Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 ARGH! Look at me, I'm so excited I got my words mixed up. Of course I meant I'd be happy to ANSWER any questions I've been so much asking lately the word has kind of stuck on me LOL! > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 ARGH! Look at me, I'm so excited I got my words mixed up. Of course I meant I'd be happy to ANSWER any questions I've been so much asking lately the word has kind of stuck on me LOL! > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Congratulation I am going to have SARPE and upper advancement. My OS has not decided yet whether to do it all at once or do SAPRE first and then andvancement later. I am hoping that SAPRE will improve my breathing so my question to you is did you notice any improvement in breathing. I know it might be too early to ask but that is what's on my mind right now. Thanks for sharing your story. Do you have any pictures? > > > ARGH! Look at me, I'm so excited I got my words mixed up. Of course I > meant I'd be happy to ANSWER any questions I've been so much > asking lately the word has kind of stuck on me LOL! > > > > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Congratulation I am going to have SARPE and upper advancement. My OS has not decided yet whether to do it all at once or do SAPRE first and then andvancement later. I am hoping that SAPRE will improve my breathing so my question to you is did you notice any improvement in breathing. I know it might be too early to ask but that is what's on my mind right now. Thanks for sharing your story. Do you have any pictures? > > > ARGH! Look at me, I'm so excited I got my words mixed up. Of course I > meant I'd be happy to ANSWER any questions I've been so much > asking lately the word has kind of stuck on me LOL! > > > > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I, too, have to have SARPE done. My most important question is, how long do you think I would need to take off after surgery before returning to work. I should probably mention that I have a job that requires a lot of talking. I feel like my doc is giving me these incredibly optimistic timelines because he is afraid I will back out. I just started a new job and don't really have much time off to work with AND I know that I'll need the majority of it for my upper/lower which is supposed to happen three months after the SARPE (whenever that is going to happen!). Thanks -Zoe > > Hello! I'm happy to announce that my feared SARPE surgery is done > successfully! I'm now exactly 2 weeks post op and so glad to have > that behind me! > > A million thanks to everyone who answered my questions and eased my > worries prior to the Big Day! Thanks to you good people I was well > prepared and knew what kind of questions to ask my OS. I think I got > him a little off guard with all my educated questions and comments > really LOL! > > To anyone who will have this procedure done, please do not worry as > much as I did It really IS not as bad as it _sounds_. I had very > little pain after the surgery. I would rather call it discomfort. The > OS prescribed me two kinds of painkillers: strong ones (ibuprofen) > and stronger ones. I didn't need the stronger ones at all, and not > even the less strong ones after 4 or 5 days. I also took antibiotics > for a week to prevent any chance of infection. The stiches were the > most irritating part to me, and those I had removed today - YIPPEE! > > The procedure took about an hour (including removal of one wisdom > tooth while they were at it. It was done under general anesthesia at > the OS's operation room. I was back home two hours from the end of > the surgery feeling more OK than I really expected. Well, I'd say I > felt like I had been hit in the mouth :/ but it was tolerable. > > I now have an obvious gap between my front teeth from the daily > cranking of the expander. That thing will stay in my mouth for the > next couple of months, I'm afraid. I do hate it from the bottom of my > heart, but luckily it's all temporary. > > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I, too, have to have SARPE done. My most important question is, how long do you think I would need to take off after surgery before returning to work. I should probably mention that I have a job that requires a lot of talking. I feel like my doc is giving me these incredibly optimistic timelines because he is afraid I will back out. I just started a new job and don't really have much time off to work with AND I know that I'll need the majority of it for my upper/lower which is supposed to happen three months after the SARPE (whenever that is going to happen!). Thanks -Zoe > > Hello! I'm happy to announce that my feared SARPE surgery is done > successfully! I'm now exactly 2 weeks post op and so glad to have > that behind me! > > A million thanks to everyone who answered my questions and eased my > worries prior to the Big Day! Thanks to you good people I was well > prepared and knew what kind of questions to ask my OS. I think I got > him a little off guard with all my educated questions and comments > really LOL! > > To anyone who will have this procedure done, please do not worry as > much as I did It really IS not as bad as it _sounds_. I had very > little pain after the surgery. I would rather call it discomfort. The > OS prescribed me two kinds of painkillers: strong ones (ibuprofen) > and stronger ones. I didn't need the stronger ones at all, and not > even the less strong ones after 4 or 5 days. I also took antibiotics > for a week to prevent any chance of infection. The stiches were the > most irritating part to me, and those I had removed today - YIPPEE! > > The procedure took about an hour (including removal of one wisdom > tooth while they were at it. It was done under general anesthesia at > the OS's operation room. I was back home two hours from the end of > the surgery feeling more OK than I really expected. Well, I'd say I > felt like I had been hit in the mouth :/ but it was tolerable. > > I now have an obvious gap between my front teeth from the daily > cranking of the expander. That thing will stay in my mouth for the > next couple of months, I'm afraid. I do hate it from the bottom of my > heart, but luckily it's all temporary. > > I'd be happy to ask any questions if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I think I found it easier to breath through my nose already the night of the surgery. But honestly I'm not sure if that's partly because I knew that was to be expected. That never was a big issue in my case. I also expected my nose to look wider, which was another possible result mentioned. Well, it did at first, but turned out it was just swelling My nose looks exactly the same as before. BTW, I had little swelling and bruising and those disappeared in a week. Of course this is different with everyone. I only have a few pictures of the gap growing between my front teeth, but those are not very informative, really. Just to make a personal memento for the future Instead I suggest you to take a look at this site: http://www.zipcon.net/~brunt/SARPE.html There someone who had SARPE done has a great collection of pictures of his process. Good luck with your surgery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I think I found it easier to breath through my nose already the night of the surgery. But honestly I'm not sure if that's partly because I knew that was to be expected. That never was a big issue in my case. I also expected my nose to look wider, which was another possible result mentioned. Well, it did at first, but turned out it was just swelling My nose looks exactly the same as before. BTW, I had little swelling and bruising and those disappeared in a week. Of course this is different with everyone. I only have a few pictures of the gap growing between my front teeth, but those are not very informative, really. Just to make a personal memento for the future Instead I suggest you to take a look at this site: http://www.zipcon.net/~brunt/SARPE.html There someone who had SARPE done has a great collection of pictures of his process. Good luck with your surgery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 > I, too, have to have SARPE done. My most important question is, how long do you think I would need to take off after surgery before > returning to work. I should probably mention that I have a job that requires a lot of talking. My OS initially said I would only need to take " a few days off " but I obviously made him such a sad face he said " we CAN give you a week off if you prefer that " . He ended up writing 10 days and I was happy about that. I am a very emotional person and for the first couple of days after the surgery I felt really miserable and cried a lot. Not because of any pain or anything like that, but rather having to stay home sick (and hungry because of the expander) and having all the piled up stress be relieved when the feared surgery was finally over. I felt better when one week was up and now that I've had my stiches removed I feel even better. I also have a job that requires a lot of talking, but I've managed so far (KNOCKIN´ ON WOOD HERE!). This is my first post op week at work. I've told everyone at work openly about what's going on in my mouth so they won't have to wonder. On the telephone - so I've been told - people can't really tell there is something strange about my speech. There are people who " speak funny " by nature so I guess people don't pay much attention to stuff like that. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 > I, too, have to have SARPE done. My most important question is, how long do you think I would need to take off after surgery before > returning to work. I should probably mention that I have a job that requires a lot of talking. My OS initially said I would only need to take " a few days off " but I obviously made him such a sad face he said " we CAN give you a week off if you prefer that " . He ended up writing 10 days and I was happy about that. I am a very emotional person and for the first couple of days after the surgery I felt really miserable and cried a lot. Not because of any pain or anything like that, but rather having to stay home sick (and hungry because of the expander) and having all the piled up stress be relieved when the feared surgery was finally over. I felt better when one week was up and now that I've had my stiches removed I feel even better. I also have a job that requires a lot of talking, but I've managed so far (KNOCKIN´ ON WOOD HERE!). This is my first post op week at work. I've told everyone at work openly about what's going on in my mouth so they won't have to wonder. On the telephone - so I've been told - people can't really tell there is something strange about my speech. There are people who " speak funny " by nature so I guess people don't pay much attention to stuff like that. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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