Re: lip competency - Thanks

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I just wanted to thank everyone who posted on this, I was so upset

that day (not a good idea to cry when you can't blow your nose haha)

and you all made me feel much better about it!!! Thanks so much

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> >

> > Hi everyone

> > I'm 3 weeks post op today from upper/lower/genio, and still have

my

> > splint in. Before surgery I had about 4 mm of lip incompetence.

> My

> > surgeon said that the surgery would give my lips the best chance

of

> > meeting, but that there was no guarantee that they would. He

also

> > gave me exercises to do after the surgery. I do them all the

time,

> > but my lips look worse to me than they were before! I used to

> > (before surgery) conciously put them together all the time, but

now

> I

> > find that extremely difficult. My surgeon says that I shouldn't

> > worry about this yet, that a lot will change over the next three

> > months or so, but I'm so worried about not being able to close my

> > mouth to chew when I finally do get the ok to eat again! Plus

> > between that and the residual swelling, I get upset everytime I

> look

> > in the mirror.

> > Did anyone else have lip incompetence after surgery? Did it

> resolve

> > itself or just stay the same? Thanks for letting me vent about

it,

> > at any rate

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