This is not the one who was out in Guam, but a new one I am seeing for the first time, who is on the Green Line.

That's good; the Green Line to Guam is unreliable.

Feh. The doctor was very personable, and very efficient, but not actually very helpful. The jaw pain comes and goes, and it was mostly absent when he saw me. so he basically said "Give me a call next time you get pain during working hours and we'll try and see you right away." Le sigh.

It's frustrating when a doctor can't help. At least this one believes you, and is willing to see you on short notice.

I asked him how much longer I could expect the healing process to take. Apparently, around *six months*! Amazingly, no one had yet bothered to mention that to me.

That's really bad. However, that might be an upper bound, rather than the expected value—mine didn't take anything like that long.