Shirlett

Just take it slow....you CAN NOT rush this healing process. It took over six months for me to get the feeling back in my lips,chin and right cheek. And it took close to a year before I was 98% pain free. I know of a few others it was only weeks/months before they were pain free. As for the crying...I think you need a release...you have just been through a VERY big ordeal..you can not scream or yell to release your frustrations so you need to cry. Congrats on your opening. Doesn't it feel wonderful!!!!
You will heal..it just takes time.
I had a small surgery in Dr. Marshalls office yesterday. My back tooth on the bottom, of course all the way in the back...just could not handle the arch bar in March and my tooth broke and I would not let them pull it out...I am not stupid I was NOT going to cause myself any extra pain! DUH..well me being dumb and waiting until I felt like have the tooth pulled out did not work. the tooth broke off completely from the gum so yesterday I had to be put to sleep, have six incisions in my gum and Dr. Marshall had to cut out what was left of the tooth and the roots. I guess next time I will listen. I am going to blame it on the moon..I was in my hardhead mood...HAHA so I got put to sleep just in case my implant had to be unhindged for him to reach the tooth. I am so glad it did not have to come to that! Not too bad today. I have a little swelling on my jaw line and no pain just discomfort. I really expected my implant to be sore but hey, Dr. Marshal was taught by the best (Dr. D.) so he really knows what he is doing. And it does help that he helped put my implants in so he knows the implants.
I just wanted one whole year with no surgery. No being put to sleep ect. Did not get that. So Dr. D. and I are going to "talk" on the 16th of Dec about putting my left side back in sometime in March 2006.
Did you get any of this cold air down there???? We are tooooooo close to the Alabama line or something. Tuesday I had on shorts and a tank top and yesterday was okay, last night the bottom fell out and we had to turn off the ac and light the fire place. Tonight we are suppose to be 31. We are in Florida. Who did not get the message?
Hang in there. It will get better. I think about you everyday. To me having the implants put in was the Longest Recovery Road I have ever traveled. Now that I look back and read what I wrote during that time it seems like it lasted forever but it did not and to me it was so worth it in the end. So hang in there. Everyday is one more day of recovery. Everyone is differant and for me the pain took a while to go away and I am not kidding at all, I woke up one morning and it was just gone. For three hours I walked around my home just waiting and waiting like it was going ot jump out of a room and attack me and come back but it did not until I broke the implant. So hang in there. I can not stress to you enough what a tough road of recovery this is and you are traveling it and you are making it so it will get better.
Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing and if you need anything. You know you can ALWAYS get support here and you have a lot of people on this board pulling for you and thinking about you.
Take Care!
Shirlett