Originally Posted by AZWILDCATS' date='Jan 20 2009, 09:35 AM

Steve and I were on vacation in France... I was eating a piece of overcooked pork tenderloin... there was a loud pop... everyone at the table heard it.

Here's what the doctor said:

Doctor said that I broke my jaw. Broke the tip off the end of the bit that fits in
the socket and then I shattered the cartilage. He said the reason I have
virtually no pain is because I severed the nerve. He said that he is going
prescribe a splint to be worn 24/7 and physical therapy for the next 6-8 weeks
to prepare me for surgery. The splint will keep bits of the tip from breaking
off and the physical therapy will build up the muscle and stretch the ligaments
to prepare me for surgery. The surgery that I will have to have is a Modified
Condylotomy.

When he was finished, I said... well, it's not as bad as I feared and not as
good as I hoped... he said, I don't mean to scare you, but this is probably one
of the worst I have seen. Until you get the splint, you need to be extra
careful with what you eat and do because anymore damage and I'm probably going
to have to joint replacement.

So now I'm on a soft food - closer to liquid diet