Yesterday was a crazy day where I was on the go all day long.  Luckily my jaw hasn't bothered me too much and I have been able to deal with the pain with just taking over the counter ibuprofen.  I can definitely tell when it is starting to wear off though!  Today I am trying to cut back even on that but I am not quite ready to go off of it completely.  The first few hours after my surgery it took a while to get the bleeding to stop.  I kept the gauze in from the surgeon's office for about an hour and then took it out and it started bleeding again so I had to put some more in.  I kept checking it and I thought I was doing good and then I would feel it starting to bleed again.  Keeping the gauze in was a pain though!  It finally stopped bleeding right before I went to bed.  I'm wondering if the Avastin helped contribute to the bleeding.

I am still not able to eat too much - just mostly soft things - which sometimes are not very filling!

Had my tooth pulled by the oral surgeon today.  It was pretty quick and I was home within an hour of my leaving home.  My favorite part was a comment made by the oral surgeon while trying to extract the tooth.  He said, "Wow!  You really know how to grow roots!"  Apparently my roots were pretty long and hard to extract.  Now on to the healing part...

I went in today for a consultation with the oral surgeon on having my tooth pulled and an implant put in.  It was a really weird visit because somehow he was under the impression that we were going to pull the tooth today.  He came back to talk to me for a minute and then said something like, "Okay, let's go back and get you numbed up."  I stopped him and asked what he was talking about and he said, "Isn't that what you are here for."  I said that I thought I was coming in just for a consultation because I have had some recent health problems that may affect my treatment.  So I told him about the cancer and the Avastin that I have been on and he did express some concern with the Avastin but said that the only thing they can do is to keep an eye on the jaw and treat any infections that come with antibiotics and oral rinses.  He also feels that it would be good to pull the tooth first and give the jaw a chance to heal and then if that heals well we can look into putting in an implant at a later date.  The tooth is far enough back in my mouth that I don't think anyone will even notice unless I show it to them.

I still want to wait a few more weeks if I can before I have the tooth pulled so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment for March 11.  DH isn't too crazy about just having the tooth pulled but at this point I think it is the best option for me and I think that if I can get it done in between any kind of cancer treatments then it is probably the best time frame for me as well.

My infection has cleared up and I take the last of the antibiotics today.  Now I just hope the infection stays away!