Re: I'm nervous....

[Guest guest]

Rookie, friend. Nope, you won't emerge a better person. If you were

a creep, you'll still be a creep. If you were a fine person, which

you sound like you were/are, you'll still be. In either case, your

mouth and bite will probably serve you better -- in the service of

good or evil!!!

Joke there, intended, at least.

And you are exactly on target. Hey -- there are tens of thousands of

posts here (unless Yahoo! has done another number on us.) and you

and all enquiring minds will find accounts of experiences.

Honestly, the worst part of this for most of us is in worrying about

it, while the surgery is still pending. Some folks have a rough time

for the first couple of weeks post op. But most often, it all

resolves into a worthwhile set of modifications within a couple of

weeks or months.

Here's hoping that yours will as well! To both!

Cammie

> > >

> > > Hi everyone, I'm 16 and getting this surgery soon. I have

wanted

> this

> > > for along time and already went through braces for about 4

years

> and

> > > got them off like 2 years ago, but my jaw is mis-aligned and

so

> I need

> > > this surgery. I am extremely nervous especially with reading

> about how

> > > it is done and how long it takes to recover. I also don't know

> how I'm

> > > going to survive without eating real food for 6 weeks!!! So

could

> > > someone who has gone through the surgery help me out here and

> tell me

> > > what all happend and what happend after the surgery, like how

> long it

> > > took for you to start feeling normal, and I also read you have

> to do

> > > these mouth exercises?! Help please...thanks

[Guest guest]

OK. About what's ahead: I'm just guessing that because you have the

moniker " gymchic " you may be female. If so, growth issues are less

scary. But I hope someone has done a study to see whether you have

completed your growth, at 16. If not, you could have surgery, then

relapse because your jaw grows again. There are tests --- I think of

the bone plates in the hands -- that can give your docs the info about

this. It's even more essential if you're male, because guys usually

grow later than women do. It's a question to ask.

You will survive just fine, if you're careful. You (or your caregivers)

need info about nutrition. Lots of protein, lots of calories while

you're healing, which I suspect your surgeon will give you info about.

" Real " food doesn't necessarily mean steak and munchies. You can get it

with fortified milkshakes, whey protein, other goodies -- and ask ahead

of time whether you are likely to be wired shut. If so, there are other

aids that can help you even more...

Do read the back posts on site. They will tell you more than any one

message can.

C.

>

> Hi everyone, I'm 16 and getting this surgery soon. I have wanted this

> for along time and already went through braces for about 4 years and

> got them off like 2 years ago, but my jaw is mis-aligned and so I need

> this surgery. I am extremely nervous especially with reading about how

> it is done and how long it takes to recover. I also don't know how I'm

> going to survive without eating real food for 6 weeks!!! So could

> someone who has gone through the surgery help me out here and tell me

> what all happend and what happend after the surgery, like how long it

> took for you to start feeling normal, and I also read you have to do

> these mouth exercises?! Help please...thanks