Unscheduled surgery tomorrow morning!

Todd@RUPES

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My crazy life... :D

I'm driving home from PBMG and feel this SHARP pain in my chin today and kind of a weird internal pressure. When I was younger I broke my jaw and had the chin bolted together with titanium bolts (more on this later). So I get home and the pain had only gotten worse. I pick up my son and go get an appointment with my doctor. By this point my chin has become 'hot' to the touch and is killing me.

An x-ray and a call to plastic surgeon later it is determined that 1 of the bolts has come lose! This is the first time that the surgeon has heard of this. But I'm in luck, tomorrow is surgery day and they will meet me early (6 AM). A wild run around town to get lab work (they have to put me under because the bolt is behind the muscle which has to be cut) and I think I am scheduled for the fastest surgery.

My other option was to wait a week, which means I would still be recovering and it would put SEMA at risk. The show must go on, so I'll be on here tomorrow, but likely a little loopy.

Wish me luck.
 
Good luck and have a speedy recovery. I will now put "Burning Chin" on the list of things I hope I never experience lol.
 
We always knew you had a screw loose.... :inspector:

(Sorry, couldn't resist :rofl)

Good luck and here's hoping for a speedy recovery! :bigups
 
Hope everything goes well. Can we look forward to another epic post that you have been lacking the time to put together?

Please don't edit anything you post. Leave the evidence wherever you type it.:D

Good luck!
 
Good luck, and glad you are getting it done tomorrow, get it over with so it's not hanging over your head.
 
Thanks for the warm wishes. It is a minor procedure and the upside is, besides being a little pain (apparently they have to go in through the inside of my mouth, cut the muscle, unscrew the loose screw, and patch me back up) I really am AMAZINGLY lucky that they can schedule this on short notice. Less than 24 hours notice!

I will be back and posting today. I don't have a choice, I have a lot of products to write copy for before SEMA! I have goals to meet :D.

Thank you again and see you in a couple of hours.

Todd
 
Hope all went well Todd!


We always knew you had a screw loose.... :inspector:

(Sorry, couldn't resist :rofl)

Good luck and here's hoping for a speedy recovery! :bigups


LOL, you beat me to this! I was going to say he should have them tighten the other loose screws while they were in there! ;)
 
....I'll be on here tomorrow, but likely a little loopy.

And this is different.... how?

I was going to say he should have them tighten the other loose screws while they were in there! ;)

There ya go.

Probably too late for this but since a plastic surgeon is on the case perhaps you could have him do a few other adjustments. Maybe their version of a cut n buff? :D

Enjoy the after-meds. :)

TL
 
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