Re: Drooling, and Packing on roof of mouth?

[Guest guest]

Hi Nina

I had my surgery on 1 Feb. I drooled loads over the first 10 days or

so but it seems to have stopped now. It seemed to stop when my lips

stopped being as swollen. The worst thing for me was that I couldn't

feel myself drooling until I felt the wet all down my t-shirt or my

boyfriend pointed it out to me!

I've not got any kind of packing on the roof of my mouth so I can't

say much about that. The roof of my mouth was really numb for the

first few days after surgery and I thought that I had something

stuck to it like when I had to have surgery on my gums and the

dentist took a bit of skin from the roof of my mouth to use it

elsewhere. I always had the impression that was coming unstuck and I

was scared of choking on it but it never happened - I think it

turned out that it had been stitched to the roof of my mouth so it

couldn't fall off, can't quite remember, it was two years ago.

Bye and good luck!

>

> Please excuse the disjointed nature of this missive, as it's hard

to

> look down without drooling all over the keyboard.

>

> I've been lurking for a bit, as I had upper and lower jaw surgery

on

> February 3rd with Dr. Arnett in Santa Barbara. Things proceeded

> almost exactly like he said they would - first day was great,

second

> day there was swelling, by day four I wondered why on earth I

> decided to have the surgery, and by day seven, I was okay again.

> I'm on...day nine, I guess? I haven't needed pain meds since

about

> day five, just some swelling and my lips still feel huge.

>

> However, I'm having two issues:

>

> a) DROOLING. Seriously, I should wear a lobster bib whereever I

> go. Does everyone have this? IN the time it's taken to type this

> much, it looks like I'm foaming at the mouth!

>

> The packing that's on the top of my mouth feels like it's

slowly

> coming off. Sometimes when I rinse, it falls out (gross, I'm

sorry)

> and sometimes it feels like when I swallow, I'm going to swallow

> it. Is this bad and/or dangerous? I'm not spitting blood or

> anything, and I'm soing my rinses religiously. (I can't wait til I

> start brushing!) I'm drinking a lot of carbonated

beverages 'cause

> I'm still having a problem with phlegm, and I don't know if this

is

> making it bad or worse or it doesn't really matter.

>

> If anyone's got any experiences to share, I'd be most grateful.

>

> The Ever-Drooly,

> Nina

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Nina,

>

> Welcome to the Wonderful World of Drool! I was an inhabitant for

a

> while myself (I'm going on 7 weeks post-op, upper + genio). I was

so

> bad that one time I woke up with drool on my *socks* -- boy, that

was

> glamorous. I have no idea on god's green earth how the drool got

all

> the way down from my mouth to my socks while I was asleep in bed,

but

> it did. I think the drooling hit me around day 10 or 12 (whenever

the

> chin bandage from my genio came off) and it lasted for about a

week

> or so after that. It will definitely get better as the swelling

goes

> down -- just keep lots of kleenex on hand in the meantime!

>

> Sara

Okay, so it isn't just me then.

I was well-prepared for everything except the drool. The worst part

is that since everything is numb, I can't feel it until it drips.

Tres attractive!

Cheers,

Nina

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Nina

>

> I had my surgery on 1 Feb. I drooled loads over the first 10 days

or

> so but it seems to have stopped now. It seemed to stop when my

lips

> stopped being as swollen. The worst thing for me was that I

couldn't

> feel myself drooling until I felt the wet all down my t-shirt or

my

> boyfriend pointed it out to me!

>

> I've not got any kind of packing on the roof of my mouth so I

can't

> say much about that. The roof of my mouth was really numb for the

> first few days after surgery and I thought that I had something

> stuck to it like when I had to have surgery on my gums and the

> dentist took a bit of skin from the roof of my mouth to use it

> elsewhere. I always had the impression that was coming unstuck and

I

> was scared of choking on it but it never happened - I think it

> turned out that it had been stitched to the roof of my mouth so it

> couldn't fall off, can't quite remember, it was two years ago.

>

> Bye and good luck!

>

Thanks! It's not really bothering me much this morning.

Cheers,

Nina