Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 I must admit I have been an awful patient. I have truly suffered for 5 solid weeks of pain, numbness, frustration, inability to communicate effectively, hunger (most of all), but I only have 6 more days....and then the wires are off. I would like to think life goes back to normal then (normal for wearing braces at least). But I do have some fears, fear of the moment the OS cuts my wires. I am afraid my jaw will hurt and I won't be able to move it. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat much for a while due to lack of range of motion. I am still a little afraid I won't be pleased with the results (after all this) But I know no matter what ...life will be different, than it was presurgery and different from how it is now. I will appreciate the little things like laughing with coworkers during a break, eating in the lounge, talking to my daughter, eating food!! I appreciate ALL foods now. What I would give for a ham sandwhich or a tomatoe with Italain dressing. I don't think I am going to be so picky!! I also won't mind a cold. Hey, an unwired cold has got to better than a wired one! I felt like my jaw has been pulled out of their sockets with all the coughing I did today. I don't know if its all been worth it? I suspect it will have been though. And in a couple of months I suspect I will think this whole begrudging process will have been a breeze, a fleeting moment in my life. It seemed like an eternity counting down 5 1/2 weeks and I was pretty mean along the way to everyone including myself. However, now that I am approaching a new mild stone in all this I am grateful for being able to have insurance to afford to do it, to spend so much effort on something like my smile, to know what it feels like to suffer through something, for being lucky enough to have family and friends to take care of me, and for having all of you to vent, question, cry , and do whatever else we do every day. Yep, 6 days doesn't seem long at all...was anyone who was wired from a LeFort2 able to eat immediately after being unwired??? Just checking! Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Hey Jane, 6 days sound like nothing now! Take it easy in the beginning - things will definitely be easier, but going back to normal is a process, sometimes slow, but it keeps moving nevertheless. Prepare something soft for yourself to chew on, and I'm sure that first piece of food will taste like heaven to you . I got my surgical wires off today ( a little earlier than scheduled). I had to come into the ortho's office because 3 of my brackets unglued and the archwire broke and the whole structure was just hanging in my mouth. So, they took the whole thing off and put in a normal wire. Now I just have regular braces, what a relief! The bottom teeth will be done on Wednesday though. 6 days will go by very fast! Irene. > > I must admit I have been an awful patient. I have truly suffered for > 5 solid weeks of pain, numbness, frustration, inability to > communicate effectively, hunger (most of all), but I only have 6 more > days....and then the wires are off. I would like to think life goes > back to normal then (normal for wearing braces at least). But I do > have some fears, fear of the moment the OS cuts my wires. I am > afraid my jaw will hurt and I won't be able to move it. I'm afraid I > won't be able to eat much for a while due to lack of range of > motion. I am still a little afraid I won't be pleased with the > results (after all this) But I know no matter what ...life will be > different, than it was presurgery and different from how it is now. > > I will appreciate the little things like laughing with coworkers > during a break, eating in the lounge, talking to my daughter, eating > food!! I appreciate ALL foods now. What I would give for a ham > sandwhich or a tomatoe with Italain dressing. I don't think I am > going to be so picky!! I also won't mind a cold. Hey, an unwired > cold has got to better than a wired one! I felt like my jaw has been > pulled out of their sockets with all the coughing I did today. > > I don't know if its all been worth it? I suspect it will have been > though. And in a couple of months I suspect I will think this whole > begrudging process will have been a breeze, a fleeting moment in my > life. It seemed like an eternity counting down 5 1/2 weeks and I was > pretty mean along the way to everyone including myself. However, now > that I am approaching a new mild stone in all this I am grateful for > being able to have insurance to afford to do it, to spend so much > effort on something like my smile, to know what it feels like to > suffer through something, for being lucky enough to have family and > friends to take care of me, and for having all of you to vent, > question, cry , and do whatever else we do every day. Yep, 6 days > doesn't seem long at all...was anyone who was wired from a LeFort2 > able to eat immediately after being unwired??? Just checking! > > Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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