For Maddie - For August Surgery and Bay Area Buddies

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the good thoughts! Yeah they said that for the lower jaw

it's about a 1 1/2 hour surgery and you will be released the same

day.

They do have their act together there and that is a very good thing.

> > 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 good thoughts! Yeah they said that for the lower jaw

it's about a 1 1/2 hour surgery and you will be released the same

day.

They do have their act together there and that is a very good thing.

> > 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!