RE: Just checking in...

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hey Katja,

Thanks for your reply. I have not thought about going toa dermotologist.. I've

never

been to one for acne... I don't think it's bad enough to warrant that...Maybe

just a

facial or something. Or maybe I'll use my brother pro-active.

I am going to wear the rubber bands as long as I can... till they tell me there

is no

point in wearing them anymore. They haven't given me a " reason " why I feel like

my

jaw is sliding back... they do acknowledge that there is still a bit of an

overbite but

they say it will be fixed with the braces. My boyfriend is Pissed about it. He

wants to

know why my teeth don't shut like perfectly fitting puzzle peices like his do...

he

makes me mad when he gets madder about it than I do. Ithink when all is said and

done, I willbe as happy with it as I need to be. He is definielt trying to

examine my

modlines but I am not letting him do that anymore... I tellhim to go away and

mind

his own business.

My mouth now feels like it is opening now almost entirely. When I eat I am

cutting

my foods into small peices and sometimes have a hard time moving them in my

mouth becuase I can't chew the peices as thouroughly as I used to but it feels

only

slightly more weird than it did before. When I take out the rubber bands and try

to

open my mouth as wide as it can, it feels like it opens almost all the way...

then it

hurts a bit at my bottom jaw - more on the left side than right. I have even

been able

top floss in my very back teeth.

More later,

T.

> >

> > Hey there... Well, at 8 weeks post-op I am all but back to normal.

> my computer

> > broke so I have been without it for the last week but tthat's good

> cuz I was spending

> > way too much time on these addictive message boards! I went to the

> orthodontist on

> > Tuesday and he told me in all his years doing this he's never seen

> someone recover

> > so quickly. (I had lower jaw advancment 5.5 mm on january 24th) I

> think I am still a

> > tiny bit swollen in the lower cheeks and jawline but even I can't

> tell... I only feel it on

> > the inside of my mouth. My skin has STILL not cleared up from my

> post-surgery

> > break-out to what it was before surgery and that is pissing me

> off. I've been unwired

> > for about 3 weeks and eating pretty much whatever I want except for

> really hard or

> > crunchy stuff. He removed the hooks from my top teeth but I am

> still wearing one

> > rubber band on each side that I am supposed to remove for eatting

> and cleaning for

> > about 3.5 hrs total per day. I wear them all the time though. I

> feel a bit like when I

> > take them off my jaw slides back a bit. Not too happy about that.

> My midline still

> > does not match up but he says they will fix this with the braces. I

> asked him how

> > long I will still have to wear them and he refused to give me an

> estimate until my

> > next appt. in 2 weeks. I'm gonna flip out if it's a lot more than 6

> months. I am soooo

> > over this.

> >

> > This is I think the posting I was waiting for... to thank you guys

> for all of the outlet,

> > support, advice... this experience would have sucked at least three

> times as much

> > without the boards and emails to keep me company. I will have my

> boyfriend take

> > some photos and post them with the " almost " final results.

> > More later!

> > Tova

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I haven't posted in awhile, but have been lurking....

I have been having a lot of dr appts and tests lately. It's been wearing me out, but it's worth it. Dartmouth Hitchcock in NH (a new hospital for me) is about 2 hrs. away. The drs so far have been good and thorough, which I like. The possible diagnosis is schleroderma just affecting the gastrointestinal system. I hope that finding out what is wrong will result in being able to treat it. I have had bad stomach issues for about 2 yrs now. I am already on 3 types of meds for nausea and vomiting, but they don't help much.

So that's what has been going on with me...

Debbie T

Co-moderator

PS We are getting our first snowfall this morning...Just a dusting so far , but pretty.