seeing OS tomorrow, cleaning mouth

[Guest guest]

Hi, i am feeling somewhat anxious about seeing my OS tomorrow and

the condition that i feel my mouth is in. I am usually a 7x a day

brusher, prior to all this, so this is killing me. It will be one

week from surgery date, first post appt. I have been rinsing after

each meal and snack, also brushing teeth i can get to. I have only

minimal feeling in roof of mouth, but that feels gross. My tongue

feels gross. I am banded with 5 bands, 3 right, two left, and am

JUST able to ge a spoon in for yogurt, etc. I also have been

rinsing with salt water. I have been sort of waiting to see " chunks "

of stuff come out as i rinse, but as aggressive as i want to be with

simple rinsing, it is hard due to the numbness/swelling. Can

someone give me some assurance on that whole first post op visit and

what to expect in regards to my mouth hygiene? i also worry about

him pulling my lips this way and that to see how the bite is, he

kind of did this in the hospital, but either i was more numb, or i

can feel it more now and it's not comfortable. THANKS SO MUCH,

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't worry about the hygiene, if you're rinsing and brushing

as well as you can, then I'm sure your OS has seen worse.

I wasn't too aggressive with the brushing because there was so much

swelling inside. Also, I wanted to give my lips a chance to heal.

They were sore and cracked and so I didn't want to be pulling them

around the first week. I basically just rinsed, and maybe brushed

the front teeth a little bit. Of course, I'm not a 7x per day

brusher (yikes). By the time I had my first appointment with the

OS, (day 5) my lips were in decent shape.

He'll probably pull your lips around a little bit to see in there,

but if it hurts, just tell him. I won't be that bad.

Good luck,

Jay

> Hi, i am feeling somewhat anxious about seeing my OS tomorrow and

> the condition that i feel my mouth is in. I am usually a 7x a day

> brusher, prior to all this, so this is killing me. It will be one

> week from surgery date, first post appt. I have been rinsing after

> each meal and snack, also brushing teeth i can get to. I have only

> minimal feeling in roof of mouth, but that feels gross. My tongue

> feels gross. I am banded with 5 bands, 3 right, two left, and am

> JUST able to ge a spoon in for yogurt, etc. I also have been

> rinsing with salt water. I have been sort of waiting to

see " chunks "

> of stuff come out as i rinse, but as aggressive as i want to be

with

> simple rinsing, it is hard due to the numbness/swelling. Can

> someone give me some assurance on that whole first post op visit

and

> what to expect in regards to my mouth hygiene? i also worry about

> him pulling my lips this way and that to see how the bite is, he

> kind of did this in the hospital, but either i was more numb, or i

> can feel it more now and it's not comfortable. THANKS SO MUCH,

[Guest guest]

If you haven't seen your OS since the surgery, he may do x-rays. Other than

that he will just look around and see how you are doing. If it is very dirty,

he may clean your mouth out. I know I was worried and had my husband call him

about brushing and how dirty my mouth felt. I had white film all over my

teeth.... yuck!

Anyway, he said that to do as best as I could and if it looked bad, they would

clean it out when I came in.

~Cathy

seeing OS tomorrow, cleaning mouth

Hi, i am feeling somewhat anxious about seeing my OS tomorrow and

the condition that i feel my mouth is in. I am usually a 7x a day

brusher, prior to all this, so this is killing me. It will be one

week from surgery date, first post appt. I have been rinsing after

each meal and snack, also brushing teeth i can get to. I have only

minimal feeling in roof of mouth, but that feels gross. My tongue

feels gross. I am banded with 5 bands, 3 right, two left, and am

JUST able to ge a spoon in for yogurt, etc. I also have been

rinsing with salt water. I have been sort of waiting to see " chunks "

of stuff come out as i rinse, but as aggressive as i want to be with

simple rinsing, it is hard due to the numbness/swelling. Can

someone give me some assurance on that whole first post op visit and

what to expect in regards to my mouth hygiene? i also worry about

him pulling my lips this way and that to see how the bite is, he

kind of did this in the hospital, but either i was more numb, or i

can feel it more now and it's not comfortable. THANKS SO MUCH,

[Guest guest]

Hi Cathy, They did xrays in the hospital the day after the surgery.

the OS already told me that he can't wait for me to see them. 25

screws! I can't wait! that was not a fun experience going down to

xray with two geezer volunteers bumping me along the way. i am sure

they cuold not help it, but it was for sure one of the more

unpleasant experiences of the whole deal. that and getting up off

the xray table, i had to have 2 people help me as my head felt so

massive, i couldn;'t lift it!

> If you haven't seen your OS since the surgery, he may do x-rays.

Other than that he will just look around and see how you are doing.

If it is very dirty, he may clean your mouth out. I know I was

worried and had my husband call him about brushing and how dirty my

mouth felt. I had white film all over my teeth.... yuck!

>

> Anyway, he said that to do as best as I could and if it looked

bad, they would clean it out when I came in.

>

> ~Cathy

>

>

> seeing OS tomorrow,

cleaning mouth

>

>

> Hi, i am feeling somewhat anxious about seeing my OS tomorrow

and

> the condition that i feel my mouth is in. I am usually a 7x a

day

> brusher, prior to all this, so this is killing me. It will be

one

> week from surgery date, first post appt. I have been rinsing

after

> each meal and snack, also brushing teeth i can get to. I have

only

> minimal feeling in roof of mouth, but that feels gross. My

tongue

> feels gross. I am banded with 5 bands, 3 right, two left, and am

> JUST able to ge a spoon in for yogurt, etc. I also have been

> rinsing with salt water. I have been sort of waiting to

see " chunks "

> of stuff come out as i rinse, but as aggressive as i want to be

with

> simple rinsing, it is hard due to the numbness/swelling. Can

> someone give me some assurance on that whole first post op visit

and

> what to expect in regards to my mouth hygiene? i also worry

about

> him pulling my lips this way and that to see how the bite is, he

> kind of did this in the hospital, but either i was more numb, or

i

> can feel it more now and it's not comfortable. THANKS SO MUCH,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

My OS wanted me to brush from day one as much as I could. The baby

toothbrush was recommended just from a size standpoint. With the

first surgery, I could get to everything from day one, so no

problems. Now, I can only open about a finger's width, so I'm with

you on the toungue deal. I even managed to floss the night before

surgery two. But the one thing my OS told me to rinse with was a

50/50 mix of Hydrogen Peroxide and water. It breaks up any clumps

of dried blood and gets in the cracks and cleans out the nasties.

Dammit

> Hi, i am feeling somewhat anxious about seeing my OS tomorrow and

> the condition that i feel my mouth is in. I am usually a 7x a day

> brusher, prior to all this, so this is killing me. It will be one

> week from surgery date, first post appt. I have been rinsing after

> each meal and snack, also brushing teeth i can get to. I have only

> minimal feeling in roof of mouth, but that feels gross. My tongue

> feels gross. I am banded with 5 bands, 3 right, two left, and am

> JUST able to ge a spoon in for yogurt, etc. I also have been

> rinsing with salt water. I have been sort of waiting to

see " chunks "

> of stuff come out as i rinse, but as aggressive as i want to be

with

> simple rinsing, it is hard due to the numbness/swelling. Can

> someone give me some assurance on that whole first post op visit

and

> what to expect in regards to my mouth hygiene? i also worry about

> him pulling my lips this way and that to see how the bite is, he

> kind of did this in the hospital, but either i was more numb, or i

> can feel it more now and it's not comfortable. THANKS SO MUCH,