to Nathalie Re: Joint Pain post-op

[Guest guest]

I can't open wide enough for my ortho to get in and look. I think I

need x-rays and my ear checked. I'm sure the ear pain is from the

swelling in the joint causing pressure. I am sitting at my desk at

work considering leaving at noon beacause the ibuprofen doesn't cut

it and I don't want to make a habit of taking pain pills at work, so

I may have to take half a day off so I can go home and get some

relief.

I have tried heat it does help, but sometimes Ice works as well. I

think the heat helps the pain and the ice helps the swelling. I'm

still swollen on that side, the other side is almost back to normal.

Marsha

> > > > > > > hi,all... haven't posted in a while. just wanted to

> update

> > > > > really

> > > > > > > quick - i see a lot of new names on here. i had upper

> and

> > > > lower

> > > > > > > surgery on march 16th. i was wired shut for the full

six

> > > > weeks -

> > > > > > > hated it. my lower jaw was moved back to correct an

> > anterior

> > > > > open

> > > > > > > bite. anyway, i just got the last of my braces off on

> > > > monday!!!

> > > > > > > they took the top brackets off two weeks ago. i LOVE

> LOVE

> > > LOVE

> > > > > the

> > > > > > > results. downfalls - i still can't open as wide as i

> used

> > to

> > > > and

> > > > > i

> > > > > > > wonder if i ever will. i occasionaly get some soreness

> if

> > i

> > > > eat

> > > > > > > something to chewy or yawn too much. but overall, i'm

> very

> > > > > pleased

> > > > > > > with the results.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > this thing consumed my life for over 2 years, when i

> first

> > > > heard

> > > > > i

> > > > > > > was to have the surgery... and then going through

having

> > > > braces,

> > > > > > > which made me so self-conscious. i work in the

> > entertainment

> > > > > > > industry so it was hard being around people who are

> > visually

> > > > > > oriented

> > > > > > > and looking the way i did. but now my confidence is so

> > much

> > > > > > better!

> > > > > > > i've found myself even talking more loudly and more

> often!

> > i

> > > > > just

> > > > > > > don't want to hide anymore. i wanna show off my

teeth!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > anyway, all of this to say - i really hope that

everyone

> > here

> > > > has

> > > > > > the

> > > > > > > same happy outcome that i have. there are pros and

cons

> to

> > > > > > > everything in life. but i don't regret doing this at

> > all...

> > > > not

> > > > > > even

> > > > > > > at my lowest point did i regret it because i focused on

> the

> > > > final

> > > > > > > outcome.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > okay, off my soapbox and back to work!!!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > heather

[Guest guest]

I can't open wide enough for my ortho to get in and look. I think I

need x-rays and my ear checked. I'm sure the ear pain is from the

swelling in the joint causing pressure. I am sitting at my desk at

work considering leaving at noon beacause the ibuprofen doesn't cut

it and I don't want to make a habit of taking pain pills at work, so

I may have to take half a day off so I can go home and get some

relief.

I have tried heat it does help, but sometimes Ice works as well. I

think the heat helps the pain and the ice helps the swelling. I'm

still swollen on that side, the other side is almost back to normal.

Marsha

> > > > > > > hi,all... haven't posted in a while. just wanted to

> update

> > > > > really

> > > > > > > quick - i see a lot of new names on here. i had upper

> and

> > > > lower

> > > > > > > surgery on march 16th. i was wired shut for the full

six

> > > > weeks -

> > > > > > > hated it. my lower jaw was moved back to correct an

> > anterior

> > > > > open

> > > > > > > bite. anyway, i just got the last of my braces off on

> > > > monday!!!

> > > > > > > they took the top brackets off two weeks ago. i LOVE

> LOVE

> > > LOVE

> > > > > the

> > > > > > > results. downfalls - i still can't open as wide as i

> used

> > to

> > > > and

> > > > > i

> > > > > > > wonder if i ever will. i occasionaly get some soreness

> if

> > i

> > > > eat

> > > > > > > something to chewy or yawn too much. but overall, i'm

> very

> > > > > pleased

> > > > > > > with the results.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > this thing consumed my life for over 2 years, when i

> first

> > > > heard

> > > > > i

> > > > > > > was to have the surgery... and then going through

having

> > > > braces,

> > > > > > > which made me so self-conscious. i work in the

> > entertainment

> > > > > > > industry so it was hard being around people who are

> > visually

> > > > > > oriented

> > > > > > > and looking the way i did. but now my confidence is so

> > much

> > > > > > better!

> > > > > > > i've found myself even talking more loudly and more

> often!

> > i

> > > > > just

> > > > > > > don't want to hide anymore. i wanna show off my

teeth!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > anyway, all of this to say - i really hope that

everyone

> > here

> > > > has

> > > > > > the

> > > > > > > same happy outcome that i have. there are pros and

cons

> to

> > > > > > > everything in life. but i don't regret doing this at

> > all...

> > > > not

> > > > > > even

> > > > > > > at my lowest point did i regret it because i focused on

> the

> > > > final

> > > > > > > outcome.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > okay, off my soapbox and back to work!!!

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > heather