Re: 3 weeks and all is well!--to Marsha

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--- Marsha,

Glad to hear all is going well!!! I'll be postop wk 4 on Tuesday

and the bands can come off for several hours at a time!! I'm

looking forward to some solids. Then the following wk I'm

completely debanded forever with the surgical hooks coming off the

following wk. It's a great feeling when you get close to the end.

It went fast. I'm happy also with the results and feel great. Hope

everything will continue to go well. Take Care,

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " Marsha Villasenor "

wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I went for my 3 week post-op on thursday. My splint was removed at

2

> weeks and my OS decided to leave me free, no bands, nothing for a

> week to see how my bite settled. I went in on thursday expected to

> get a bunch of bands and after poking around a few minutes my

surgeon

> announced that my bite is settling in perfectly I would not need

> bands and he would see me in 3 weeks for my 6 week check up. He

told

> me to call if I had any problems but to go on with my life as

normal.

>

> When I first got the splint off none of my molars touched but over

> the last week they have come together. I guess the muscles have

> adjusted. I can still only open about 1 finger, but I was told to

> wait til 6 weeks and then we will worry about it.

>

> So total after upper and lower surgery I had a splint and 2 loose

> bands for 2 weeks and that is it. I'm really happy with my new

bite.

>

> Those of you who are just starting and have doubts I can tell you

it

> is SO worth it. It is a long and frustrating process but the end

> result is wonderful.

>

> I'm very grateful that I have had an easy recovery. Hope all of

you

> August people have as easy of a time as I did!

>

> Marsha