Ok, I think I've got a situation that will be new to most of
you. Bear in mind, I find this whole thing very funny, so
feel free to simply laugh at the irony.
A couple of months ago I started seeing doctors about two
separate problems I'm having - my jaw freezes or can be
extremely painful to open at times, and sleep apnea.
Initially, the person for the sleep apnea wanted to give me
a mouth piece to sleep in that would hold my jaw back which
would somehow make the airway smoother and the jaw doctor
wanted to give me a mouthpiece to sleep in that would pull
my jaw forward. The sleep apnea doctor also wanted me to
lose weight which is what prompted me to start WW, but I
digress. You see the conflict in remedies these doctors
initially recommended I'm sure.
So I got the doctors on the phone with each other because it
turns out that an option for both problems is a single
surgery. The doctors agree that it would take very little
modifying of the standard jaw procedure to cure the sleep
apnea at the same time. 2 birds with one stone! Rock on!
Why I thought you guys might get a laugh out of this -
I'm assuming that during the 4 weeks or so it will take to
recover, my mouth will be somewhat immobolized. I'm
expecting to be on WW for about a year and a half before I
reach my goal which means there's a good chance this
surgery will fall in the middle of that (I have to get
orthodontal work before they can perform the surgery). So a
few months from now, right when I'm getting into the groove
of changing lifelong habits, I'm going to probably be stuck
on a month or so of a pureed/liquid diet! That better be a
real Whoosh week!
Harumpf.
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M. Alex Robinson The Video Vixen www.iwantmyxtv.com