I went to Baltmore last night and had an appointment today (Thursday) with my Dr. at Johns Hopkins. The drive down there was miserable as my face swelled so much and it was so painful. By morning, it had lost some of that shiny red look and wasn't as painful, I'm guessing the antibiotics had begun to do their job.
My Dr. looked in my mouth and decided to biopsy a piece of granulated tissue that I've had since my implants were put in in 2006. It is an area that rets up against the firt post on the bottom row of teeth. He said he believes it's nothing more that granulation but that he wants to make 100% sure. He told me he wasn't worried about this being cancer, so that cut some of my anxiety. I'll have test results next Wednesday and we'll go from there. He told me to go home and to REST, meaning in bed, for at least 6-7 days. It was either promise that or have to be admitted. My husband met me at the door, escorted me upstairs to our bedroom that he had fixed all up for me. So here I am, doing the one thing I hate the most and that is sitting still for hours at a time.
We all hate to hear the word biopsy but the way he talked about it I feel very comfortable that this won't be cnacer. He said my mouth is healing well.
Keep all finger crossed for me, I do NOT want to battle this again any time soon. Hope you all had a wonderful Chrisrmas.
Love,
Minnie