Re: 3 weeks post op. and feeling great - question though?

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Hey there!

Just wanted to try and answer a few of your questions : relapse ...

I dunno the answer to that one. Iam 9 weeks post op from upper and

lower and I never had a splint I was banded from the beginning...

after 8 weeks I went to the ortho. and he gave me heavier bands that

are to be kept in until braces are removed (5-6 more months) these are

not as much of an eye-sore as the surgical bands because of the new

location, but they are a lot more tight and uncomfortable. In terms of

eating ... I got the go ahead after 6 weeks to eat " what ever I

wanted " which really means whatever you can handle. I was and still am

pretty numb in my cheek area so they look awful because I bite them

all of the time (I am allowed to take out my bands to eat) although

they act as a nice buffer between my cheeks and teeth:) Also my teeth

felt numb at first and I couldnt guage whether or not my food was

ground up enough or not. Now I have been able to eat most everything

the problem is getting it into my mouth because I cant open half as

wide as I could before ... even snuck my sons cheez puff and it was

fine just had a hard time putting it between the molars! Hope this

helps!

Good luck and happy eating

> I had lower advanced 7mm 3 weeks ago and am feeling great. I now

> almost can't remember where the jaw used to be and really like my

new

> teeth/face (well what I can see of my teeth). I had a couple of

rough

> days in the first week, but other than that it has passed fine with

> little pain. Swelling went down pretty quickly (don't know whether

> this is because I took loads of Arnica pilules before, plus cream

> after or I am just lucky - my GP suggested it).

>

> The splint came off a week afterwards, and am now banded together

> which is annoying visually, but nothing more than that now I am used

> to it.

>

> My questions are -

>

> Does any one know when relapse is most likely to occur, if you get

> over the initial period is it then less likely?

> What is the quickest period anyone has had the bands taken off?

> And when you are allowed to chew again, is it fine to chew all foods

> or are you nervous and chew very little to start with?

>

> All the posts here helped me prepare (and stopped me worrying so

> much), thanks everyone.