6 weeks post-op (numbness and swelling)

[Guest guest]

Hello!

I have been lurking on these forums here and there for the past

year, prior to my surgery. Now that my surgery is done, I am coming

back for a debriefing ;-)

I'm a 29 years old male, 5'9 " , 215 lbs. I had upper advancement,

lower moved back and chin advancement on oct. 25. They also

extracted my remaining wisdom tooth while they were at it.

I am doing pretty good, I am taking a while to swell down according

to my surgeon... I still have a lot of numbness around my chin and

lower lip, even after 6 weeks.

I am a little worried about my new look, the upper jaw moved forward

causes the upper lip to be a little more " supported " , which I am not

sure I like 100 %.

The whole recovery was relatively painless, the only things I

disliked were the Dilaudid (morphine?) shots in my arms or thighs

every 4 hours for about two days, post-op. Other than this, no

problem at all. Everyone wondering about the pain should jump right

in and have the surgery! Strangely, the thing I was the most worried

about was the initial injection on the OR table where they start the

IV : it was painless since the anesthesiologist used a super-tiny

needle to numb the area before inserting the larger thing.

I'm on the other side and proud of it! A whole lot of pics can be

found here :

http://www.fireindahole.com/surgery/Page.html

Bebert

[Guest guest]

Hello!

I have been lurking on these forums here and there for the past

year, prior to my surgery. Now that my surgery is done, I am coming

back for a debriefing ;-)

I'm a 29 years old male, 5'9 " , 215 lbs. I had upper advancement,

lower moved back and chin advancement on oct. 25. They also

extracted my remaining wisdom tooth while they were at it.

I am doing pretty good, I am taking a while to swell down according

to my surgeon... I still have a lot of numbness around my chin and

lower lip, even after 6 weeks.

I am a little worried about my new look, the upper jaw moved forward

causes the upper lip to be a little more " supported " , which I am not

sure I like 100 %.

The whole recovery was relatively painless, the only things I

disliked were the Dilaudid (morphine?) shots in my arms or thighs

every 4 hours for about two days, post-op. Other than this, no

problem at all. Everyone wondering about the pain should jump right

in and have the surgery! Strangely, the thing I was the most worried

about was the initial injection on the OR table where they start the

IV : it was painless since the anesthesiologist used a super-tiny

needle to numb the area before inserting the larger thing.

I'm on the other side and proud of it! A whole lot of pics can be

found here :

http://www.fireindahole.com/surgery/Page.html

Bebert