I saw my oral surgeon this morning, and the news that I received was not great. He performed an x-ray, and this lump is not extra bone. It's infection, and a bad one at that. He's concerned that my very back molar is decaying at the root, which could be one potential cause. He thinks the screws could possibly be causing infection as well. He put me on a strong antibiotic, but he isn't hopeful that it will work. He said that even if it does go away, it will probably come back. He's anticipating that I will have have another surgery soon. He's going to have to drain the infection and remove the screws. Have any of you had plates and screws removed this early in the process? He says that my bone is mostly fused together and removing the screws at this point will not impact my bite. However, I'm only 9 weeks post op. I don't want to relapse, because I never want to have to undergo anything like this again. Let me know what your experiences were and if any of you had them out this early. "Sigh" ... I expected to be over the hump at this point. I feel as if it's just beginning.
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