Re: Only 2 FULL days left....

[Guest guest]

I had upper and lower surgery and I'm not going to lie, it was

really hard for me to breathe. However, my septum was bent during

surgery, so one of my nostrils wasn't functioning very well. There

was only one night, 2 days post-op that i really freaked out. My

nose was plugged up and I woke up paniking and called my dad on our

house phone from my cell phone, afraid that walking would make me

loose my breath even more. He brought me same nasal spray and that

really helped. The next day I got a humidifier, which also helped a

lot. I also found that cleaning your nose with Q-Tips in hydrogen

peroxide helped, since i was not allowed to blow my nose. Just

walking upstairs in my house would get me winded and I would have to

sit down and catch my breath. The splint is what made it hard to

breath, but you can get some air in through your mouth, just not

much. Sorry, I'm not trying to scare you, but it's better to be

ready for the worst. Make sure you have all the supplies you'll need

and good luck!

> Until my SURGERY!!! I tried going to sleep a little while ago and

> that wasn't going to happen. Earlier today I started getting

> everything ready for the day of surgery (Thurs 12th) and I guess

> that's got me constantly thinking about EVERYTHING!! Last week I

went

> for my last pre-op and APU appt, I found out they will be doing a

> little more than expected. Because of what they are doing to my

top

> jaw, they are going to have to do something to my septum, I can't

> remember exactly what. I'm not worried about the pain, the doc

said

> that I should be pretty numb from them dealing with the nerves

plus

> I'll have good medicine, I'm not even really worried about what I

> will look like with all the swelling...I'm actually anxious for

> that! What I am worried about is being able to breath!! I'm so

> worried that I'm going to have such a hard time with breathing. Is

it

> possible that I will be able to breath out of my mouth at all?

> My sister had jaw surgery just about 3 weeks ago and she is doing

> great, she's already got her bands off and everything...but she

only

> had lower jaw surgery. I'm having upper and lower and to make it

> worse they are doing all sorts of things to my upper jaw!

[Guest guest]

I had upper and lower surgery and I'm not going to lie, it was

really hard for me to breathe. However, my septum was bent during

surgery, so one of my nostrils wasn't functioning very well. There

was only one night, 2 days post-op that i really freaked out. My

nose was plugged up and I woke up paniking and called my dad on our

house phone from my cell phone, afraid that walking would make me

loose my breath even more. He brought me same nasal spray and that

really helped. The next day I got a humidifier, which also helped a

lot. I also found that cleaning your nose with Q-Tips in hydrogen

peroxide helped, since i was not allowed to blow my nose. Just

walking upstairs in my house would get me winded and I would have to

sit down and catch my breath. The splint is what made it hard to

breath, but you can get some air in through your mouth, just not

much. Sorry, I'm not trying to scare you, but it's better to be

ready for the worst. Make sure you have all the supplies you'll need

and good luck!

> Until my SURGERY!!! I tried going to sleep a little while ago and

> that wasn't going to happen. Earlier today I started getting

> everything ready for the day of surgery (Thurs 12th) and I guess

> that's got me constantly thinking about EVERYTHING!! Last week I

went

> for my last pre-op and APU appt, I found out they will be doing a

> little more than expected. Because of what they are doing to my

top

> jaw, they are going to have to do something to my septum, I can't

> remember exactly what. I'm not worried about the pain, the doc

said

> that I should be pretty numb from them dealing with the nerves

plus

> I'll have good medicine, I'm not even really worried about what I

> will look like with all the swelling...I'm actually anxious for

> that! What I am worried about is being able to breath!! I'm so

> worried that I'm going to have such a hard time with breathing. Is

it

> possible that I will be able to breath out of my mouth at all?

> My sister had jaw surgery just about 3 weeks ago and she is doing

> great, she's already got her bands off and everything...but she

only

> had lower jaw surgery. I'm having upper and lower and to make it

> worse they are doing all sorts of things to my upper jaw!

[Guest guest]

,

I had both upper and lower 2 weeks ago and I had no trouble with the

breathing. They will have a tube in your nose during the surgery,

which they take it out in the recovery room but you will not know it!

(they say 99% of the people never know when it was removed but they

have to make sure you can breathe on your own before they take it

out). After that comes out they give you an oxygen mask, from which

you can breathe through your mouth. I had no trouble at all

breathing through my mouth, just had to keep wiping the blood off

(ugh!!). I never really experienced pain except for the stupid

steroid or potassium or whatever the heck burning IV injection they

gave me. Your nose will bleed quite a bit from having the breathing

tube down it, and you have a very sore throat a few days afterward.

I didn't really get the sore throat until maybe 3 days after the

surgery and my surgeon told me that this was due to the tube. In a

couple of days the sore throat was gone. I'm doing great after my

surgery on 7/28-- I went to a concert 5 days afterward, and I went

back to work after 1 1/2 weeks.

Good luck!! We'll all be thinking about you and see you when you

come out on the other side!!

W.

and

> Until my SURGERY!!! I tried going to sleep a little while ago and

> that wasn't going to happen. Earlier today I started getting

> everything ready for the day of surgery (Thurs 12th) and I guess

> that's got me constantly thinking about EVERYTHING!! Last week I

went

> for my last pre-op and APU appt, I found out they will be doing a

> little more than expected. Because of what they are doing to my

top

> jaw, they are going to have to do something to my septum, I can't

> remember exactly what. I'm not worried about the pain, the doc

said

> that I should be pretty numb from them dealing with the nerves

plus

> I'll have good medicine, I'm not even really worried about what I

> will look like with all the swelling...I'm actually anxious for

> that! What I am worried about is being able to breath!! I'm so

> worried that I'm going to have such a hard time with breathing. Is

it

> possible that I will be able to breath out of my mouth at all?

> My sister had jaw surgery just about 3 weeks ago and she is doing

> great, she's already got her bands off and everything...but she

only

> had lower jaw surgery. I'm having upper and lower and to make it

> worse they are doing all sorts of things to my upper jaw!

[Guest guest]

,

I had both upper and lower 2 weeks ago and I had no trouble with the

breathing. They will have a tube in your nose during the surgery,

which they take it out in the recovery room but you will not know it!

(they say 99% of the people never know when it was removed but they

have to make sure you can breathe on your own before they take it

out). After that comes out they give you an oxygen mask, from which

you can breathe through your mouth. I had no trouble at all

breathing through my mouth, just had to keep wiping the blood off

(ugh!!). I never really experienced pain except for the stupid

steroid or potassium or whatever the heck burning IV injection they

gave me. Your nose will bleed quite a bit from having the breathing

tube down it, and you have a very sore throat a few days afterward.

I didn't really get the sore throat until maybe 3 days after the

surgery and my surgeon told me that this was due to the tube. In a

couple of days the sore throat was gone. I'm doing great after my

surgery on 7/28-- I went to a concert 5 days afterward, and I went

back to work after 1 1/2 weeks.

Good luck!! We'll all be thinking about you and see you when you

come out on the other side!!

W.

and

> Until my SURGERY!!! I tried going to sleep a little while ago and

> that wasn't going to happen. Earlier today I started getting

> everything ready for the day of surgery (Thurs 12th) and I guess

> that's got me constantly thinking about EVERYTHING!! Last week I

went

> for my last pre-op and APU appt, I found out they will be doing a

> little more than expected. Because of what they are doing to my

top

> jaw, they are going to have to do something to my septum, I can't

> remember exactly what. I'm not worried about the pain, the doc

said

> that I should be pretty numb from them dealing with the nerves

plus

> I'll have good medicine, I'm not even really worried about what I

> will look like with all the swelling...I'm actually anxious for

> that! What I am worried about is being able to breath!! I'm so

> worried that I'm going to have such a hard time with breathing. Is

it

> possible that I will be able to breath out of my mouth at all?

> My sister had jaw surgery just about 3 weeks ago and she is doing

> great, she's already got her bands off and everything...but she

only

> had lower jaw surgery. I'm having upper and lower and to make it

> worse they are doing all sorts of things to my upper jaw!