Re: 11 days post op YIKES

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Hopefully it will help to know you are not alone!! I am 8 days post-

op, and also had a rotten Thanksgiving! However, I got my husband

to freeze me a " thanksgiving dinner " , who knows when I can eat it,

but it will be there.

I had upper and lower surgery, to correct for asymmetry. Aside from

the the difficulties immediately following surgery, I feel I am

doing very well. I am wired shut with a bite plate, and was

unpleasantly surprised to find out how difficult it was to speak. I

have one more week until I move to rubber bands. I am also trying

to get enough nutrition with protein shakes and so forth- but am

quite sick anything sweet or made with cream/milk. I am using a

syringe to " eat " - it seems to work fairly well, except what ever I

am eating has to be very thinned down.

Good luck to you.

>

> Hello all...

>

> I just figured out how to post here, so I hope this works. I have

> been following along via email alert, reading your comments and

what

> you've been through, but it took this long to figure out how to

> respond! I am SO frustrated with not being able to communicate! I

> didnt think I was going to bruise at all..and then, after my

swelling

> went down...I am blue, purple, green and yellow from my chest to my

> nose. I asked my doctor what the heck he did with me while I was

> under! Aaackkkkk! Is anyone else having the problem with the

sides of

> their cheeks being rubbed raw from the bands? and sucking through

the

> blasted straws? I cannot get actual food liquid enough to eat that

> way, and so I am wasting away eating shakes, protein drinks etc.

I am

> SO SICK of chocolate anything! I only had my lower jaw advanced,

so I

> cannot imagine what having both jaws done would be like. It is

nice

> to know that there are others that understand my pain and

> frustrations. I wish you all the best of the best.

>

> FYI - THis was the WORST thanksgiving Ive ever had!!!!!! I forgot

how

> much I loved turkey, and rolls, and well everything solid!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Hopefully it will help to know you are not alone!! I am 8 days post-

op, and also had a rotten Thanksgiving! However, I got my husband

to freeze me a " thanksgiving dinner " , who knows when I can eat it,

but it will be there.

I had upper and lower surgery, to correct for asymmetry. Aside from

the the difficulties immediately following surgery, I feel I am

doing very well. I am wired shut with a bite plate, and was

unpleasantly surprised to find out how difficult it was to speak. I

have one more week until I move to rubber bands. I am also trying

to get enough nutrition with protein shakes and so forth- but am

quite sick anything sweet or made with cream/milk. I am using a

syringe to " eat " - it seems to work fairly well, except what ever I

am eating has to be very thinned down.

Good luck to you.

>

> Hello all...

>

> I just figured out how to post here, so I hope this works. I have

> been following along via email alert, reading your comments and

what

> you've been through, but it took this long to figure out how to

> respond! I am SO frustrated with not being able to communicate! I

> didnt think I was going to bruise at all..and then, after my

swelling

> went down...I am blue, purple, green and yellow from my chest to my

> nose. I asked my doctor what the heck he did with me while I was

> under! Aaackkkkk! Is anyone else having the problem with the

sides of

> their cheeks being rubbed raw from the bands? and sucking through

the

> blasted straws? I cannot get actual food liquid enough to eat that

> way, and so I am wasting away eating shakes, protein drinks etc.

I am

> SO SICK of chocolate anything! I only had my lower jaw advanced,

so I

> cannot imagine what having both jaws done would be like. It is

nice

> to know that there are others that understand my pain and

> frustrations. I wish you all the best of the best.

>

> FYI - THis was the WORST thanksgiving Ive ever had!!!!!! I forgot

how

> much I loved turkey, and rolls, and well everything solid!

[Guest guest]

Your post worked fine... And welcome to the group.

You sound frustrated, and I don't blame you. But if you're 11 days

out of surgery, you're past the hardest part, I'd think.

Do you have a dry erase board? If not, invest in one, or get someone

to get one for you. That's a big aid to communication. (I have never

understood why hospitals don't provide these. I mean, if they could

sell me a flashlight post-op -- which they did, at a lavish price,

I'm sure -- why can't they provide a dry-erase board for those who

need one?)

I bruised a lot, too -- but then I bruise a lot if a leaf brushes

me. It's not at all unusual, and will go away soon, I'd expect. You

might try applying some arnica cream to speed things up -- that's a

health-food-store remedy for bruising (and maybe swelling, too).

Yep. The elastics irritated my cheeks. Not badly, but particularly

the ones up front were a nuisance. Bad news: If your treatment is at

all like mine, be prepared for more of them in your future. But

you'll get through it. Vitamin E oil might help.

Through a straw? Are you sure you're sposed to be doing that? Some

docs ban straws for a while, to protect the stitches.

To liquefy, add broth, milk, even water, or juice -- whatever fits

what you're trying to eat/drink. You do have a blender, don't you?

Are you wired? Banded? or " just " struggling?

And hey, this may be the worst thanksgiving you've had, but

Christmas isn't far away, and that may be the best! (More turkey and

dressing. And as an oral surgeon recently remarked to me, all the

best stuff is soft.... Mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, cranberry

jelly, etc., etc.)

And I'll bet NEXT year's Thanksgiving will also be the best ever.

Hang in there.

Cammie

>

> Hello all...

>

> I just figured out how to post here, so I hope this works. I have

> been following along via email alert, reading your comments and

what

> you've been through, but it took this long to figure out how to

> respond! I am SO frustrated with not being able to communicate! I

> didnt think I was going to bruise at all..and then, after my

swelling

> went down...I am blue, purple, green and yellow from my chest to my

> nose. I asked my doctor what the heck he did with me while I was

> under! Aaackkkkk! Is anyone else having the problem with the

sides of

> their cheeks being rubbed raw from the bands? and sucking through

the

> blasted straws? I cannot get actual food liquid enough to eat that

> way, and so I am wasting away eating shakes, protein drinks etc.

I am

> SO SICK of chocolate anything! I only had my lower jaw advanced,

so I

> cannot imagine what having both jaws done would be like. It is

nice

> to know that there are others that understand my pain and

> frustrations. I wish you all the best of the best.

>

> FYI - THis was the WORST thanksgiving Ive ever had!!!!!! I forgot

how

> much I loved turkey, and rolls, and well everything solid!

[Guest guest]

Your post worked fine... And welcome to the group.

You sound frustrated, and I don't blame you. But if you're 11 days

out of surgery, you're past the hardest part, I'd think.

Do you have a dry erase board? If not, invest in one, or get someone

to get one for you. That's a big aid to communication. (I have never

understood why hospitals don't provide these. I mean, if they could

sell me a flashlight post-op -- which they did, at a lavish price,

I'm sure -- why can't they provide a dry-erase board for those who

need one?)

I bruised a lot, too -- but then I bruise a lot if a leaf brushes

me. It's not at all unusual, and will go away soon, I'd expect. You

might try applying some arnica cream to speed things up -- that's a

health-food-store remedy for bruising (and maybe swelling, too).

Yep. The elastics irritated my cheeks. Not badly, but particularly

the ones up front were a nuisance. Bad news: If your treatment is at

all like mine, be prepared for more of them in your future. But

you'll get through it. Vitamin E oil might help.

Through a straw? Are you sure you're sposed to be doing that? Some

docs ban straws for a while, to protect the stitches.

To liquefy, add broth, milk, even water, or juice -- whatever fits

what you're trying to eat/drink. You do have a blender, don't you?

Are you wired? Banded? or " just " struggling?

And hey, this may be the worst thanksgiving you've had, but

Christmas isn't far away, and that may be the best! (More turkey and

dressing. And as an oral surgeon recently remarked to me, all the

best stuff is soft.... Mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, cranberry

jelly, etc., etc.)

And I'll bet NEXT year's Thanksgiving will also be the best ever.

Hang in there.

Cammie

>

> Hello all...

>

> I just figured out how to post here, so I hope this works. I have

> been following along via email alert, reading your comments and

what

> you've been through, but it took this long to figure out how to

> respond! I am SO frustrated with not being able to communicate! I

> didnt think I was going to bruise at all..and then, after my

swelling

> went down...I am blue, purple, green and yellow from my chest to my

> nose. I asked my doctor what the heck he did with me while I was

> under! Aaackkkkk! Is anyone else having the problem with the

sides of

> their cheeks being rubbed raw from the bands? and sucking through

the

> blasted straws? I cannot get actual food liquid enough to eat that

> way, and so I am wasting away eating shakes, protein drinks etc.

I am

> SO SICK of chocolate anything! I only had my lower jaw advanced,

so I

> cannot imagine what having both jaws done would be like. It is

nice

> to know that there are others that understand my pain and

> frustrations. I wish you all the best of the best.

>

> FYI - THis was the WORST thanksgiving Ive ever had!!!!!! I forgot

how

> much I loved turkey, and rolls, and well everything solid!