TOM: Re: For August Surgery and Bay Area Buddies

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info. Glad to hear you got your appointments out of

the way. I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery. I'm

sure it'll be great.

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> Ok I have been to all of my pre-op appointments and attended the

> class that Kiaser requires us to attend. In my pre-op appointment

I

> saw Dr Wong who said he will be assisting in my surgery. Dr Poor

> also came in to see me. Questions that I asked - how long will I

be

> in the hospital - overnight, how long will I be wired - 9 days,

> (until my scheduled post surgery appoint with Dr Poor), will I

have

> a catheter - no we want you to get up and walk around. One of the

> nurses came in and shared that there is a shuttle bus that goes

from

> the Best Western on Broadway to Kaiser Oakland. This is good

> information for the families.

>

> In our class we were shown pictures of people who have gone

through

> the surgery that have taken a pictorial history of the process.

It

> was very enlightening. We were also told in the class where to go

> for our surgery, what to do, what to expect, and what the dr's are

> doing while you are out. All good information.

>

> Because there is some bleeding during the operation many patients

> throw up when they wake up from recovery. The nurse told us not

to

> fight this and not to panic but to let the staff know you need to

> throw up and to lean forward and to push it out through you teeth

> with you tongue.

>

> For those that are having upper jaw surgery they will be

> disconnecting the septum and so after surgery there will be some

> nose bleeds. Again don't lean your head back but take a tissue

and

> lean forward until the bleeding stops.

>

> The nurse providing the class also told us that we should not blow

> our nose after surgery until the Dr tells us that we can. Doing

so

> before you should could cause swelling and infection. They also

> want us to try talking as much as possible as this makes the

> swelling go down faster. Walking is also good and for the first

> three days and ICE is your best friend that also helps reduce

> swelling. Patients will also have a sore throat from being

> intebated (sp ?). This will go away in 1-2 days. Since jaw

surgery

> prevents them from intebating through the mouth they intebate

> through the nose during surgery. Of course as patients you will

> never see this at it is all done while you are under and is out

> before you wake up.

>

> While I was in the Dr's waiting room I heard someone mention a

> nutrition supplement drink that actually tasted like a shake and I

> confirmed this with the nurse. It is called New Basic (sp ?)

>

> Dr's Poor and O' have been doing this together for 15 years

and

> perfrom 350-500 of these surgeries a year. One is left handed,

the

> other right so they work on patients together as a team, one from

> one side and one from the other.

>

> Hope this is helpful info for everyone!

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info. Glad to hear you got your appointments out of

the way. I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery. I'm

sure it'll be great.

--

> Ok I have been to all of my pre-op appointments and attended the

> class that Kiaser requires us to attend. In my pre-op appointment

I

> saw Dr Wong who said he will be assisting in my surgery. Dr Poor

> also came in to see me. Questions that I asked - how long will I

be

> in the hospital - overnight, how long will I be wired - 9 days,

> (until my scheduled post surgery appoint with Dr Poor), will I

have

> a catheter - no we want you to get up and walk around. One of the

> nurses came in and shared that there is a shuttle bus that goes

from

> the Best Western on Broadway to Kaiser Oakland. This is good

> information for the families.

>

> In our class we were shown pictures of people who have gone

through

> the surgery that have taken a pictorial history of the process.

It

> was very enlightening. We were also told in the class where to go

> for our surgery, what to do, what to expect, and what the dr's are

> doing while you are out. All good information.

>

> Because there is some bleeding during the operation many patients

> throw up when they wake up from recovery. The nurse told us not

to

> fight this and not to panic but to let the staff know you need to

> throw up and to lean forward and to push it out through you teeth

> with you tongue.

>

> For those that are having upper jaw surgery they will be

> disconnecting the septum and so after surgery there will be some

> nose bleeds. Again don't lean your head back but take a tissue

and

> lean forward until the bleeding stops.

>

> The nurse providing the class also told us that we should not blow

> our nose after surgery until the Dr tells us that we can. Doing

so

> before you should could cause swelling and infection. They also

> want us to try talking as much as possible as this makes the

> swelling go down faster. Walking is also good and for the first

> three days and ICE is your best friend that also helps reduce

> swelling. Patients will also have a sore throat from being

> intebated (sp ?). This will go away in 1-2 days. Since jaw

surgery

> prevents them from intebating through the mouth they intebate

> through the nose during surgery. Of course as patients you will

> never see this at it is all done while you are under and is out

> before you wake up.

>

> While I was in the Dr's waiting room I heard someone mention a

> nutrition supplement drink that actually tasted like a shake and I

> confirmed this with the nurse. It is called New Basic (sp ?)

>

> Dr's Poor and O' have been doing this together for 15 years

and

> perfrom 350-500 of these surgeries a year. One is left handed,

the

> other right so they work on patients together as a team, one from

> one side and one from the other.

>

> Hope this is helpful info for everyone!