SUGERY DATE

I have so much to write & so many pictures to put on here, but for now I will tell you about my Dr. visit today at Johns Hopkins. In a nutshell, I am having the T3 surgery on March 28th -- YES, 1 WEEK from FRIDAY!! They had no openings until May or June. Dr. Byrne actually doesn't usually do surgeries on Fridays, but that is when they worked me in!! SUPER quick, but it was now or never. My jaw muscles on the right side are not as strong as they are on the left (that is what they attach the tendon to), but he still thinks there will be benefit from doing it. I figure that I have nothing to lose...& if you know me, if I can, I will be trying to strengthen those muscles!!!! All that to say that I may not have the dramatic smile results that I would like, but still should gain some movement -- it should look better, especially at rest. He also thinks that I would benefit from a browlift on both sides (to help the right side) and maybe changing out my eye weight to platinum. HOWEVER, we are still praying & deciding on that -- I have had SOOOOOOO much trouble w/ my eye over the years and since I finally have it more under control, I don't know if I want to mess w/ it. I have already called to get a consultation w/Dr. Munden when I get back. I will be here in Baltimore a week (hospital 1 night) and then he said a 3-4 week recovery. I asked him if that was 3-4 weeks feeling bad or just looking bad -- he said just looking bad -- to which I replied that wouldn't stop me!!! That's really all I can think of now -- I am very tired just from all the travel the last few days! I'll write later to tell about the trip here and about the parrot accosting (?) me this morning...