Underbite!!!

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone,

I just found this site and it is awesome to find that there are so

many people who are or have gone through what I am getting ready to

go through. I just had braces put on March 1st (of course, I had

them when I was 12 as well) and we are anticipating surgery for

sometime in June or July. I have read a lot of your posts, and I was

wondering if there is anyone who has had just their lower jaw moved

back? I have a class 3 underbite, and they are only moving my bottom

jaw back. Part of me is really excited, because I hate looking at my

face and am really excited to see change. In fact, my boyfriend is

doing a video documentary for me on the before, during and after

process. It is pretty cool. Anyways, the other part of me is really

scared because I know it is a pretty big procedure and everybody's

comments about the long lasting numbness kind of scares me. My other

concern is the weight loss. I am 5'10 " 135 lbs, and whenever I tell

anybody that I will have my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks, they freak

out and tell me I better start fattening up. I think I will be fine

though. If anyone is out there who could share their experiences and

thoughts, that would be great! Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Hi! And Welcome.

You had braces put on in March, and you're gonna have surgery in June

or July? Lucky you! That's close to a record short time, I think.

Before you start worrying about being wired, be sure your surgeon

does wire people shut after whatever procedure he's doing on you.

Some don't. I was neither banded nor wired when I left the hospital

after lower advancement. (However, it's good to think ahead, because

what happens in the OR can change the plans of any surgeon, I think,

and some folks wake up wired without having expected it.)

You can get good nutrition, even with a wired mouth. You might check

out the Zip N Squeeze site (look on the home page of this group for a

link); Beaudette has eating aids, namely the zippies (which

some folks love and some folks find useless), a cookbook that has all

sorts of most excellent info about recovery in general and recipes in

specific, and a jaw wrap which I found awesome. I still use it

sometimes.

If it is reassuring to you, let me tell you that I never did have any

numbness. I'm pretty unusual in that, I think. (I say both my surgeon

and I had an excellent morning that day! Thank goodness!)

Even those who do have numbness often find that it goes away. I say

often because there are indeed exceptions, and it doesn't help when

you're the one who's numb, even if everybody else on earth sails

through with no problem. There are no guarantees. You just figure out

for yourself what the risks are, what the benefits are, and how it

all shakes out for you.

Good wishes to you,

Cammie

> Hey everyone,

>

> I just found this site and it is awesome to find that there are so

> many people who are or have gone through what I am getting ready to

> go through. I just had braces put on March 1st (of course, I had

> them when I was 12 as well) and we are anticipating surgery for

> sometime in June or July. I have read a lot of your posts, and I

was

> wondering if there is anyone who has had just their lower jaw moved

> back? I have a class 3 underbite, and they are only moving my

bottom

> jaw back. Part of me is really excited, because I hate looking at

my

> face and am really excited to see change. In fact, my boyfriend is

> doing a video documentary for me on the before, during and after

> process. It is pretty cool. Anyways, the other part of me is

really

> scared because I know it is a pretty big procedure and everybody's

> comments about the long lasting numbness kind of scares me. My

other

> concern is the weight loss. I am 5'10 " 135 lbs, and whenever I

tell

> anybody that I will have my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks, they

freak

> out and tell me I better start fattening up. I think I will be

fine

> though. If anyone is out there who could share their experiences

and

> thoughts, that would be great! Thanks.

>

>