Re: Re: Lower Jaw Surgery in 6 weeks.

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Hi.

I just had my lower jaw brought forward last monday. Although the

immediate swelling was unbelievable, it went down enough that I

returned to work the following monday. I wore a turtleneck because my

whole neck and upper chest are green but my cheeks are only a little

puffy. I had absolutely NO numbness, despite my surgeons warning that I

might. The pain was not really very bad either... in the hospital they

pumped me with morphine until the morning after surgery and then I went

home the next morning and took some percoset but mostly just took

motrin. I also get stuffy a lot but was always able to breathe- even

through my mouth. And because they only moved the lower, I was allowed

to blow my nose after surgery. Not being able to do that would have

been really frustrating.

Good Luck!

T.

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> The surgery I'm having is to have my lower jaw moved forward.  I had

> a consultation with the oral surgeon, but it was more than a year

> ago.  I go to see him again 3 weeks before the surgery and I have so

> many questions to ask him (I hope I remember everything).  He told

> me there was a risk of numbness in the lip and and chin area.  I'm

> not really concerned about that, I'm too worried about other things,

> lol.  I have allergies and am often stuffed up so I'm mostly just

> hoping I can breathe afterwards. 

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