TMJ Day 24

On Wed. I went to see Dr. Franco. He took a panoramic X-Ray and said that everything looks good. I told him about a tooth I had that seemed to be moving behind the other (it was the same one as before that moved). He asked me to go see Dr. Simon and have her open some spaces between my incisors and canines to give him room to make cuts. The surgery is still set for May 14th. As of now I'm being told that the final payment is $10K out of pocket. But, I still have that anxiety from last time that I will show up the day before and they will say, "You owe us $65K". As far as my TMJ healing is going, the swelling is almost gone. There are knots right where the TMJ site is that I can feel but they're barely noticeable. I can chew pretty well but rotating my jaws from left to right is still a little resisting. I have zero pain and slight discomfort. Yesterday I stopped by my orthodontist and they changed the wire to put a spring in (to open that space), which means they had to take off the hooks. She said that one of my brackets is broken so I will have to go back and have it replaced. She's out of the office next week, so I made an apt. for May 1st to have the bracket switched out and the hooks put back on. The following week on the 7th, I'll go see Dr. Franco to make sure that everything is looking good for my surgery the week after. On the side, we've had 2 people quit at my work in the past 2 months and my work has doubled. I'm so busy and my boss' are worried about me leaving work again for medical leave. I think it will be ok, but everyday is a wipeout. Isn't this exhausting!