Re: did i ask this already???

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I wouldn't be poking around feeling your screws or plates! You're

still healing, and you don't want to stir anything up. But yes, ask

your surgeon (I wondered if mine had worked up near my eye sockets

since I had these lovely nike swooshes underneath each eye - he swore

he hadn't).

Swallowing will improve. Your face and chin will someday feel like

yours, but yes, it takes a while for that to happen, if you had the

whole face numbness as I had and considering that things are probably

in a different place (I had upper/lower/genio, not sure what you had,

sorry).

Happy healing!

> I may have missed a reply to this if i asked, but it's possible i

> didnt even post the question.

>

> Is anyone else able to feel any or one of their screws? i am and

it's

> freaking me out. i will talk with the surgeon about it on friday. i

> am hoping he will tell me with all the soft tissue redistributing

and

> working on healing, i WONT be able to always feel it. it is way

high

> up near the side of my nose where the skin is pretty thin anyway

and

> i am a rather thin woman.

>

> day 11 and i am still uncomfortable swallowing on the first

swallow.

> i hope this improves. Showers still feel REALLY WEIRD on my face

and

> washing and putting lotion on even weirder. my new CHIN seems so

far

> out there!

[Guest guest]

Yes, I can feel mine... so can everyone else too " Hey, want to feel the

plates in my face???? " lol

I was freaked out at first... I thought it was a bone or something and couldn't

figure it out. I asked my OS about it, and he said it was the plates. If they

bother me I could opt to remove them, but right now it's not bothering, just

weird. I guess I could get used to it. I am 8 1/2 weeks post-op.

~Cathy

did i ask this already???

I may have missed a reply to this if i asked, but it's possible i

didnt even post the question.

Is anyone else able to feel any or one of their screws? i am and it's

freaking me out. i will talk with the surgeon about it on friday. i

am hoping he will tell me with all the soft tissue redistributing and

working on healing, i WONT be able to always feel it. it is way high

up near the side of my nose where the skin is pretty thin anyway and

i am a rather thin woman.

day 11 and i am still uncomfortable swallowing on the first swallow.

i hope this improves. Showers still feel REALLY WEIRD on my face and

washing and putting lotion on even weirder. my new CHIN seems so far

out there!

[Guest guest]

Hi , I had upper, lower, genio also. The screw i feel is from

the OUTSIDE. when i wash or just scratch that area. i try to keep

away as it creeps me out. i would never be poking around on the

inside, at least not at this point! THanks,

> > I may have missed a reply to this if i asked, but it's possible i

> > didnt even post the question.

> >

> > Is anyone else able to feel any or one of their screws? i am and

> it's

> > freaking me out. i will talk with the surgeon about it on friday.

i

> > am hoping he will tell me with all the soft tissue redistributing

> and

> > working on healing, i WONT be able to always feel it. it is way

> high

> > up near the side of my nose where the skin is pretty thin anyway

> and

> > i am a rather thin woman.

> >

> > day 11 and i am still uncomfortable swallowing on the first

> swallow.

> > i hope this improves. Showers still feel REALLY WEIRD on my face

> and

> > washing and putting lotion on even weirder. my new CHIN seems so

> far

> > out there!

[Guest guest]

I can feel my screws and plates too. The OS told me that because

like you i am thin i am more likely to feel the screws and plates.

> I may have missed a reply to this if i asked, but it's possible i

> didnt even post the question.

>

> Is anyone else able to feel any or one of their screws? i am and

it's

> freaking me out. i will talk with the surgeon about it on friday.

i

> am hoping he will tell me with all the soft tissue redistributing

and

> working on healing, i WONT be able to always feel it. it is way

high

> up near the side of my nose where the skin is pretty thin anyway

and

> i am a rather thin woman.

>

> day 11 and i am still uncomfortable swallowing on the first

swallow.

> i hope this improves. Showers still feel REALLY WEIRD on my face

and

> washing and putting lotion on even weirder. my new CHIN seems so

far

> out there!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Well, I mean don't poke around on the outside too! Hey, maybe I'm

just too conservative about this, but geez! I barely wanted to feel

my chin in the early weeks, it kind of creeped me out.

> Hi , I had upper, lower, genio also. The screw i feel is

from

> the OUTSIDE. when i wash or just scratch that area. i try to keep

> away as it creeps me out. i would never be poking around on the

> inside, at least not at this point! THanks,

[Guest guest]

> Yes, I can feel mine... so can everyone else too " Hey, want to feel the

plates in my

face???? " lol

>

> I was freaked out at first... I thought it was a bone or something and

couldn't figure it

out. I asked my OS about it, and he said it was the plates. If they bother me

I could opt to

remove them, but right now it's not bothering, just weird. I guess I could get

used to it. I

am 8 1/2 weeks post-op.

>

> ~Cathy

Lucky you!... I tried to feel them, but the areas where they're located are

still

very swollen (from under the skin), and I can't feel anything... Also, when

they took x-rays at the hospital, I was having this reaction to morphine, so

I didn't think of asking to see them... And my surgeon is gone for two more

weeks... I was hoping to see them..

I know, it probably sounds very silly of me, but since they're a part of me

now, I'd rather feel them and now where they are.. :-)

Ray

[Guest guest]

I also had the swallowing issue for a long time, it just now went

away (I'm 20 days post op). I did have a little cold last week, with

my defenses at a lower level I was likely to develop that, so that

made swallowing harder. Plus my mouth is still not closing well yet,

so at night I'm drooling all over the place without my mouth and

throat getting any drool! Perhaps that's also your problem. It does

get better!

Nathalie

> I may have missed a reply to this if i asked, but it's possible i

> didnt even post the question.

>

> Is anyone else able to feel any or one of their screws? i am and

it's

> freaking me out. i will talk with the surgeon about it on friday.

i

> am hoping he will tell me with all the soft tissue redistributing

and

> working on healing, i WONT be able to always feel it. it is way

high

> up near the side of my nose where the skin is pretty thin anyway

and

> i am a rather thin woman.

>

> day 11 and i am still uncomfortable swallowing on the first

swallow.

> i hope this improves. Showers still feel REALLY WEIRD on my face

and

> washing and putting lotion on even weirder. my new CHIN seems so

far

> out there!