
J is for Jawbone, indeed. Brief recap: In June of this year, I underwent lower jaw surgery (called a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy). Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful, and my surgeon told us that I wasn't a good candidate for further attempts. Read previous posts and see my cool bionic skull here.
So I met with a different specialist last month (Dr. P at Kaiser Oakland) to find out about alternate therapies. However, to our surprise, he seems to think that if he performed the same surgery (BSSO, like Dr. T at Kaiser Santa Clara attempted), it would be successful. I'm cautiously optimistic, and the procedure is scheduled for 16 Jan 2009. He seems very confident, but I do want to make sure that he works closely with my previous surgeon to ensure success (with as little nerve damage as possible), since my surgical team ran into trouble before.
Regarding recovery, he does things a little differently. This time, I'll have a splint between my teeth and I'll be wired shut, but only for ten days. All incisions will be intraoral, which is nice. And there will be metal plates to anchor the bone, instead of just screws. I can't say that I'm looking forward to another surgery, but

And this seems to be floating about again (last seen at
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* Grab the nearest book.
* Open it to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next few sentences.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"Already in Old English, the word developed the meaning 'a judgment or decision, especially one formally pronounced.' A day of doom, therefore, meant a day of judgment or doomsday (recorded before 1200), which was when one's fate or lot was decided or decreed. From this use, the meaning 'fate, lot, irretrievable destiny' followed, usually in an adverse sense, leading in 1609 to the meaning 'final fate, extinction, death' in Shakespeare's Sonnet xiv: 'Thy end is Truth's and Beauty's doom.'"
Hee. I'm gonna sing the doom song now.
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