Shirley/Re: (Caboose) June Buddy

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Good Morning Shirley,

Yes, it does make it quite difficult to eat with the way the bands

are positioned. I was hoping that he was going to put them in hook

to hook instead of around the brackets. Putting them around the

brackets does make it quite tighter which I am sure the OS was

wanting to stop the relapse. I didn't realize how much my jaws had

shifted since surgery until he put the bands on to bring it back to

the proper position. I just hope I have enough bands to last until

next Wednesday. I have already broken two. My OS only gave me about

6 bands to last for the week.

I am so happy for you that you are now finally able to eat real

food. Take it slow at first until your jaw gets used to the

chewing. I joked with my OS and told him that I was ready to eat

steak now. He chuckled and said you would have to cut that steak in

very very small pieces. Okay, we can do..(haha) I am sure he was

joking telling me that nope, you are not quite ready to tackle steak

just yet! I will ask him again on Wednesday..(haha)

The cheesecake was so enjoyed! My hubby bought me a digital camera

for my birthday, so hopefully I will be able to finally post a

picture or two by early next week.

Enjoy that eating and always take an extra bite for me!!

--Caboose

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " bizegramatx "

<Bizegramma@h...> wrote:

> Hi , It does sound a little harder to eat with your bands in

> that position. Mine are just angle from one tooth on bottom to

> one on top. I sure hope your bands do the trick to stop the

> movement. I look everyday to see if my bite is shifting. I worry

> it will shift to the right again (shifted from 2mm to 5mm before

> surgery). So far so good.

>

> Yeah the pressure from rubber bands on the teeth makes them very

> sore at times. Today I found out my back molar on bottom is real

> sore too from chewing - it wasn't use to the pressure I guess. I

> did forget to put bands on this morning after cleaning teeth. I

> raced out of the house at 9:30 and wasn't back until 4:30.

> Hopefully I didn't do any damage by leaving them off so long. I

> guess I'll have to start carrying them with me.

>

> I had some tomato and avocado tonight with salad dressing, that

> really hit the spot. I have to be careful as sometimes I don't

chew

> as good as I need to and then almost choke on food. I need to get

> some groceries tomorrow now that I can eat real food again!

>

> Happy Birthday - enjoy that cheesecake!!

>

> Shirley