The radiology report literally used the words "super infection". So, that is no fun. My surgeon contacted my ENT and set me up for an appointment at the end of March. I'm concerned because I had sinus surgery last May, and I'm worried that I'm headed down the same road. I don't know how this infection might affect the timeline of my jaw surgery. I have things set pretty tightly. There is never a good time to take weeks off to recover from surgery, but I've only been able to arrange a small window of time that it won't screw things up too badly. So, I'm really hoping this doesn't get things off track. I meet with the ENT later this month. So, hopefully that appointment will answer some questions. After that I'll meet with the surgeon at the beginning of April. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get my surgery date then.

Tomorrow I have another check in with my orthodontist. I'm thinking everything is on track there, but it'll be nice to get confirmation. I'll post another update in a couple of days when I know more.