It's my 2 year anniversary today !

[Guest guest]

Today is my two year anniversary for upper/lower/genio !

I'm celebrating much as I did last year, no food from midnight until

after the noon hour, which is when they wheeled me back up to my

private room after the surgery (it was at 8:30 am, and a 3 and a half

hour event). Then I'll have a can of Ensure for my lunch. After my

monthly massage therapy this evening, we'll go out for dinner to

celebrate. No steaks, as we both became vegetarians about a month and

a half ago. I've never felt better, and my husband has already lost

18 pounds on a much healthier diet.

For those of you new to all of this, I have posted mine and others'

surgery experiences on the geocities site at

http://www.geocities.com/orthognathicinfo/ click on PERSONAL SURGERY

EXPERIENCES on the left hand sidebar.

I had an easy and quick recovery. I did lots of things to give myself

the best possible chance at it, as you'll read on the geocities site,

but I also had a really positive attitude going into things. These

sites also helped tremendously. I remember when I first joined, back

in Feb of 2001, I was pretty scared to find out what was going to

happen to me - had I known it from my ortho or surgeon, I might have

backed down from it. It's incredibly helpful to hear others' stories,

and to meet other patients, as I've been fortunate to do, both online

and in person.

My photos are on site 2 under Fiddlesticks folder. I should

probably post an updated one, but there's not a heck of a lot of

change from the last one. That site is at

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/orthognaticsurgerysite2 (you'll

have to become a member to view the photos, but there's lots there).

Thanks to all for your support!

[Guest guest]

Today is my two year anniversary for upper/lower/genio !

I'm celebrating much as I did last year, no food from midnight until

after the noon hour, which is when they wheeled me back up to my

private room after the surgery (it was at 8:30 am, and a 3 and a half

hour event). Then I'll have a can of Ensure for my lunch. After my

monthly massage therapy this evening, we'll go out for dinner to

celebrate. No steaks, as we both became vegetarians about a month and

a half ago. I've never felt better, and my husband has already lost

18 pounds on a much healthier diet.

For those of you new to all of this, I have posted mine and others'

surgery experiences on the geocities site at

http://www.geocities.com/orthognathicinfo/ click on PERSONAL SURGERY

EXPERIENCES on the left hand sidebar.

I had an easy and quick recovery. I did lots of things to give myself

the best possible chance at it, as you'll read on the geocities site,

but I also had a really positive attitude going into things. These

sites also helped tremendously. I remember when I first joined, back

in Feb of 2001, I was pretty scared to find out what was going to

happen to me - had I known it from my ortho or surgeon, I might have

backed down from it. It's incredibly helpful to hear others' stories,

and to meet other patients, as I've been fortunate to do, both online

and in person.

My photos are on site 2 under Fiddlesticks folder. I should

probably post an updated one, but there's not a heck of a lot of

change from the last one. That site is at

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/orthognaticsurgerysite2 (you'll

have to become a member to view the photos, but there's lots there).

Thanks to all for your support!