He was 28 now, and growing a beard. They had injected human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for two years in an attempt to produce sperm, but it hadn’t worked. He was big, 6'6", and weighed 275 lbs. His hands and feet were especially large; he wore 2x gloves and size 18 shoes.
Eric couldn’t wait to get the wires out of his mouth. His jaw had been hurting, especially the joint on the left side. The dentist thought he might have TMJ (temporal mandibular joint dysfunction), and referred him to a dental surgeon. The surgeon had expanded his upper jaw by splitting it into five pieces, pulling the pieces into place, and screwing in small metal plates to hold everything together. The wires were to let everything heal, and 10 weeks of a mouth wired shut had been more difficult than he had thought. However, he was looking forward to getting rid of the frequent headaches.
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