Guest guest Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 > (a) Sleeping after surgery: Some of you did mention about " lazy boy " . Could anyone give me a bit more information on this? I don't know what it is about though. Is it a recliner chair? Or just a soft pillow? I'm a side-sleeper, and is it a big deal if unintentionally I sleep on one side when I fall asleep?? Any suggestion to get a safe sleeping to the jaws? Appreciate if you could suggest me some products. > Lazy Boy is a brand name for a recliner, the way Band Aid is a brand name for an adhesive bandage and Jello is gelatin. Any recliner will do. I slept on my side sitting up in the chair, and laying on the wedge in bed later, with a small pillow propping my face the way I wanted it. I think the pillow was a travel pillow from WalMart. > ( About food processing - I got a blender & juice extractor already. Do I need to get a food processor as well? I just don't know how the food processor comes in when we just need liquid. Any suggestion? The food processor was invaluable when I graduated to no-chew foods. Once you're allowed to put real food in your mouth and mush it around with your tongue, you don't need liquids, but you do need your food pre-chewed, so to speak. I quit using the blender once I didn't need liquids. Anything I wanted, I ran through the food processor, and it made it mushy without making me drink it. > > © From your experience, for how long after surgery can drive? Can't answer that one, I have no car. > > (d) I was told from my Orthodontist that my first visit to him will be two weeks after surgery. I'm wondering if I can open up my mouth for him to change my wires and add forces on my teeth & jaws? My ortho wanted to see me immediately after surgery, but my OS wouldn't let him look at me until day five. I went every week after that. He didn't touch anything, he didn't change any wires, he just looked and reassured himself that all was well. If things weren't going the way he wanted maybe he would have asked the OS to change the position of my rubber bands. I don't know. I do know he would NOT change my wires until my OS gave him the OK, and that was not until after my week 6 checkup. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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