11/08/2024
𝟲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 : 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
Since February 10th, it’s been quite a few months since I have given any substantial update health as well specifically my teeth & oral surgery situation.Sometimes the waiting can be extremely slow at times, but then everything happens rapidly at once; for instance, we had to wait five months just to get my advanced hospital dentistry pre evaluation for a combination oral surgery.
This will be an official important 6 month health update : Concerning teeth & iron deficiency Therefore it will be shared within my Karl’s Journey To Heal FB / IG as well as my personal public profile Karl Bowdle here. My goal is for me to communicate to as many people in as concise a manner as is possible. (This is NOT a request for anything financial but access & accessibility most of all Prayer 🙏🏼)
𝟳/𝟵-𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟬𝟮4
We were blessed to have wheelchair transportation van rental available for our trip, but unforeseen circumstances prevented us from arriving at our first appointment on time. However, we were graciously offered a rescheduled appointment for the next morning, and we were able to find a comfortable hotel enroute for the night. We were grateful for God's guidance, provision and loving care in both instances.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get my mouth wide enough on my own for the clinical advanced dentistry evaluation so they used cheek extenders , which were able to open my mouth just enough for examination. When they were conducting the evaluation and made significant progress before the x-ray, during which I experienced facial spasms that prevented the scan from being completed. This happened even without any vibration, just pulling on and prodding teeth, stimulated the nerve, causing my face to contort in spasms. However, the contortion & spasms in my face were shorter than usual, although the advanced dentistry doctors informed me that we would need to try x rays another day.
When they did the clinical evaluation they found about what I expected them to, just I didn’t expect the progression to be what they found. There will be multiple extractions, multiple fillings, multiple filings & drilling & milling, There is also many chipped teeth. Lowest amount of extractions is 2 with the higher amount between 2-4. There was no active abscess, but the damage from the abscesses has left no other option than extractions. This would be in correlation to saying in weather there is no more storm but there is a great damage left in the aftermath of the storm.
In total so far at least from direct clinical evaluation is 8-10 issues. Complicating factors are going to be that to get surgery I will have to go through a second oral surgeon have the X ray on the same day in a different place from the surgery evaluation and then after that surgery which could require another hotel reservation. The soonest they could give us for that second oral surgery evaluation is within the coming days.
𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
When they did the clinical evaluation they found about what I expected them to, just I didn’t expect the progression to be what they found. There will be multiple extractions, multiple fillings, multiple filings & drilling & milling, There is also many chipped teeth. There was no active abscess, but the damage from the abscesses has left no other option than extractions. This would be in correlation to saying in weather there is no more storm but there is a great damage left in the aftermath of the storm.
In total so far at least from direct clinical evaluation is 8-10 issues. Complicating factors are going to be that to get surgery I will have to go through a second oral surgeon have the X ray on the same day in a different place from the surgery evaluation and then after that surgery which could require another hotel reservation. The soonest they could give us for that second oral surgery evaluation is within the coming days. Lowest amount of extractions is 2 with the higher amount between 2-4.
My hopes are that the central nervous system can be muted enough before and after. I have been under anesthesia to many times within the last eight years, however some times worked without being seizures coming out of anesthesia. This time however with multiple teeth being removed and worked on from drilling to filling to repairing. The time that has past since the severity of the teeth was escalated, plus multiple trips before surgery have not only had there progressive effects on my teeth, but on our endurance and recovery time in a vast amount of ways after each trip
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆
Furthermore, any further dentistry beyond this will also will require sedation. Seizures may still occur even while coming out of oral surgery. I have been told, if what occurred last August (with being unresponsive for eight hours & seizures for my SPC surgery) that they will just take me to recovery or transport me to ER (if bad enough to an overnight post operation monitoring.) I still have some significant concerns even after surgery concerning my severe dry mouth which has expedited the level of issues in my gums & teeth.
𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱
Accessible wheelchair ♿️ transport has Lord willing been provided but not easy to come by. In the days that will follow this next stage (final oral surgery eval) the wheelchair vans that we rent are not available . We will need to actually have tag team that day before we leave the eval and gather when is surgery that day. This has been a very long 6 months. We have gotten this far and with God has showed forth his faithfulness with the simple the complex & the trials Within the next couple days we hope to have more clarity. The cost in total of all the trips both physically
𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮
So the second part of this update is that due to complications that I shared occur after my surgery last August and following , I’ve had progressive chronic blood loss. We know of three places directly but the other could be GI. Finding the bleed will take a further search after oral surgery. As a result of this blood loss, we watched over time my iron get lower specifically my ferritin which is stored iron in the blood. The number plus the results of my blood tests led to me needing an iron infusion for iron deficiency anemia. I have had Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin B Deficiency, Muscle Protein Deficiency but this was a watched for six months to see the trend and it was clear. So I went to my hematologist and he said that my number was extremely low and I needed to get you an infusion the following week.
Thankfully, I did not have to have a blood transfusion but if there was to be some odd side effects, I definitely got one rare one. The infusion activated about a week ago as we were told it would.i await other tests to see how much it raised.. We tried other methods to get my iron up including iron supplements but they were not effective. Having the iron infusion before the upcoming oral surgery is also a blessing because having my iron as low as it was they may not have been able to do the surgery without it and it being active in the body. .
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿
Pray specifically for the timeline that we would be able to get the oral surgery I need within the next couple weeks if not sooner with access to rent the wheelchair van to before the month is over and the teeth situation gets worse. Pray what can only be done under anesthesia or twilight a modified version of anesthesia. My dentist recommends that every filling refilling should be done with the extraction root canal crown or to capitalize on the trip given for as long as they think safe to have me under.
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Thank you for your Prayers 🙏🏼
In times of adversity, God chisels away and refines your heart, your emotions, your will, values, your perspective changes especially when you don’t understand.
Even In the Valley, Jesus iIs faithful ⚓️✝️
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Some things, at the end are naturally copied from prior posts for encouragement &
If you don’t know who Jesus ; He was born as the Word made flesh dwelling among us, lived the life we couldn’t live and died the death we could not bear, to raise from the grave victorious conquering sin & death. The debt has been paid for yours & my sin. God offers you the free gift of salvation to all believe in Him. Will you accept He is free gift of salvation
- Karl’s Journey To Heal
