The "Wait and see" strategy has not worked--the socket from the extracted tooth is no better than it was nearly 3 months ago. While it's going to take some time until the next decision gets made, unless some miracle happens, the doctors have agreed that surgery is the only option to get rid of the dead bone in my left jaw. The only question is whether to scrape away the dead bone until they hit healthy bone, or just go directly to a resectioning of my mandible. The reality of the first option is that they might have to scrape away so much dead bone that the resectioning must be done anyway.
I will get a special kind of CT scan done in a week that should give them a good picture of how much dead bone is there, but even that might not be 100% accurate. The only way to know for sure is to go into that area and see it for themselves.
I continue to have a constant, low-level pain in that area that can spike from time to time. Both are manageable with my pain medication.
I'll spare you the details of the jaw surgery until I know the specifics. But, beyond the procedure itself is 5-6 days in the hospital and a lengthy recovery period after that.
In the meantime, please keep sending your Good Vibes to Briah Margolias--the latest word is that she has stabilized--but is still far from being out of the woods.
By the way--New England wins by 7 in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Mike
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