Where did this pain come from?!

Hey guys,


Wow It has been a bad couple of days. Starting last Sunday, my whole palate and face started hurting really bad. I took Ibuprofen and went to sleep. I woke up Monday morning with horrible pain. My pallet hurt so bad, drinking water and even slightly touching it with my tongue hurt. I could barely even stand. I had my boyfriend take me to the urgent care. There wasn't much they could do but prescribe me more painkillers. I went home and tried getting a hold of Dr. Bell, but he was in the OR all day. It was so miserable, I literally had a breakdown, keep in mind that I hadn't cried once from the day of the surgery until this day. I stayed home from work for two whole days. I had to suck it up and get back to work that Wednesday morning. I woke up with a huge migraine, I was shaking, and had to lay down a couple of times between getting ready. I chugged a Special K protein drink and threw a 800 mg ibuprofen down my throat. The day was miserable, until Dr. Bell called me back. I told him my symptoms and he told me to get to his office as soon as I could. He checked out my pallet and said that he believes that my bone is already fusing back, and that the turning of the expander was disrupting it. Ouch! he measured my pallet and said that I was already at 10 mm wide. He said that he doesn't see why I cant stop turning as of that day. He called Dr. Kawata to make sure this was ok, he didn't answer, so he told me to stop at his office to make sure this would be ok. I went over to Dr. Kawata's office and he said that I could stop expanding, YAY! He said that in the case that I lose a bit of width, Dr. Bell can widen it slightly during the 2nd surgery, which will be about 1mm. They sealed it off, and I went home. I kid you not, I woke up this morning, and had no pain! It was so great. I don't think I could've kept turning till next Monday, it would've been a horrible. I am back at work today and feel great. I get my braces on June 5th! Yessssss!