Re: People who had surgery March 7, 8, or 9th

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I had lower jaw surgery on 3/09.

With Dr. O'ryan at Kaiser in Oakland.

Today 3/21 I had my 1st post-op appt.

They removed the rubber bands that

were tightly wound around my mouth.

It was a weird feeling to have them

cut and removed. I was able to brush

all my teeth for the 1st time in days.

They then put in 2 removable rubber

bands stretched in a triangle around

the hooks attached to my braces. I

can remove them to eat or brush my teeth.

I could talk ok tightly banded but it hurt

my mouth with the chafing against the bands.

With the bands removed I can talk much better.

I mostly had juices and strained soups. The

1st 10 days I didn't have anything with sugar

or milk it made my throat have mucus and I had

a terrible fear of not being able to breathe

while I was tightly banded. I did finally have

mashed potato soup and cream of wheat. I can

now start to eat soft foods, I was getting so

tired of having just liquids.

One thing that helped with yucky breathe and

helping to keep my mouth clean was TheraBreath

Oral Rinse. I used it several times a day.

My new hobbie to pass the time is entering contests.

I found a site: http://www.online-sweepstakes.com

Maybe I'll win something, if not it helped pass the

time until I got unbanded.

Good Luck to Everyone on there Surgeries & Recoveries...

Cheri

>

> Hi all, I've heard people posting lately who had surgery within days

> of me--

> March 8th, and I just wanted to check in to see how you are doing.

I

> had

> upper (with palate expansion), lower, genio and nasal surgery and

am

> banded shut with a splint. How are you all doing with speech? What

> are you

> eating these days? Any particular problems/successes? I'm just

> wondering if

> we are on the same track.

>

> I really thought my speech would be better by now, but i am barely

> understandable to my family. I'm can't handle much texture in my

> food, so I'm

> eating mostlly clear liquids and very liquified soups and

smoothies.

> I'm finally

> sleeping through the night, which is a big deal for me since I had

> severe

> insomnia for the first week or so. Other than that, my only major

> complaint is

> the fuzz growing on my teeth inside my mouth and the constant

> tingling in my

> face, especially my chin. Ice helps a bit, but it's hard to keep it

> going all day.

>

> Please let me know how you all are doing! Happy 2 week anniversary.