Help! Surgery on July 12 and I haven't even been thinking about it

[Guest guest]

I have my surgery on July 12 - just a week and a day from now. I am

just now starting to really think about the surgery, though. I've

been working on a political campaign all summer and this whole

surgery mess is just NOT something I wanted to be dealing with and

thus haven't really been thinking about.

I've been told it's a fairly easy surgery, easier than wisdom teeth -

and my wisdom teeth extraction was SO easy. I was even thinking

about going out of town just TWO WEEKS after my surgery.

Now I'm reading and thinking more about it and I must have been

nuts. How much time do you think I will need away from work? I am

having surgery to move my upper jaw forward, although I am right

on " the bubble " and they may have to move my lower jaw back just a

little bit, but they won't make that decision until during surgery.

They told me I would be in the hospital for one night if it's just

the upper jaw, two nights if it's both. Is that what other people

experienced? I don't even really know what to do to prepare for the

recovery. Will I be too sick/tired to read a book or do anything?

Any advice or thoughts would be most appreciated.

[Guest guest]

I'm a high energy person and thought the same - go back to normal

work after two weeks (I had upper/lower/genio, and an easy recovery).

I ended up taking 5 weeks off work - surgeon approved up to 6-8

weeks " since that's how long it takes the bone to properly heal " and

insurance company approved 6 weeks. I had to go back because of

financial reporting deadlines - no one could be trained to do this

job.

You can find lots of info on prep for your surgery on the info

website I set up at http://www.geocities.com/orthognathicinfo/ check

out PERSONAL SURGERY EXPERIENCES (including mine) and also SURGERY

FAQs and RECOVERY FAQs.

Get your supplies in order now, because you'll be too pooped to think

about this post-op. Make sure you have someone to take care of you

for the first few days, make sure you get proper nutrition, take your

meds on time, tell you that you look mahvellous, etc etc.

Don't under-estimate the amount of time it takes to recover from

this. It's major surgery after all.

> I have my surgery on July 12 - just a week and a day from now. I

am

> just now starting to really think about the surgery, though. I've

> been working on a political campaign all summer and this whole

> surgery mess is just NOT something I wanted to be dealing with and

> thus haven't really been thinking about.

>

> I've been told it's a fairly easy surgery, easier than wisdom

teeth -

> and my wisdom teeth extraction was SO easy. I was even thinking

> about going out of town just TWO WEEKS after my surgery.

>

> Now I'm reading and thinking more about it and I must have been

> nuts. How much time do you think I will need away from work? I am

> having surgery to move my upper jaw forward, although I am right

> on " the bubble " and they may have to move my lower jaw back just a

> little bit, but they won't make that decision until during surgery.

>

> They told me I would be in the hospital for one night if it's just

> the upper jaw, two nights if it's both. Is that what other people

> experienced? I don't even really know what to do to prepare for

the

> recovery. Will I be too sick/tired to read a book or do anything?

>

> Any advice or thoughts would be most appreciated.