Re: 1 day post-op Please help

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Hi , and welcome to the other side! You made it!!! Listen, it

is really important that you drink, but don't suck on a straw just

yet! (My splint is out and I STILL can't suck on a straw!) Try

sipping, or the syringe thing like Cammie said.. And I didn't have

the benefit of a dry erase board, but I did always have a notebook

with me (which now I'm scared to read back over because I think I

cussed a nurse out..lol..) and a pen hanging from a string around my

neck. That was critical, the pen thing. My mom kept saying, " oh,

where's your voice?!! " whenever I lost the pen..because really,

that's the sole means of communication there for a while. After

about two weeks I was mumbling coherently enough to make sense. I

know the swelling is miserable...I know. But it will go down, and

you'll be beautiful you again soon. I got really down emotionally in

the first week, and I remember thinking, you know, my face is huge,

I can't stop puking, I don't even recall when I last washed my hair,

but I'm still ME inside, and I can handle this very short season of

misery. And I did, and you will too. Definitely keep those fluids

in, lean on others and try to rest and take warm showers. Keep us

posted, Alix

> I just got home from the hospital. My doctor said the surgery went

> very well he could not ask for better. My jaw was moved 3mm and

> corrected slighty lateral to line up the midlines I have very

little

> numbness on just one side which seems to be improving. My doctor

said

> he is sure I will not have any permanent numbness

> I dont have any pain but I am so uncomfortable. I am wired with a

> splint for the next six weeks. I cant communicate no one

understands

> me. When will I be able to communicate. My dad was telling the

cab

> driver the wrong way to go to my house, I didnt have paper on me

at

> that moment I was getting so frustrated. Eventhough I have lots of

> friends and family that love me and were very concerned I feel so

> isolated. I look hideous right now. I weigh 125 pds yet my face

looks

> like it weighs 500. When will I be able to walk out in the street

and

> look normal. Did you guy have trouble getting food down with a

straw.

> I just tried to sip soup. The soup is too thick. Does your ablilty

to

> eat get better. Any food suggestion for right after surgery. All I

> have eaten in 24 hours is apple juice and water I feel like I am

> drooling a lot when does that go away? I keep getting naseous but

> have no food in me to throw up.

> I am proud that I did the surgery but miserable on how I feel

right

> now. Any suggestions Thanks,

[Guest guest]

. The Zip-N-Squeeze products really helped me get the food in.

I don't think I would have lasted with just using a syringe. There is

a link to their website on this website. I lived on beef broth and

chicken broth, apple juice for the first week. Then I graduated to

mixing smoothies in the blender. The Zip-N-Sqeeze are like zip-lock

bags with a tube attached, so all you have to do is fill, put the

tube in your mouth, or cheek, and lift the bag (or squeeze it). Also

(through Zip-N-Squeeze) I got the headband that I could load with ice

packs for cold compresses, or heat in the microwave for warm packs.

That was wonderful! I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but

those products really helped me through the arduous healing process.

The people on this website gave me such good advice about steam

showers, humidifiers, and getting through the rough days. It DOES get

better. Hang in there.

> > > I just got home from the hospital. My doctor said the surgery

> went

> > > very well he could not ask for better. My jaw was moved 3mm and

> > > corrected slighty lateral to line up the midlines I have very

> > little

> > > numbness on just one side which seems to be improving. My

doctor

> > said

> > > he is sure I will not have any permanent numbness

> > > I dont have any pain but I am so uncomfortable. I am wired with

a

> > > splint for the next six weeks. I cant communicate no one

> > understands

> > > me. When will I be able to communicate. My dad was telling the

> cab

> > > driver the wrong way to go to my house, I didnt have paper on

me

> at

> > > that moment I was getting so frustrated. Eventhough I have lots

> of

> > > friends and family that love me and were very concerned I feel

so

> > > isolated. I look hideous right now. I weigh 125 pds yet my face

> > looks

> > > like it weighs 500. When will I be able to walk out in the

street

> > and

> > > look normal. Did you guy have trouble getting food down with a

> > straw.

> > > I just tried to sip soup. The soup is too thick. Does your

> ablilty

> > to

> > > eat get better. Any food suggestion for right after surgery.

All

> I

> > > have eaten in 24 hours is apple juice and water I feel like I

am

> > > drooling a lot when does that go away? I keep getting naseous

but

> > > have no food in me to throw up.

> > > I am proud that I did the surgery but miserable on how I feel

> right

> > > now. Any suggestions Thanks,