What up stapleton? August buddy alert!

[Guest guest]

Hi Tom!

Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but we

made it through!

I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

getting the braces off soon...

they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower front to

help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the braces!

Woo-Hoo!

So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when I

go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear is

them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is) for

Feb!

SO exciting!

My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with closing

my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of no

where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange and

didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can say.

I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our other

August surgery buddies are?!

JO

[Guest guest]

Hi Tom!

Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but we

made it through!

I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

getting the braces off soon...

they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower front to

help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the braces!

Woo-Hoo!

So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when I

go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear is

them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is) for

Feb!

SO exciting!

My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with closing

my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of no

where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange and

didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can say.

I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our other

August surgery buddies are?!

JO

[Guest guest]

Hey Jo!! That is so weird that were wondering about all of us that

had our surgeries in august...because just last week i posted on

here asking if those who had there surgeries in august were still

hangin around this site! haha. but anyways...it sounds like you

are doin great and making good progress. i can't believe how far

i've come since my surgery. i'd say that i've felt completely back

to normal since about early october. and my orthodontist has been

amazed at my progress. he told me at my last appt. that he was

almost positive that i'd need to wear braces for a year before my

surgery...and i only had to wear them about 4.5 months and i was

already ready for the surgery(i got them on the end of march). and

at my last appt. a couple weeks ago...he said i'm ready to get them

off...so i get my braces off this tuesday!! so i only ended up

having them for about 9 months...and my OD figured about 18-24

months in the beginning. i'm still not used to the new shape of my

face though. i still don't like touching my jaw(i can feelt the

plates under my skin...hehe). and my new chin feels really weird to

me still. i definitely love the way everything looks...but i guess

i'm just not used to it yet. the only lingering issue from my

surgery is actually from the nasal turbinectomies that i had done

(removing bone and cartilidge from my nose/sinuses). but i've

noticed over the past few months that my nose is always clogged

now. and it's funny because someone posted about the exact same

problem last week. so i'm gonna ask my OS about it when I got in on

Monday. and about your jaw popping...yet another person posted

about that too last week...hehe. and i have the same thing happen

to me occassionally. doesn't hurt...just feels weird. and one last

thing...is all the feeling completely back in your face?? i

remember my first couple weeks...most of the lower have of my face

as well as my mouth was numb. i was sooo freaked out about never

getting feeling back!! and that has probably been the slowest part

of the healing process for me. because i'd say it's just been since

last month that i'd say i have total feeling back in my face. i

have just the smallest amount of tingling in my lower right

lip...but i don't even notice it. and my upper gums are still

pretty numb....but i could care less about that! okay...well this

is gettin pretty long...so i'll wrap it up. but it was great hearin

from ya! keep postin every now and then and keep me and all of our

other august buddies updated. and it think it's reassuring for

those getting ready to have the surgery and those that are first

week post op to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel!!

Tom :-)

>

> Hi Tom!

>

> Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

>

> How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but we

> made it through!

>

> I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

> getting the braces off soon...

> they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower front

to

> help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the braces!

> Woo-Hoo!

>

> So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

> normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when

I

> go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear

is

> them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is)

for

> Feb!

> SO exciting!

>

> My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

closing

> my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

> into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of

no

> where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange

and

> didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

> Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

say.

> I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

>

> So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

other

> August surgery buddies are?!

> JO

[Guest guest]

Hey Jo!! That is so weird that were wondering about all of us that

had our surgeries in august...because just last week i posted on

here asking if those who had there surgeries in august were still

hangin around this site! haha. but anyways...it sounds like you

are doin great and making good progress. i can't believe how far

i've come since my surgery. i'd say that i've felt completely back

to normal since about early october. and my orthodontist has been

amazed at my progress. he told me at my last appt. that he was

almost positive that i'd need to wear braces for a year before my

surgery...and i only had to wear them about 4.5 months and i was

already ready for the surgery(i got them on the end of march). and

at my last appt. a couple weeks ago...he said i'm ready to get them

off...so i get my braces off this tuesday!! so i only ended up

having them for about 9 months...and my OD figured about 18-24

months in the beginning. i'm still not used to the new shape of my

face though. i still don't like touching my jaw(i can feelt the

plates under my skin...hehe). and my new chin feels really weird to

me still. i definitely love the way everything looks...but i guess

i'm just not used to it yet. the only lingering issue from my

surgery is actually from the nasal turbinectomies that i had done

(removing bone and cartilidge from my nose/sinuses). but i've

noticed over the past few months that my nose is always clogged

now. and it's funny because someone posted about the exact same

problem last week. so i'm gonna ask my OS about it when I got in on

Monday. and about your jaw popping...yet another person posted

about that too last week...hehe. and i have the same thing happen

to me occassionally. doesn't hurt...just feels weird. and one last

thing...is all the feeling completely back in your face?? i

remember my first couple weeks...most of the lower have of my face

as well as my mouth was numb. i was sooo freaked out about never

getting feeling back!! and that has probably been the slowest part

of the healing process for me. because i'd say it's just been since

last month that i'd say i have total feeling back in my face. i

have just the smallest amount of tingling in my lower right

lip...but i don't even notice it. and my upper gums are still

pretty numb....but i could care less about that! okay...well this

is gettin pretty long...so i'll wrap it up. but it was great hearin

from ya! keep postin every now and then and keep me and all of our

other august buddies updated. and it think it's reassuring for

those getting ready to have the surgery and those that are first

week post op to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel!!

Tom :-)

>

> Hi Tom!

>

> Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

>

> How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but we

> made it through!

>

> I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

> getting the braces off soon...

> they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower front

to

> help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the braces!

> Woo-Hoo!

>

> So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

> normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when

I

> go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear

is

> them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is)

for

> Feb!

> SO exciting!

>

> My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

closing

> my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

> into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of

no

> where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange

and

> didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

> Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

say.

> I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

>

> So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

other

> August surgery buddies are?!

> JO

[Guest guest]

Maybe I sensed the vibe but with all the holiday-buzz it was delayed

in getting through

So sounds like you're terrific too! NICE.

I know this sounds cheesy, but I am proud of all of us post-ops.

Did you or do you ever take a look at your pics from right after...I

did just the other day and now I look and say wow...that WAS

something...so glad I did it, but boy do I have drive and

determination...I was just so ready then I think is the best way to

put it.

I have only a little numbness in my upper left lip-to nose-kinda

tingly...and my pallet-which HA, I thought was back, is still working

on it...the odd thing is, my OS can't exactly tell me when it should

be all-back-bec I was not the typical patient sorta...well here's the

deal. I had a tough history-and went into this, with definite

challenges, some about me-like I am already thin-so weight loss, and

a few of my teeth weren't soooo strong, so vulnerable, and I talk for

a living so jeopardy there too...all sides...but I went a while to

get to surg, longer than originally planned, partially bec of a

paperwork mess up, but lucked out not needing the lower done, just

genio. And it was " perfect " -as they tell me...the procedure, the

results, the healing...but what impresses my OS and why he wants to

hang up my pre-and-post-ops on his walls (of which he has none now)

was as he put it, my " self " . He said I had a wonderful attitude,

great resolve, perseverance, and determination...all that helped in

ways I may never truly know...but I healed amazingly well, getting

sensations back to my face very very early (which is why he doesn't

know what to tell me w/pallet) and I was open all the way much sooner

than he thought too, and so far, movement even with brace-tweaks has

been near nothing.

I too and still adjusting to ME...I do look different. I had someone

ask me-several people actually if my fiancé was mad or if he can

still recognize me in a crowd...silly I thought, but I guess if I

didn't watch each second of the process maybe I would see it more.

The side-by-side profile and front from my OR had me staring at me

for the longest time, even my brow changed shape! Who knew!?

As to popping, only once, and that's more than enough...spooky and

just felt icky.

I am clenching at night...Quite a lot. I am intensively trying not

to, even stretching, calming my thoughts before sleep, NG...broke off

a brace last week, another one this week...so now they are talking

about a lower removable night retainer with squishy tops for my teeth

to not hit...mo'money, but necessary.

(oh and as to my pics...I don't have a scanner and my helpful friend

has been sporadic in offering time to get them online...I do have a

pic from a cell phone I can send you, are you at hotmail? I would

rather send TO you for now, if you want...bec it's not so good. my

eyes look sooo dark-kinda ill and I have no pre op yet...let me know)

Have you heard from mindy or Tompool? He was running for political

office post-op!

I do keep in touch with someone I met locally on here, she's

amazing...she had the total opp prob of me, but is thin as a rail

like me too, and she and I traded recipes on blending things and

gained weight and we share an OS-that's where we actually said hello,

and he notes that we were his 2 toughest cases and came out great!

always nice to hear

oh and PS--I can't still use toothpaste bec while I can't feel

everything, I can scream aloud from intense mint smushed up against

my gums! this too should pass...

did you do upper? bec every so often I feel sorta spongy when I push

up on my pallet with my tongue...might be the gums returning or the

scar tissue healing...like now, they feel this way-sorta

foreign...and then when I breath in, I can sense the air moving

through my gums/teeth-wacky right?

Ok, this wasn't a note, it was a novel!

Sorry to be SO wordy, I'm excited to hear from you

JO

> >

> > Hi Tom!

> >

> > Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

> >

> > How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> > thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but

we

> > made it through!

> >

> > I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

> > getting the braces off soon...

> > they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower

front

> to

> > help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the

braces!

> > Woo-Hoo!

> >

> > So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

> > normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when

> I

> > go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> > I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear

> is

> > them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is)

> for

> > Feb!

> > SO exciting!

> >

> > My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

> closing

> > my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

> > into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of

> no

> > where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange

> and

> > didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> > YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

> > Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

> say.

> > I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

> >

> > So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

> other

> > August surgery buddies are?!

> > JO

[Guest guest]

Maybe I sensed the vibe but with all the holiday-buzz it was delayed

in getting through

So sounds like you're terrific too! NICE.

I know this sounds cheesy, but I am proud of all of us post-ops.

Did you or do you ever take a look at your pics from right after...I

did just the other day and now I look and say wow...that WAS

something...so glad I did it, but boy do I have drive and

determination...I was just so ready then I think is the best way to

put it.

I have only a little numbness in my upper left lip-to nose-kinda

tingly...and my pallet-which HA, I thought was back, is still working

on it...the odd thing is, my OS can't exactly tell me when it should

be all-back-bec I was not the typical patient sorta...well here's the

deal. I had a tough history-and went into this, with definite

challenges, some about me-like I am already thin-so weight loss, and

a few of my teeth weren't soooo strong, so vulnerable, and I talk for

a living so jeopardy there too...all sides...but I went a while to

get to surg, longer than originally planned, partially bec of a

paperwork mess up, but lucked out not needing the lower done, just

genio. And it was " perfect " -as they tell me...the procedure, the

results, the healing...but what impresses my OS and why he wants to

hang up my pre-and-post-ops on his walls (of which he has none now)

was as he put it, my " self " . He said I had a wonderful attitude,

great resolve, perseverance, and determination...all that helped in

ways I may never truly know...but I healed amazingly well, getting

sensations back to my face very very early (which is why he doesn't

know what to tell me w/pallet) and I was open all the way much sooner

than he thought too, and so far, movement even with brace-tweaks has

been near nothing.

I too and still adjusting to ME...I do look different. I had someone

ask me-several people actually if my fiancé was mad or if he can

still recognize me in a crowd...silly I thought, but I guess if I

didn't watch each second of the process maybe I would see it more.

The side-by-side profile and front from my OR had me staring at me

for the longest time, even my brow changed shape! Who knew!?

As to popping, only once, and that's more than enough...spooky and

just felt icky.

I am clenching at night...Quite a lot. I am intensively trying not

to, even stretching, calming my thoughts before sleep, NG...broke off

a brace last week, another one this week...so now they are talking

about a lower removable night retainer with squishy tops for my teeth

to not hit...mo'money, but necessary.

(oh and as to my pics...I don't have a scanner and my helpful friend

has been sporadic in offering time to get them online...I do have a

pic from a cell phone I can send you, are you at hotmail? I would

rather send TO you for now, if you want...bec it's not so good. my

eyes look sooo dark-kinda ill and I have no pre op yet...let me know)

Have you heard from mindy or Tompool? He was running for political

office post-op!

I do keep in touch with someone I met locally on here, she's

amazing...she had the total opp prob of me, but is thin as a rail

like me too, and she and I traded recipes on blending things and

gained weight and we share an OS-that's where we actually said hello,

and he notes that we were his 2 toughest cases and came out great!

always nice to hear

oh and PS--I can't still use toothpaste bec while I can't feel

everything, I can scream aloud from intense mint smushed up against

my gums! this too should pass...

did you do upper? bec every so often I feel sorta spongy when I push

up on my pallet with my tongue...might be the gums returning or the

scar tissue healing...like now, they feel this way-sorta

foreign...and then when I breath in, I can sense the air moving

through my gums/teeth-wacky right?

Ok, this wasn't a note, it was a novel!

Sorry to be SO wordy, I'm excited to hear from you

JO

> >

> > Hi Tom!

> >

> > Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

> >

> > How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> > thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but

we

> > made it through!

> >

> > I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should be

> > getting the braces off soon...

> > they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower

front

> to

> > help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the

braces!

> > Woo-Hoo!

> >

> > So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for my

> > normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that when

> I

> > go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> > I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big fear

> is

> > them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that is)

> for

> > Feb!

> > SO exciting!

> >

> > My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

> closing

> > my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck Mon

> > into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out of

> no

> > where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the left...strange

> and

> > didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> > YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very weird.

> > Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

> say.

> > I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens again.

> >

> > So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

> other

> > August surgery buddies are?!

> > JO

[Guest guest]

Hey Jo...yeah I tend to write a lot too when i post :-) but i

haven't heard from any other of our august buddies. i'm really

curious as to how they are recovering!! oh...guess what! i got my

braces off today!!! omg...i was sooo excited. I absolutely love the

new me. and my entire OD office is just in like complete amazement

of me(i honestly don't intend for that to sound conceited!!). i was

one of those more complex cases as well. one of the assistants there

was showing me my before pictures...before i got my braces on last

march. omg...i didn't even want to look at it. my bite was

awful...my face was out of line...i had no chin. and then they took

new pictures today...and wow!! i couldn't believe how dramatic the

changes were...in only a 9 month period. i'm so excited

though...because i was supposed to have the on at least 6 more months

(what my OD said last march). so this means i'll have a great smile

for my college graduation this may...woohoo! yeah...i would love to

see a pic of the new you. i'm sure you've seen mine in the album.

i'll post some with my braces off just as soon as i can. but my

email is tstapleton01@.... that's weird about you and the

toothpaste. but i can relate...i don't have much feeling my my upper

gums either...doesn't bother me though. well i could keep on

writin...but i should get back to work! i'll keep post again soon

though!

Tom

> > >

> > > Hi Tom!

> > >

> > > Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

> > >

> > > How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> > > thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but

> we

> > > made it through!

> > >

> > > I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should

be

> > > getting the braces off soon...

> > > they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower

> front

> > to

> > > help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the

> braces!

> > > Woo-Hoo!

> > >

> > > So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for

my

> > > normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that

when

> > I

> > > go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> > > I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big

fear

> > is

> > > them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that

is)

> > for

> > > Feb!

> > > SO exciting!

> > >

> > > My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

> > closing

> > > my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck

Mon

> > > into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out

of

> > no

> > > where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the

left...strange

> > and

> > > didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> > > YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very

weird.

> > > Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

> > say.

> > > I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens

again.

> > >

> > > So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

> > other

> > > August surgery buddies are?!

> > > JO

[Guest guest]

Hey Jo...yeah I tend to write a lot too when i post :-) but i

haven't heard from any other of our august buddies. i'm really

curious as to how they are recovering!! oh...guess what! i got my

braces off today!!! omg...i was sooo excited. I absolutely love the

new me. and my entire OD office is just in like complete amazement

of me(i honestly don't intend for that to sound conceited!!). i was

one of those more complex cases as well. one of the assistants there

was showing me my before pictures...before i got my braces on last

march. omg...i didn't even want to look at it. my bite was

awful...my face was out of line...i had no chin. and then they took

new pictures today...and wow!! i couldn't believe how dramatic the

changes were...in only a 9 month period. i'm so excited

though...because i was supposed to have the on at least 6 more months

(what my OD said last march). so this means i'll have a great smile

for my college graduation this may...woohoo! yeah...i would love to

see a pic of the new you. i'm sure you've seen mine in the album.

i'll post some with my braces off just as soon as i can. but my

email is tstapleton01@.... that's weird about you and the

toothpaste. but i can relate...i don't have much feeling my my upper

gums either...doesn't bother me though. well i could keep on

writin...but i should get back to work! i'll keep post again soon

though!

Tom

> > >

> > > Hi Tom!

> > >

> > > Long lost friend here...JO-August surgery buddy

> > >

> > > How you feeling...I just wrote back to an insomia posting, was

> > > thinking of you and me and our very awake days and nights...but

> we

> > > made it through!

> > >

> > > I am now about 5 mths post-op...look good, feel good...should

be

> > > getting the braces off soon...

> > > they want me to get a permanent retainer inside bottom lower

> front

> > to

> > > help stablize my teeth...then impressions and OFF with the

> braces!

> > > Woo-Hoo!

> > >

> > > So happy when I heard that they would take the impression for

my

> > > normal after braces retainer with my braces still on so that

when

> > I

> > > go to have them taken off, the retainer goes right on!

> > > I almost slid off my chair like ahhhhhhh. I am safe! (my big

fear

> > is

> > > them moving around)That's scheduled for (taking them off that

is)

> > for

> > > Feb!

> > > SO exciting!

> > >

> > > My only challenges is that I seem to be so comfortable with

> > closing

> > > my mouth now that I clentch my teeth at night sometimes, heck

Mon

> > > into Tues I bit off a bracket! yupper...and then yesterday out

of

> > no

> > > where I moved my jaw and got a pop sounds from the

left...strange

> > and

> > > didn't hurt, felt like my jaw popped...hasn;t done that In

> > > YEARS...before when I had TMJ in HS it did some, but very

weird.

> > > Didn't hurt and didn't make any motion to do so again...who can

> > say.

> > > I feel ok and that's what I will run with unless it happens

again.

> > >

> > > So update me, how you're feeling and what not! Wonder how our

> > other

> > > August surgery buddies are?!

> > > JO