Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 I will have upper/lower/genio on Tuesday. So I am fairly anxious. I am trying to understand more about 1. Support after hospital release. I am single, with a good bunch of friends who are going to rotate coming to stay with me for the first two weeks. Yesterday, a doctor mentioned i might think about in-home nursing to help me in the first couple of days. With drinking/pain management etc I guess. Any views on how useful this might be? 2. How pain management works at home. What should I ask for/will they give me? 3. Oral care post-op. I am in a job that has a very social context and quite apart from the embarrassment of feeding etc (just what do I do at a business lunch?!) I am concerned that i will have very bad breath... (Quite apart from the general worry, I have become paranoid about not getting a cold before the op). reading this back, I see a bit of a whine.... Excuse the moan but the surgery dominates my mind at the moment and this group at least is one environment who ets it. All i get from people who don't know me well is " Are you sure you need this? " or 'Is this cosmetic surgery? " . not very helpful when yesterday they put the lugs on my braces.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 I will have upper/lower/genio on Tuesday. So I am fairly anxious. I am trying to understand more about 1. Support after hospital release. I am single, with a good bunch of friends who are going to rotate coming to stay with me for the first two weeks. Yesterday, a doctor mentioned i might think about in-home nursing to help me in the first couple of days. With drinking/pain management etc I guess. Any views on how useful this might be? 2. How pain management works at home. What should I ask for/will they give me? 3. Oral care post-op. I am in a job that has a very social context and quite apart from the embarrassment of feeding etc (just what do I do at a business lunch?!) I am concerned that i will have very bad breath... (Quite apart from the general worry, I have become paranoid about not getting a cold before the op). reading this back, I see a bit of a whine.... Excuse the moan but the surgery dominates my mind at the moment and this group at least is one environment who ets it. All i get from people who don't know me well is " Are you sure you need this? " or 'Is this cosmetic surgery? " . not very helpful when yesterday they put the lugs on my braces.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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