Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I know the feeling alot of you crawling around this site have. " Oh Boy...what am I doing " Trust me I looked at enough of the pictures on this site to give me convulsions prior to my Oct 21st upper and lower surgery. I realize that everyone is different but from my perspective it really is not that bad. I prepared for my surgery for nearly 3 years. Between, the orthodontics, insurance issues, and my Oral Surgeon not being local it took that long to get ready. I will highlight my experience briefly and hopefully it will put some of you pre-opers at ease as others made me feel. First of all I will start off that NONE of the post-op uncomforts out weigh the feeling of relief that the surgery is over, trust me on this. the instant you wake up you will be thankful you are on the other side. The worst for me was in the OR prior to going to sleep. I was watching 8 people in masks prepare to tear me apart, soon I was in la la land and barely remember the recovery room. In recovery my only thought was that I know I should be in pain, but I am not and I can even open my mouth....what is goin going on?? Soon i realized that the pain medication was allowing me to not feel anything which is why I could open so much, after the drip was off opening was not so easy. I can honestly say that I was not in any pain and had the drip turned off just a few hours after surgery (I never pushed the button even once) I stayed in the hospital for 1 day after surgery and the swelling was intense (no pain). It really was not bad. Yes you will have some uncomforts such as; 1. Difficult to breathe as easy 2. Swelling will make you feel like you have a strethed face 3. numbness 4. Drinking out of a syringe is a bit humbling 5. Sleeping was not easy for a couple of days 9 days post op and the swelling is 80% gone, I am drinking out of a cup and/or straw and activity is increasing. The liquid diet is really not that bad (ice cream, ensure, carnation, STARBUCKS Blended Mochas, and lots of soups) No pain medication. I am actually going back to work on Monday (11 days post op). I don't want to ramble on, if you have additional questions you can email me directly at jangevine_2000@.... Don't be nervous. Get yourself some company, a TV guide (difficult to focus on reading for a day or so), plenty of ice and you will be fine! As someone else said this is improvement surgery, not life threatning. Every hour gets better! GOOD LUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I know the feeling alot of you crawling around this site have. " Oh Boy...what am I doing " Trust me I looked at enough of the pictures on this site to give me convulsions prior to my Oct 21st upper and lower surgery. I realize that everyone is different but from my perspective it really is not that bad. I prepared for my surgery for nearly 3 years. Between, the orthodontics, insurance issues, and my Oral Surgeon not being local it took that long to get ready. I will highlight my experience briefly and hopefully it will put some of you pre-opers at ease as others made me feel. First of all I will start off that NONE of the post-op uncomforts out weigh the feeling of relief that the surgery is over, trust me on this. the instant you wake up you will be thankful you are on the other side. The worst for me was in the OR prior to going to sleep. I was watching 8 people in masks prepare to tear me apart, soon I was in la la land and barely remember the recovery room. In recovery my only thought was that I know I should be in pain, but I am not and I can even open my mouth....what is goin going on?? Soon i realized that the pain medication was allowing me to not feel anything which is why I could open so much, after the drip was off opening was not so easy. I can honestly say that I was not in any pain and had the drip turned off just a few hours after surgery (I never pushed the button even once) I stayed in the hospital for 1 day after surgery and the swelling was intense (no pain). It really was not bad. Yes you will have some uncomforts such as; 1. Difficult to breathe as easy 2. Swelling will make you feel like you have a strethed face 3. numbness 4. Drinking out of a syringe is a bit humbling 5. Sleeping was not easy for a couple of days 9 days post op and the swelling is 80% gone, I am drinking out of a cup and/or straw and activity is increasing. The liquid diet is really not that bad (ice cream, ensure, carnation, STARBUCKS Blended Mochas, and lots of soups) No pain medication. I am actually going back to work on Monday (11 days post op). I don't want to ramble on, if you have additional questions you can email me directly at jangevine_2000@.... Don't be nervous. Get yourself some company, a TV guide (difficult to focus on reading for a day or so), plenty of ice and you will be fine! As someone else said this is improvement surgery, not life threatning. Every hour gets better! GOOD LUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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