Re: feeling hasn't gone away

[Guest guest]

Hi, sorry I didn't read your original post, but I believe the

procedure to remove plates & screws post-op (once the bones have

healed, of course) is not nearly as invasive nor requires as much

recovery as the original surgery. If the plates & screws are causing

you pain or there is infection involved, you need to look into that.

In the meantime, especially if you are still in the early recovery

days, don't poke around looking for them!

Hope that helps,

> Remember when I posted like 3 weeks ago about the plates that I

think

> I can feel. Well, it isn't any better still feels the same as it

did

> 2 months ago. My mom doesn't really want to call my surgeon. She

> doesn't want me to have anymore surgery if I don't have to. She's

> like well it's only been like 3 1/2 months since your surgery and

she

> said she wants me to wait until the summer, because thats a nice

long

> time, because she basically just wants me to get used to it.

> I don't want to have to live with this if I don't have to. I've had

> enough crap to " just live with " (TMJ since July 2002). I have been

> using an NTI for my TMJ and the pain is practically gone, I can

> hardly feel it. But I've been having to deal with it for a long

time

> and it totally screwed up my life. Now that I feel like me again, I

> don't want something else that I just have to live with!

[Guest guest]

Hi, sorry I didn't read your original post, but I believe the

procedure to remove plates & screws post-op (once the bones have

healed, of course) is not nearly as invasive nor requires as much

recovery as the original surgery. If the plates & screws are causing

you pain or there is infection involved, you need to look into that.

In the meantime, especially if you are still in the early recovery

days, don't poke around looking for them!

Hope that helps,

> Remember when I posted like 3 weeks ago about the plates that I

think

> I can feel. Well, it isn't any better still feels the same as it

did

> 2 months ago. My mom doesn't really want to call my surgeon. She

> doesn't want me to have anymore surgery if I don't have to. She's

> like well it's only been like 3 1/2 months since your surgery and

she

> said she wants me to wait until the summer, because thats a nice

long

> time, because she basically just wants me to get used to it.

> I don't want to have to live with this if I don't have to. I've had

> enough crap to " just live with " (TMJ since July 2002). I have been

> using an NTI for my TMJ and the pain is practically gone, I can

> hardly feel it. But I've been having to deal with it for a long

time

> and it totally screwed up my life. Now that I feel like me again, I

> don't want something else that I just have to live with!

[Guest guest]

I was at my OS on Monday and asked him about the plates/wires and

whether they stay in forever. He said that in about 10 per cent of

the ones he had done (about 3000) he has had to remove the plates --

most of the time with patients who wear glasses and feel them when

they are wearing their glasses. He says that he lets the patient

decide -- he wants them to be as comfortable as possible. The surgery

itself sets you back again a bit -- but he said it is much less than

the original because there is no bone shifting. After all that you've

already gone through, you should be comfortable and happy with where

you are now, and if you are not, then you should push forward -- talk

to your doctor seriously about getting them out. Nobody else -- your

mother included -- lives in your body and has to experience it. The

bottom line is it is your decision -- in conjunction with your OS.

Good luck.

> Remember when I posted like 3 weeks ago about the plates that I

think

> I can feel. Well, it isn't any better still feels the same as it

did

> 2 months ago. My mom doesn't really want to call my surgeon. She

> doesn't want me to have anymore surgery if I don't have to. She's

> like well it's only been like 3 1/2 months since your surgery and

she

> said she wants me to wait until the summer, because thats a nice

long

> time, because she basically just wants me to get used to it.

> I don't want to have to live with this if I don't have to. I've had

> enough crap to " just live with " (TMJ since July 2002). I have been

> using an NTI for my TMJ and the pain is practically gone, I can

> hardly feel it. But I've been having to deal with it for a long

time

> and it totally screwed up my life. Now that I feel like me again, I

> don't want something else that I just have to live with!