Re: average recovery time?

[Guest guest]

I'm in the exact same boat as you, except for you its school, and

with me its work. I had upper/lower on 12/12/03. I'm completely

banded shut---liquid diet. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks since my

surgery. I have to remain banded shut until 1/28/04, then my OS

says he will put on " looser " bands for another 3 weeks. Not sure

what that means but I guess I'm on a liquid diet for another 6

weeks. I have to go back to work on 1/26. Physically I'm bored

at home now and look forward to getting back to work and gettting my

full paycheck. But I wont be able to talk. Very hard to

communicate with people by writing all the time. My social life too

has been on hold, and will continue for another month or so.

Not much else I can say except to say that I really empathize with

you and know exactly what you are going thru right now.

take care.

> I had my lower jaw moved back 4-6mm 3 weeks ago. Originally, I was

> told it would be 4 weeks completely wired shut. I went today and

was

> told that 4 weeks was probably a little too optimistic and it

would

> probably be another 3 weeks before I'm on just bands (for a total

of

> six). It's really frustrating b/c the swelling is almost

completely

> gone, I never had numbness or bled after surgery, and all the

nurses

> keep telling me they've never seen anyone heal so fast. I'd rather

be

> on the safe side, but I go back to college next week and its going

to

> be tough keeping up with the liquid diet when I have to prepare

all

> the food myself w/o access to things like a stove, etc. I was

realy

> counting on only spending one week at school like this, and now

its

> three. I thought it was going so well and now this setback. I'm

just

> wondering what the average recovery time for everyone is who had

this

> procedure. Again, it was just my lower jaw and I didn't have

plates

> or screws put in. I feel like my life is on hold until I can get

over

> this b/c I can't really go out on weekends, can't talk clearly,

I'm

> not eating meals with my friends, and I almost feel isolated. Just

> very frustrating.