Re: 7 months after surgery, need some help

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I also had lower advancement and genio in June 04 and I am suffering

exactly the same pain/cracking probs. It is better than it was a

couple of months ago, but it's still not right. I'm hopeful that it

will improve further though. What is annoying me more is the

continued puffiness in my cheeks. Some days I am really pleased with

my new look and others I look all puffed up and stupid. There seems

to be no obvious reason why the levels of puffiness keep changing and

I would not have expected this to still be happeniong after 6 months.

Especially as I only had lower surgery. Do you have this problem?

Regards

Nic.

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>

> I had my surgery in june of 04 and i was wondering if anyone else

> had problems like im having. the first problem is that sometimes

> when i open my mouth (doesnt matter how wide) you can hear a

> cracking sound. Does that ever go away? Also i have had some pain

> just in one joint. I think that its because the joints are still

> stiff but im not sure. All of my numbness is pretty much gone but i

> still have very slight numbness in the inside of my bottom lip. I

> am positive the feeling will come back completely because i can

feel

> it tingle slighty throughout the day. I would like to hear about

> anyone else who is as close to as far along as i am or farther

> along.

[Guest guest]

I would talk to your surgeon if I were you, and ask him his opinion

about your complaints. I had my surgery (lower advancement, SARPE and

genio) on June 16 of 2004. I do not have the cracking sound. I hardly

ever have any joint pain. I do have limited opening of my mouth, but

I've noticed that that has become slightly better in the last weeks.

I never had a wide opening before the surgery either, so it doesn't

really bother me. I think that we're all still trying to adjust to

the new positions of our mouths, I for one am still learning the best

way to chew my food, to speak etc. I've done all of that a certain

way for 26 years, so relatively speaking, 7 months is a short time to

get it right.

Nathalie

>

> I had my surgery in june of 04 and i was wondering if anyone else

> had problems like im having. the first problem is that sometimes

> when i open my mouth (doesnt matter how wide) you can hear a

> cracking sound. Does that ever go away? Also i have had some pain

> just in one joint. I think that its because the joints are still

> stiff but im not sure. All of my numbness is pretty much gone but i

> still have very slight numbness in the inside of my bottom lip. I

> am positive the feeling will come back completely because i can

feel

> it tingle slighty throughout the day. I would like to hear about

> anyone else who is as close to as far along as i am or farther

> along.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I had lower jaw advancement on May 2004.

I have no numbness - actually, all numbness subsided within 3

months. If you're having the tingling, i'm sure the numbness in that

area will subside.

I consider myself close to, if not fully, healed. My only concern

now is the fact that i will need to wear braces for another 10

months; hence, wearing braces 1.5 years AFTER the surgery.

The 'cracking' is VERY concerning. I never had such challenges. Have

you disucssed this with your surgeon?

good luck!

>

> I had my surgery in june of 04 and i was wondering if anyone else

> had problems like im having. the first problem is that sometimes

> when i open my mouth (doesnt matter how wide) you can hear a

> cracking sound. Does that ever go away? Also i have had some

pain

> just in one joint. I think that its because the joints are still

> stiff but im not sure. All of my numbness is pretty much gone but

i

> still have very slight numbness in the inside of my bottom lip. I

> am positive the feeling will come back completely because i can

feel

> it tingle slighty throughout the day. I would like to hear about

> anyone else who is as close to as far along as i am or farther

> along.