Just keeping you posted

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Remember me,I'm and I joined the August surgery crew

kinda late but I still made it on the 28th.I'm glad to hear everyone

is doing okay.You guys are great at being supportive.I'm sorry I

didn't post sooner but I did make it to the other side okay.My mom is

still here helping me take care of the kids.I am so grateful.I was

wired for the first two weeks and now I wear bands at night.I can

open a little but can't really chew.I've lost some weight and I am

losing interest in eating cause it's pretty much not worth all the

trouble.I live on shakes and soup.I have experienced stinging lately

and I was wondering if I was getting an infection but I am rinsing

with peroxide.One question to you vets, How did your bite come

together after the surgery?I had an underbite and now I have a kindof

overbite, the surgeon said my jaw would grow but on one side of my

mouth my teeth still really don't meet.I have a splint in there but I

can still tell.I'll talk to my doc next week but I was wondering if

you had this happen to any of you.My doc said I could pretty much do

anything but I am scared to jog!I am about 2wks and 3 days post op

and I need to exercise.I feel kinda weak though.How long did you guys

feel weak?Please someone tell me something like you guys did

before.You were right it wasn't that bad.But I guess I didn't realize

how long it would be before recovering completely.I wish I would of

had a broken toe instead.Genes dont work too well sometimes!Everyone

take care and don't forget to drink lots of water, I did.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome back! As for the lack of energy, it will come back. Just

don't overdo it. I found each week I got stronger. You'll find that

you may only be able to do two hours of activity, then poop out.

That's ok, just listen to your body, it's telling you how hard you

can push it.

I didn't start exercise until week 6, and even then, I went very

carefully, all I did was yoga, and I didn't do any of the postures

where I had to hang my head. I was also very careful with any that

required balance as I didn't want to fall and break my jaw again!

I did go for short walks after the first week. I actually walked the

halls of the hospital the evening of my surgery. Walking is probably

the best exercise you can do, and the safest.

I had no children to take care of, and can't imagine how I would have

coped. Of course, on my good days, I can't imagine how I would have

coped either! Somehow you manage, I guess.

Your ortho will be able to do more finetuning once you get back to

seeing him, but don't hesitate to ask your surgeon about your bite -

sometimes they need to make adjustments in the rubber band

arrangements.

Happy healing!

> Hi All,

> Remember me,I'm and I joined the August surgery crew

> kinda late but I still made it on the 28th.I'm glad to hear

everyone

> is doing okay.You guys are great at being supportive.I'm sorry I

> didn't post sooner but I did make it to the other side okay.My mom

is

> still here helping me take care of the kids.I am so grateful.I was

> wired for the first two weeks and now I wear bands at night.I can

> open a little but can't really chew.I've lost some weight and I am

> losing interest in eating cause it's pretty much not worth all the

> trouble.I live on shakes and soup.I have experienced stinging

lately

> and I was wondering if I was getting an infection but I am rinsing

> with peroxide.One question to you vets, How did your bite come

> together after the surgery?I had an underbite and now I have a

kindof

> overbite, the surgeon said my jaw would grow but on one side of my

> mouth my teeth still really don't meet.I have a splint in there but

I

> can still tell.I'll talk to my doc next week but I was wondering if

> you had this happen to any of you.My doc said I could pretty much

do

> anything but I am scared to jog!I am about 2wks and 3 days post op

> and I need to exercise.I feel kinda weak though.How long did you

guys

> feel weak?Please someone tell me something like you guys did

> before.You were right it wasn't that bad.But I guess I didn't

realize

> how long it would be before recovering completely.I wish I would of

> had a broken toe instead.Genes dont work too well sometimes!

Everyone

> take care and don't forget to drink lots of water, I did.

> Take care,

[Guest guest]

, you're doing fine.

Don't worry about hurrying back to the jogging. Just take things slow

and easy until you're not so exhausted (although I do find that

exercise gives me more, not less energy). But for a while, you need

to concentrate on packing in the calories to support your healing,

rather than burning them up.

You can't tell anything about your bite at this point, and I'd bet

your ortho will have lots of nice little elastics that can work

wonders to line things up, once you have the basic structure in

place. Both my ortho and my surgeon told me they overcorrect a bit,

to allow for a bit of inevitable relapse.

Hang on, and keep on going. I was weak for over a month, but I am

older than dirt, as my young friend Miz Fiddly likes to remind

me.

Best,

Cammie