the way shorter mobile version of the post I wanted to make

[delight]

Jaw surgery part three time today! I recommend never getting osteomyelitis. It was nearly four years ago. I am still fixing things in my face.

Sorry to the people I promised RP responses to last night who I fell asleep on instead - there are a number of you - I'm going to get there via tablet before they knock me out, it's a three hour drive to get to my specialist.

(Sadly none of this is going to make my face LOOK right again, just hurt less. Looking right is going to require a chin augment at the very least and possibly buccal fat pad removals, and insurance doesn't cover that any more than they do replacing the missing teeth*, because insurance considers TEETH and RECOGNIZING YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR to be cosmetic.

* I have no lower molars on my left, and I may wake up with no upper ones either, don't know yet.)

Comments

[oracne]

Insurance is so weird and unfair.

[delight]

I had hoped that psych writing that I had significant emotional distress as a result of my face would help. Apparently this would work in Europe but not in the US!

It looks like a relatively normal face, no external disfigurement, but it doesn't look like MY face and that is, oddly enough, very distressing.

[jesse_the_k]

Of course it's distressing. I am sorry we live in this timeline, and glad that we share it.

[yhlee]

*support support support*

[erika]

I am thinking about you and I hope that your surgery has already gone totally perfect and you kept as many teeth as we're functioning.

[ursula]

I hope things proceed as smoothly and boringly as they can!

[umadoshi]

insurance doesn't cover that any more than they do replacing the missing teeth*

Clearly teeth aren't part of your body! Who could possibly expect insurers to care? (*snarls at the industry*)

I hope the procedure goes well and does worlds of good for pain relief. *hugs*

[redsixwing]

Fingers crossed for you. I hope the recovery is as smooth as possible.

[worlds_of_smoke]

-offers all the hugs- I hope the surgery goes well!

[ofearthandstars]

I hope your surgery goes as well as it can, with teeth preserved.

Insurance f**king sucks. Healthcare in general does. Wishing all good things for you.

[blackswanseer]

Best of luck with everything!

Dental insurance is so bullshit. Sometimes I wonder if they really cover anything beyond cleanings.

[siderea]

Best of luck and hope it all goes well!