Re: to jen with the great recovery after surgery

February 10, 2005

, there are some good surgery stories on the geocities site at

EXPERIENCES). I put them up on that site because I don't think we

hear enough about how easy recovery can be. But then, the support

group is here for all of us, and some of us have more challenges.

As for your numbness question, I had upper/lower/genio (had a easy

and uneventful recovery) - my whole face was numb from behind my

eyeballs down to my chin! I have a wee bit of numbness left which is

mostly from a wisdom tooth removal years prior to my surgery (the

oral surgeon had to dig into the bone to remove an impacted lower

wisdom tooth). It's never really bothered me much, just a kind of

altered sensation if I touch it with my finger lightly (sort of like

the last few seconds of dental freezing or novocaine for you

Americans). That and there is a wee bit of numbness still on my chin

below the lower lip on the left side. It doesn't bother me and I

expect continued slow improvement over time.

Numbness can go quickly, or take quite a long time to go away. My

surgeon told me 5-7 years for full recovery, and based on small

improvements after my wizzie surgery, I agree.

>

> Hello Jen,

>

> Your recovery following surgery is the best story I've read yet on

> here...usually the only stories I read on here are horror stories

> about the surgery. I'm scheduled (in about one year) to have the

> surgery you had, and I have a question concerning your great

> recovery. Did you have much numbness around your face or in your

> mouth right after surgery and/or now? I hear a lot about nerve

> damage and this is one of my main worries about having this

surgery.

> Thanks.

>

> -nathan

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