Re: To Alix or anyone else who like to share. Surgery is less than 24 hrs away .

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I definitely will be thinking of you tomorrow. That also happens to

be the day I get my splint off after 6 weeks! You know, the first

week is so absolutely weird, that I didn't notice much in the way of

my face being more aligned. I was pretty busy trying to keep the

nausea and pain under control, as well as cope with the swelling.

Right after surgery, I just felt drugged, and nauseated. Then the

swelling began, and for the first week I was really swollen. I took

a lot of hot showers, picked around at my nose, (hey, I needed to

breathe!) and lost 10 pounds. After that week I started drinking

soups, had the pain pretty much in control and watched my swelling

go down bit by bit, day by day. At 6 weeks I am still a bit puffy,

but I like my profile, I like my bite, and I think the surgery

definitely took care of what it was supposed to. I still have some

equilibrium problems, but now it is due to my ears being clogged up

which is a common side effect of this surgery. (You can't yawn, blow

your nose etc..so things get clogged.) However, at about 3 weeks I

noticed that my face felt " together " for the first time. Things just

felt even, no longer felt like my face was " falling in " .. Now I can

say I feel Great! Ready to have my splint out, ready to eat and

talk. It is hard to talk because your muscles are sore, and your

mouth is constricted. I don't teach, but I do have to talk to people

and I noticed that talking really makes me swell more and feel sore.

It just takes a while I think to get used to everything being so

new. As for the bones healing, it really is just now that I feel

like they are solid, no longer fragile.

And no, I have not had the experience of having a medical dr. send

me to a psych., however, not all shrinks are that bad!! (grin..I'm

in that area..) BEST to you tomorrow, eat your fav. stuff today. I

can't tell you how much I still miss English muffins and fruit

loops. Sigh. Let us know how you do and keep your spirits up, Alix --

- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " loveinlineny "

wrote:

> Dear Alix,

> Thanks for ur comforting response it helped to know that I am not

> alone that someone else has experience equilibrim problem due to

the

> jaw being off. I was happy to hear that surgery has solved ur

problem

> I know their are no guarantees in my case but it does give me

hope. I

> cannot tell you how many Drs have told me that the jaw has nothing

to

> do any eqilibrim problems breathing earaches etc. I had told one

Dr

> how my breathing as greatly improved since having braces for past

2

> years. He told me it was pure coincidence. He was an oral surgeon.

> Glad he is not operating on me, what a putz. Have you ever gotten

the

> go see a shrink because it must be in your head from a Dr?

> I was wondering since I am about to have very similiar surgery to

> yours if u cd tell me a little about ur experience. How swollen

were

> you after surgery? How long did it take till you wanted to show ur

> new beautiful profile to the world? When did you notice a

differnce

> in the weird feeling of your jaw coming in when in ur face when u

> were lying down go away? U mentioned that u are still wired after

5

> wks I will be wired for a similiar time. How difficult is that

> experience? Since we are both have only a relatively small

movement

> of 3 mm as I was told by my Dr the healing process should be short

in

> relative terms. Do your bones feel like they are healed at this

> point? U mentioned that it is difficult for u talk? Is that

normal. I

> am teacher I guess I should not go back to work probably for about

> two months. I know everyone is different but I just wanted to get

a

> general idea of what to expect.

> Anyway I am glad to hear that u feel like ur jaw is finally in the

> right position. Even if it's telling you hey what did you do to me.

> I wish you the best of luck in ur healing. Wish me luck tommorow.

> Thanks again,