Another patient of the military

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Hello there, I'm in the Air Force and currently in South Korea. I am

5 weeks post op from upper and lower jaw and chin reconstruction

surgery. It has taken me 4 years to get this far. I began at Ft.

Gordon, GA with braces and then pallet expansion surgery. I had to

be relocated to South Korea and worried that I might not get this all

finished before leaving. I found out that my OS was also going to

Korea. He did my surgery at the Army hospital in Seoul. I am very

happy with how things are turning out. I had a lot of swelling due

to having 4 different surgeries at once and being under for 9 hours.

My splint comes out on the 17th and I can hardly wait. I should be

out of braces by the end of the year, same time I leave Korea and get

to go home. It has been rough at points the last few weeks but I

know that it is all worth it.