Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 For my IV in the back of my hand, they numbed the area with novacaine first. It still hurt a little bit, but it was nothing unbearable. Good luck! Kim > Hi everyone! > > I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. > > I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have > found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have > been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my > surgery is on October 25th! :-S > > I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is > on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from > me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back > of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 For my IV in the back of my hand, they numbed the area with novacaine first. It still hurt a little bit, but it was nothing unbearable. Good luck! Kim > Hi everyone! > > I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. > > I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have > found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have > been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my > surgery is on October 25th! :-S > > I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is > on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from > me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back > of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Tyr not to be sooo frightened. (And I know you are, and will be. If you weren't, you'd be weird!) Still, the chances are very large that you will be fine, the surgery will be uneventful. You'll take a while to recover, but you'll get there. Just keep taking things one day at a time, and remember that you have experts taking care of you. As for the IV in the back of the hand -- if yours goes the way mine went, you'll have some OUCH! for a very few minutes, and then that path leads the way to the oblivion that makes this surgery possible. Try not to worry about it. It should not hurt, once it's in, and if it does, TELL THE NURSE! or the doc who inserted it, because it's likely something's wrong. Best, Cammie > Hi everyone! > > I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. > > I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have > found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have > been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my > surgery is on October 25th! :-S > > I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is > on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from > me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back > of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Tyr not to be sooo frightened. (And I know you are, and will be. If you weren't, you'd be weird!) Still, the chances are very large that you will be fine, the surgery will be uneventful. You'll take a while to recover, but you'll get there. Just keep taking things one day at a time, and remember that you have experts taking care of you. As for the IV in the back of the hand -- if yours goes the way mine went, you'll have some OUCH! for a very few minutes, and then that path leads the way to the oblivion that makes this surgery possible. Try not to worry about it. It should not hurt, once it's in, and if it does, TELL THE NURSE! or the doc who inserted it, because it's likely something's wrong. Best, Cammie > Hi everyone! > > I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. > > I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have > found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have > been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my > surgery is on October 25th! :-S > > I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is > on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from > me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back > of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Hi Bebert. I'm new to the group as well. Surgery is planned for January (I moved it back to the new year because, after a looong fight with the insurance, I'll be paying for everything). I had my first IV a few years ago when I gave birth to my second daughter. A very skilled nurse inserted the IV into my arm just a little bit above the hand. This gave me a lot of freedom to use my hand, and it didn't really hurt going in. I'm going to request the same kind of IV with this surgery. I'm thinking that if I make the request through the surgeon before the big day, I may get my wish! Just another option for you. Best of luck to you! Sue ________________________________ From: bebertq [mailto:no_reply ] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:54 AM To: orthognathicsurgerysupport Subject: Introducing myself Hi everyone! I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my surgery is on October 25th! :-S I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Hi Bebert. I'm new to the group as well. Surgery is planned for January (I moved it back to the new year because, after a looong fight with the insurance, I'll be paying for everything). I had my first IV a few years ago when I gave birth to my second daughter. A very skilled nurse inserted the IV into my arm just a little bit above the hand. This gave me a lot of freedom to use my hand, and it didn't really hurt going in. I'm going to request the same kind of IV with this surgery. I'm thinking that if I make the request through the surgeon before the big day, I may get my wish! Just another option for you. Best of luck to you! Sue ________________________________ From: bebertq [mailto:no_reply ] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:54 AM To: orthognathicsurgerysupport Subject: Introducing myself Hi everyone! I'm Bebert, a 29 year-old male from Quebec City, eastern Canada. I've beek lurking for the last couple of weeks on this forum. I have found a lot of interesting information. I am a class III and have been in braces for 19 months and got a call yesterday telling me my surgery is on October 25th! :-S I am pretty scared about the injections and stuff. My pre-op visit is on oct 5th and I'm pretty sure they are going to take some blood from me... YIKES! And i'm sooo scared about inserting the IV in the back of my hand, YIKES x 2 !!!!!!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Welcome Tina, your in good company with this group. they're very knowledgable. everyone gets anxious before surgery but before you know it you'll be waking up on the other side. wired shut is a bit of a misnomer. before rigid fixation(titamium plates and screws) to hold the jaws in place everyone got " wired " . except in extreme cases, now most just get banded with rubber bands for around 6 weeks. you will be able to breath,eat,talk etc. My bands were in for the first week when the doc said i could take them out to eat and brush. they'll give you new ones to replace daily after that. it's a pain but not really that bad. eric > > Hi, > > I've just joined the group. My name is Tina, and I'm 24. I'm going > to have surgery on my upper and lower jaws on October 12. I've very > nervous about this. I've had operations before for my eyes (I have > glaucoma), but I'm nervous about this surgery because it's very > different than anything I've ever experienced. I wonder how I'm > going to handle being wired shut for ten days. > > Has anyone read the book " How To Survive Orthognathic Surgery " ? I > was thinking about ordering this but want to know if it's worth the > read. > > Thanks, > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Welcome Tina, your in good company with this group. they're very knowledgable. everyone gets anxious before surgery but before you know it you'll be waking up on the other side. wired shut is a bit of a misnomer. before rigid fixation(titamium plates and screws) to hold the jaws in place everyone got " wired " . except in extreme cases, now most just get banded with rubber bands for around 6 weeks. you will be able to breath,eat,talk etc. My bands were in for the first week when the doc said i could take them out to eat and brush. they'll give you new ones to replace daily after that. it's a pain but not really that bad. eric > > Hi, > > I've just joined the group. My name is Tina, and I'm 24. I'm going > to have surgery on my upper and lower jaws on October 12. I've very > nervous about this. I've had operations before for my eyes (I have > glaucoma), but I'm nervous about this surgery because it's very > different than anything I've ever experienced. I wonder how I'm > going to handle being wired shut for ten days. > > Has anyone read the book " How To Survive Orthognathic Surgery " ? I > was thinking about ordering this but want to know if it's worth the > read. > > Thanks, > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Tina, You are not alone myself and karen are both having jaw surgery on Oct 12. So, we will be able to keep eachother posted. Good luck! > > Hi, > > I've just joined the group. My name is Tina, and I'm 24. I'm going > to have surgery on my upper and lower jaws on October 12. I've very > nervous about this. I've had operations before for my eyes (I have > glaucoma), but I'm nervous about this surgery because it's very > different than anything I've ever experienced. I wonder how I'm > going to handle being wired shut for ten days. > > Has anyone read the book " How To Survive Orthognathic Surgery " ? I > was thinking about ordering this but want to know if it's worth the > read. > > Thanks, > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Tina, You are not alone myself and karen are both having jaw surgery on Oct 12. So, we will be able to keep eachother posted. Good luck! > > Hi, > > I've just joined the group. My name is Tina, and I'm 24. I'm going > to have surgery on my upper and lower jaws on October 12. I've very > nervous about this. I've had operations before for my eyes (I have > glaucoma), but I'm nervous about this surgery because it's very > different than anything I've ever experienced. I wonder how I'm > going to handle being wired shut for ten days. > > Has anyone read the book " How To Survive Orthognathic Surgery " ? I > was thinking about ordering this but want to know if it's worth the > read. > > Thanks, > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hello everyone!! My name is and i am a 36 yr old mother of 2 boys. Joey is 17 yrs old and has schizo-affective disorder (bipolar and schizophrenia) and Luke is probably a high functioning autistic or Aspbergers, though hasnt been officially diagnosed. Luke is 23 mos. old. He has been in therapy with Early Intervention for 2 mos now. Weekly he sees a Speech Therapist, An Occupational Therapist, A Developmental therapist, and twice a month he sees a nutritionist. Luke has sensory issues and is very picky about eating many foods. Luke isnt talking yet except to say " dada " " hi " and " hi ya bud " . We have a dr. appt set up in Sept for an intake with a developmental ped. to try and get a diagnosis for him. Luke didnt start walking till 18 mos old. He also doesnt play with toys in the normal fashion. His favorite things to do is turn light switches on and off, watch fans spin, push cars and his stroller around the yard and stack things, as well as spinning wheels on cars. Luke started with SEVERE constipation issues at about 11 mos old when i first introduced cows milk into his diet. He then started having monthly ear infections also. After a while of trying to figure out what was wrong the ped suggested i take him off all dairy products. He has been dairy free for about 6 mos now. When i first took him off the dairy the constipation subsided for about a month, then it came back. Though he isnt constipated daily like before taking him off dairy, he is constipated now a good week out of every month. We found out about the GFCF diet and took him off of gluten about a month ago. We have notices SOME positive changes. He can now tolerate crowds of people better than before. He started talking and saying his 3 words right after takin him off the gluten. he wasnt speaking at all or babbling before that. He now babbles often and tries to speak but the words dont seem to come out yet. He used to spin his car wheels constantly..since taking him off the gluten he rarely does anymore and is also interested in stacking and putting things in and out of buckets, whereas before he couldnt do any of that. I am thriled with the few changes we HAVE seen but i feel like we are still missing something vital. He STILL has the constipation problems..matter of fact hes been constipated the past week and today with a suppository i finally got some of the poop out!! I found out yesterday about the SCD diet and i figure its worth trying. I will do anything to help this poor child. I am so sick of seeing him screaming and pushing and crying all the time due to this constipation. Today i ordered " Breaking the Vicious Cycle " from Amazon and am looking forward to recieving the book and implementing the diet! Is it SAFE to to the intro diet on a 23 mos old? Could someone list what they eat on that first few days so maybe i can start this even before my book arrives? I am anxious, especially since he is constipated again..i dont want the poor baby suffering any longer! Thanks so much and i am looking forward to learning more from you all! karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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