Re: Sept 10th surgery - A question for 1 year or more vets about jaw function

November 16, 2004

-Just posted a response to Blake and you are doing much better than

I am as I was thrilled today after my first appointment with a

Physical Therapist that he was able to get my mouth open wider than

I was able to with exercises at home. Now I'm armed with new

exercises and 6 weeks or Physical Theraphy appointments. We're all

different in our recovery, I feel like I'm on the slow end but I

feel confident that I will get better. Also, my ortho switched me

to 2oz bands to help ease the pressure and get my range of motion

improved.

I had my surgery at Stanford but I did meet a woman at my ortho's

office who is quite further along (surgery at Kaiser) and she had

full range of motion...I was relieved to see that as mine is so

limited.

Carole Anne

<cosmid92671@y...> wrote:

>

> Excelle tn questions! Can't wait for the responses (I'm 6 weeks

out,

> and can't even imaging eating an apple ever again at the moment...)

>

> >

> > Hi! I am 8 weeks post-op of upper/lower/cheekbone repair (NOT

> > implants, btw). I was wired w/ splint for 6 weeks.

> > How long did it take you to regain your jaw mobility? Did you

> regain

> > your original range of opening or close to it (I was able to

open

> > over 46mm preop but I am at 25mm postop)? At what point were you

> able

> > to bite into an apple and eat it comfortably? Are you able to

open

> > your mouth wide and stick your tongue way out? When were you

able

> to

> > get a dental cleaning without pain of opening your mouth?

> > I am very concerned, as you can tell, with my jaw mobility!

November 16, 2004