Re: How long for total recovery for uppe...

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Hi us and welcome,

I am 4 weeks post op today from upper/lower surgery to correct my underbite

and you can read the account of my surgery on this site: message number 77273

posted June 14, 2004

Regarding your questions:

How long did it take to recover enough to:

Talk: I could talk as soon as I woke up in my room. I was neither wired or

banded shut. I do have a splint and talking can be a chore but I don't have a

problem with people understanding me

Eat without a syringe: I never used a syringe. I was drinking out of a cup

in the hospital and I used zip-n-squeeze bags along with a glass when I got

home

Eat solid food: I am on a " no chew " diet. Just liquids and things that can

be blended and thinned down

Go out in public without scaring people : I had an appointment with my OS

a week after my surgery and the nurses did a double take. They couldn't

believe I had surgery the week before

Exercise: Haven't been given the okay to exercise yet

Work (office job): I was back at work 2 wks to the day after my surgery

How long were you noticeably swollen / bruised: The swelling started going

down by day five (pretty drastically after that) and I was never bruised

With regards,

Dale