update!- to linda

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I'm 14 and I had leforte I, the one piece. They moved my upper jaw

out and down around 5 mm or 7, i believe my surgeon said.

Originally, he had sad he was only going to move it around 3 mm, but

oh well. My recovery is ok, I am starting to get frustrated with

being so tired tho. My pain is pretty low but I am a swimmer, and I

am competing at the national level and am used to doing 7,000 yard

practices a day or twice a day and it is hard for me not to be able

to do simple things like take a shower without getting somewhat

tired. Although I keep trying to have a positive attitude b/c that

helps so much, it's just frustrating. On another note, no offense

to those that swear on the Zip-n-Squeeze, they did not help me at

all! In fact, I found them much harder than using a cup, granted i

still needed to have a wash cloth under my chin for the first few

days. My mom and I ordered around 20 zippies and i tried one of

them the third day and I hated it. The wisdom teeth aren't too bad,

but they caused me some pain the first few days in the swallowing

department. That also might have been caused by the tube used

during the anesthesia. Good luck to your son, he should do great.

I would recommend asking for a puke bucket at the hospital if they

don't give you one b/c I needed it and before surgery, I had only

puke once in my life, and I was a baby and do not remember it. Once

thats done its quite a relief tho, it goes fast. Good luck!

*tori*