! Re: I'm back! Finally!

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Congratulations on making the trek to the Other Side!

Best of luck in your recovery and it does get easier! Of course

with each passing day, the thought of more solid foods gets tougher,

but you will be eating more soon!

I'm sorry to hear about your difficult recovery in the beginning. A

week in the hospital is too long!!! Yikes! I was there for 4 days

for my first surgery and was ready to crawl out of there dead or

alive at that point.

As far as the splint in your mouth ... yeah, they stink (literally,

too, after a few weeks! Heehee). I just found out that for my

January 31st surgery, I will need a splint for 4 weeks. I had one

for 3 weeks last time around. I was supposed to have it for 6 weeks

but he took it out early, so you never really know.

Hang in there and believe me, one day you will look back on this and

it will be a distant memory. Impossible to believe now, but I

promise.

Irish!

> I am 16 days post op now and doing relatively ok. I had my

> upper jaw advanced 6mm, lowered 10mm and widened by

> 4mm. lower jaw was moved back by 2mm and the 'tilt' was

> corrected. The surgery itself went well but i was in the hospital

> for nearly a week because of complications from my asthma and

> heart. (Pre-existing conditions). I am completelly wired shut and

> have this horribly annoying acrylic thing covering my upper

teeth.

> It make brushing very difficult. I am restricted to liquids only

> because that isall that will fit through my teeth and this

acrylic

> thing. I have only lost 10 pounds which is amazing because my

> mother has had to practically force feed me because I have no

> appetite. i have had a lot of problems with my nose getting

> stopped up. i am taking Afrin, Rhinocort Aqua and Flonase to

> help, but even then i still get stuffy. Not to mention my pain

med

> makes me really loopy. I ended up having to rent all sorts of

> equipment for my ashtma and heart, my bedroom looks eerily

> similar to my hospital room. But they wouldn't give me a

> morphine pump!! Had to try though. Not trying to scare anyone.

> My situation is pretty rare, and it sounds worse than it really

is. I

> am coping anyway. But i hate this acrylic thing. I cannot talk

at

> all because my upper lip is totally numb and unresponsive. i

> had to order more zippies today because i just can't handle a

> cup,spoon, or a syringe that well. My smile looks like something

> out of a King novel. i like my chin though. I still

have a

> great deal of swelling in my upper cheeks, nose and lip.

> Just wanted to let all know what was going on. Thanx for all the

> thoughts and prayers from everyone. i am so glad that all my

> other surgery buddies are doing so well. you are all in my

> thoughts.

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