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Visitors' Stories -- Mrs. R (page 1 of 4) I am approaching 40 years old now, and wanted to share my story with your viewers/site visitors in the hopes of assuring women who are in the contemplative stage of having surgery. Generally I am a very "private" person, but seeing the faith and genuine compassion your visitors have for other women who have had augmentation or reduction surgeries really convinced me to share my story and photos also. I would not have decided to have my surgery had I not had access to your site and all it has to offer. I am currently listed as Mrs. Bob R. in your visitor gallery, I believe number 127. Settle in, grab a coffee and read on. When I was 20 years old, I was in an auto accident, and suffered a broken jaw, broken ankle and multiple contusions about my chest, face and legs. I had to endure six weeks with my jaw wired shut and eight weeks in a cast on my right leg, thus, no driving either for those eight weeks. I also sport a surgical stainless steel screw in my right ankle, which will remain there unless and until it gives me trouble. My jaw did not "set" right, so I needed more surgery, about three years after the accident. That first surgery on my jaw was to install a Vitek proplast Teflon implant at the condyle (joint) in my jaw on the left side. After about ten years, I began noticing increased pain and clicking in my jaw, specifically at the site of the implant. I had determined to go back to the oral surgeon that installed the implant and ask for a review and reason for my increased pain. I was then notified that the implant was flawed, had begun to deteriorate my jaw, and had caused "giant cell tumor response." After that diagnosis, I went to two other surgeons and got the same prognosis. The implant had to be removed, and we should take other steps after the removal but not decide immediately what to do. Instead of having the surgeon that installed the implant remove it, I went to another, reputable and world-renowned oral surgeon, whose advice was to remove the implant, clean out the tumors that had formed and were threatening my vision, let the jaw fall back into place, then use my own body to rebuild my left condyle. How? Amazingly enough, by harvesting a rib and some cartilage from my hip, he could graft the rib onto my lower jaw, wire it shut for another six weeks, let it "set" properly this time and watch my progress carefully. That whole process took over three years to complete.
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