Re: Through to the other side!

[Guest guest]

GREAT NEWS, LAEN!!! HOORAY!!! And Congratulations. Sounds as though

you're doing really, really well.

As you know, I had lower only. My splint stayed in for seven weeks.

Take care... How long you gonna be wired?

Cammie

> Hi everyone!

>

> First of all I want to thank you all for everything!

>

> I'm 4 days post-op and feeling fine... I had upper only, 5 mms

> forward and 4 mms posterior impactions are the official measures. I

> am wired with a split. Here you have the report.

>

> I arrived to the hospital de night before and was told my surgery

> would be at 8:00 in the morning. Mom slept in my same room.

>

> I woke up at 7:00, had a shower with a special antiseptic, changed

> into a hospital gown, and waited for the nurses to come looking for

> me. I had to wait quite a bit, because there was an emergency a

> child had to be sent to the OR before me. At 10:00 I was led to the

> OR, there the anesthesiologist and my surgeon started to talk to me

> and everything became a blur.

>

> I woke up in the recovery room, feeling quite good: no pain and a

> bit dizzy, I even dreamt I hadn't had surgery yet and was still

> waiting in the queue to the OR! :-)

>

> Next night was the worst. To be frank, but I had quite a hard time.

> I was very congested, couldn't almost breath with my nose, the

> splint didn't let get much more air through my mouth, and felt like

> I was about to choke. And then I started to throw up blood. The

> nurse had to come at least 4 times during the night to use the

> vacuum to clean my mouth, and my nostrils (deeeeeep down) of blood.

> Al least, as I was still quite dizzy I didn't panic, I think I

> managed it all quite well, given the situation.

>

> But for that I felt quite well, I was feeling strong, ate (drunk)

> everything the gave me and went alone to the bathroom (carrying the

> IV with me) without feeling sick.

>

> From that point onwards everything went better. My nose began to

> clean itself, and I started to feel better. Tip: Humidifier, lots

of

> q-tips, nasal spray and *lots* of patience.

>

> My swelling IS noticeable, but I don't look too much like a freak

> (stressing the " too much " ). It is enough to not being able to tell

> how I will look when it goes down. However it doesn't matter me, as

> I already knew results needed some time to show and it isn't my

> number one worry right now. My upper jaw feels really good :-)

>

> My ortho came twice to my room and my surgeon everyday. I am to see

> both of them next Tuesday.

>

> I am happy to back home and leave all this behind... now everything

> will be much easier :-)

>

> Just a question... for those of you that had only upper and were

> wired with a splint, how long afterwards did they take it out?

>

> Thanks again to everyone.

>

> *laen* (piggy faced)

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cammie! It's some acomplishment for me ;-)

My surgeon didn't say exactly, but told that before Christmas I

would be able to open my mouth.

My ortho, who is the one that takes the lead almost always, told me

to expect only 10-15 of wiring, as I had had only upper and the

movements had been pretty simple and clean. My next appointment

would be 8 days post-op, so I know it's a bit soon, but maybe I'm

lucky ;-)

*laen* taking a walk on the other side

[Guest guest]

Well, as I figure it, " by Christmas " is a lot shorter than 7 weeks,

and I know that if I can do it, you can do it. Course, I wasn't

wired. Only my splint was! I'll cross my fingers for you!

Cammie

> Thanks Cammie! It's some acomplishment for me ;-)

>

> My surgeon didn't say exactly, but told that before Christmas I

> would be able to open my mouth.

>

> My ortho, who is the one that takes the lead almost always, told me

> to expect only 10-15 of wiring, as I had had only upper and the

> movements had been pretty simple and clean. My next appointment

> would be 8 days post-op, so I know it's a bit soon, but maybe I'm

> lucky ;-)

>

> *laen* taking a walk on the other side

[Guest guest]

Hi Laen!

Welcome to the other side! You're through the worst of it and well

into the fun stuff by now.

Did the hospital offer you a discount for giving up your early

surgery time? : )

Take it easy and relax!

[Guest guest]

Laen,

Congrats!! I am going to have upper jaw advancement about 5mm as

well. Hearing your experience makes me less apprehensive. Hope you

continue to feel better!!

> Hi everyone!

>

> First of all I want to thank you all for everything!

>

> I'm 4 days post-op and feeling fine... I had upper only, 5 mms

> forward and 4 mms posterior impactions are the official measures. I

> am wired with a split. Here you have the report.

>

> I arrived to the hospital de night before and was told my surgery

> would be at 8:00 in the morning. Mom slept in my same room.

>

> I woke up at 7:00, had a shower with a special antiseptic, changed

> into a hospital gown, and waited for the nurses to come looking for

> me. I had to wait quite a bit, because there was an emergency a

> child had to be sent to the OR before me. At 10:00 I was led to the

> OR, there the anesthesiologist and my surgeon started to talk to me

> and everything became a blur.

>

> I woke up in the recovery room, feeling quite good: no pain and a

> bit dizzy, I even dreamt I hadn't had surgery yet and was still

> waiting in the queue to the OR! :-)

>

> Next night was the worst. To be frank, but I had quite a hard time.

> I was very congested, couldn't almost breath with my nose, the

> splint didn't let get much more air through my mouth, and felt like

> I was about to choke. And then I started to throw up blood. The

> nurse had to come at least 4 times during the night to use the

> vacuum to clean my mouth, and my nostrils (deeeeeep down) of blood.

> Al least, as I was still quite dizzy I didn't panic, I think I

> managed it all quite well, given the situation.

>

> But for that I felt quite well, I was feeling strong, ate (drunk)

> everything the gave me and went alone to the bathroom (carrying the

> IV with me) without feeling sick.

>

> From that point onwards everything went better. My nose began to

> clean itself, and I started to feel better. Tip: Humidifier, lots

of

> q-tips, nasal spray and *lots* of patience.

>

> My swelling IS noticeable, but I don't look too much like a freak

> (stressing the " too much " ). It is enough to not being able to tell

> how I will look when it goes down. However it doesn't matter me, as

> I already knew results needed some time to show and it isn't my

> number one worry right now. My upper jaw feels really good :-)

>

> My ortho came twice to my room and my surgeon everyday. I am to see

> both of them next Tuesday.

>

> I am happy to back home and leave all this behind... now everything

> will be much easier :-)

>

> Just a question... for those of you that had only upper and were

> wired with a splint, how long afterwards did they take it out?

>

> Thanks again to everyone.

>

> *laen* (piggy faced)

[Guest guest]

Hi Laen!

I am glad to see your post. I was waiting to see how everything went

for you. I am glad you are doing well. It sounds like you'll have a

speedy recovery, especially with having just the upper done.

I am sure you don't look bad at all with your swelling. You are going

to be so pleased with your results when the swelling goes away, you

had a nice face before so.

I think Cheryl had only upper but, can't remember if she wore a

splint or not?

Hope you are doing really well,

> Hi everyone!

>

> First of all I want to thank you all for everything!

>

> I'm 4 days post-op and feeling fine... I had upper only, 5 mms

> forward and 4 mms posterior impactions are the official measures. I

> am wired with a split. Here you have the report.

>

> I arrived to the hospital de night before and was told my surgery

> would be at 8:00 in the morning. Mom slept in my same room.

>

> I woke up at 7:00, had a shower with a special antiseptic, changed

> into a hospital gown, and waited for the nurses to come looking for

> me. I had to wait quite a bit, because there was an emergency a

> child had to be sent to the OR before me. At 10:00 I was led to the

> OR, there the anesthesiologist and my surgeon started to talk to me

> and everything became a blur.

>

> I woke up in the recovery room, feeling quite good: no pain and a

> bit dizzy, I even dreamt I hadn't had surgery yet and was still

> waiting in the queue to the OR! :-)

>

> Next night was the worst. To be frank, but I had quite a hard time.

> I was very congested, couldn't almost breath with my nose, the

> splint didn't let get much more air through my mouth, and felt like

> I was about to choke. And then I started to throw up blood. The

> nurse had to come at least 4 times during the night to use the

> vacuum to clean my mouth, and my nostrils (deeeeeep down) of blood.

> Al least, as I was still quite dizzy I didn't panic, I think I

> managed it all quite well, given the situation.

>

> But for that I felt quite well, I was feeling strong, ate (drunk)

> everything the gave me and went alone to the bathroom (carrying the

> IV with me) without feeling sick.

>

> From that point onwards everything went better. My nose began to

> clean itself, and I started to feel better. Tip: Humidifier, lots

of

> q-tips, nasal spray and *lots* of patience.

>

> My swelling IS noticeable, but I don't look too much like a freak

> (stressing the " too much " ). It is enough to not being able to tell

> how I will look when it goes down. However it doesn't matter me, as

> I already knew results needed some time to show and it isn't my

> number one worry right now. My upper jaw feels really good :-)

>

> My ortho came twice to my room and my surgeon everyday. I am to see

> both of them next Tuesday.

>

> I am happy to back home and leave all this behind... now everything

> will be much easier :-)

>

> Just a question... for those of you that had only upper and were

> wired with a splint, how long afterwards did they take it out?

>

> Thanks again to everyone.

>

> *laen* (piggy faced)

[Guest guest]

Hey Lean welcome to the other side!!!!

I had upper lower 2 months ago and i swear at 4 days i was still dead

tierd, so i think your recovering pretty fast seeing you could write this so

soon.Thats great.

I was vary similar in measurements with the top jaw going forward and bottom

going back.

However i wasn't wired or banded straight after surgery until the second day

which i only had two bands on the surgical hooks.

Believe me it's great that your thinking of looks because after surgery i

went home looking like a chip munk/ piggy (with the nose being stuck up) and

every week i'd change and now i am so oooooooooooooo happy with the

results!!!! Is'nt it great to have the top jaw in front of the bottom, i had

a mirror next to my table and would constantly look at it to see and make

sure the top jaw would stay that way and not go back to how it was!!!!!LOL i

thought i was dreaming!

Anyway i hope your doing great and believe me in about 3 weeks your swelling

will start going down very quickly and so will the nose!!! I think now you

are at your peak of swelling.

Get well soon and tell me how you'r going.

Take care

AMy

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[Guest guest]

Hi !

Glad to hear from you! How do you do amongst all those top models? ;-

)

My swelling doesn't look too bad, I look kind of cute. But I would

rather look like a human being instead of looking like a cute

cartoon. Anyway, I have the patience to wait for the swelling to go

down, so no problem there :-)

Take care!

*laen*

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

Yeah, I think I'm having a fast recovery, anyway, it's easier to

recover from only upper... if I had had both upper and lower maybe I

would still be dead tired too ;-)

It doesn't seem usual to have a splint and be wired when you only

have upper, but I came across a conservative surgeon that prefers

not to take any chances... I guess it's better safe than sorry.

Today I just had my splint removed... it's such a great sensation!

Being able to talk and moving my tongue around and touching my

teeth, the upper in front of the lower, that's new for me!

I hope you are rigth and my swelling will pretty soon start to go

down. I'm not terribly bothered by it anyway, as I know it will

eventually go down. I don't know yet how my face is going to turn

out, though I have a clearer idea each day, but I hope to as pleased

with the results as you ;-)

Take care!

*laen*

[Guest guest]

dear Lean

Sorry to have sounded soo mean!!!

I didnt intend on it to sound so rough, i just thought u were ignoring me

and replying to the others.

Thanks for writing back i hope you recover fully real soon and tell me what

u think of the results as soon as all the swelling goes down.

Take care

Amy

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