Re: Lower Jaw Surgery in 6 weeks.

[Guest guest]

I had lower jaw surgery on January 5th, I had my jaw pushed back about 10mm.

I didn't vomit because they had a NG tube in me until the morning after. My

breathing problems were minimal and were aggravated by the NG tube down my

throat, they gave me nasal spray to help my nose when it got stuffed up. The

pain wasn't too bad because they were giving me morphine and at home I was on

liquid vicodin which I only used for 3 days, after that it gave me nausea. I

wouldn't worry too much. If you have anymore questions, feel free to email me.

I hope this helped!

Jo

[Guest guest]

Hello,

What does your surgery entail-will they move your jaw forward or back

and how far?

I had lower jaw surgery 10/14/04 (jaw was moved forward) and I didn' experience

any " pain " ...... at least that isn't the word I would use........I was

uncomfortable and I wanted to be " back to normal " shortly after the procedure

but I wouldn't call it pain. The double edged sword regarding this surgery is

that by nature the surgery usually damages the nerve that runs through your jaw

which in turn makes the area around the lower jaw go numb (lip/chin even the gum

area). So the pain you normally would feel agter a major surgery is diminished

due to the nature of the procedure. The down side is that the numbness could

stay for a while and sometimes the feeling may not come back at all. I hope I am

not scaring you but I am sure your oral surgeon has already gone over the

procedure and the risks. I have gotten back about 85-90 percent of my feeling

back in my lower lip/chin and jaw area. I was not wired shut but I was VERY sick

from the anesthetic they used but if you let the nurses know

they will give you meds to counteract the sick feeling. I did not need to

vomit. I am at the point right now that I feel like I am starting to get back to

" normal " and hoping my ortho will say the magic words I have been waiting to

hear for 2 years...........Lets get those braces out of your mouth you are DONE

Try to calm yourself, be as prepared as you possibly can and know that this

procedure takes a while to heal from. It is all worth it. Even though my bite

isn't perfect I am extremely happy with my surgery results so far.........Good

luck

melissadouthwright wrote:

Hi, I'm new to this forum but I'm having lower jaw surgery in 6 weeks

and I'm scared out of my freakin' mind that it's going to hurt a

lot. I think I have a pretty high threshold for pain, but I fear not

being able to breathe in the recovery room and vomiting and having my

jaw wired shut (well I guess technically they use little tiny

wires). Has anyone on here had lower jaw (only) surgery? And if so,

how did it go for you??

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[Guest guest]

Hi, thanks for the advice its nice to hear , for me

they want to move my upper in and the back up a bit

and as for the lower it is they want to make my chin

more prenounced to be prefect. I guess the thought of

not having the feeling ever come back seems bad becaue

the whole reason for doing it is to improve yourself

not trade one thing for another but It does help

hearing peoples experiences and you cant get enough

info and stuff so thanks a lot, im glad things have

gone well for you and hope that if i decide to do it i

have the same results thanks again and take care

Rick

--- Carol Twilleager

wrote:

> Hello,

>

> What does your surgery entail-will they

> move your jaw forward or back and how far?

>

> I had lower jaw surgery 10/14/04 (jaw was moved

> forward) and I didn' experience any " pain " ...... at

> least that isn't the word I would use........I was

> uncomfortable and I wanted to be " back to normal "

> shortly after the procedure but I wouldn't call it

> pain. The double edged sword regarding this surgery

> is that by nature the surgery usually damages the

> nerve that runs through your jaw which in turn makes

> the area around the lower jaw go numb (lip/chin even

> the gum area). So the pain you normally would feel

> agter a major surgery is diminished due to the

> nature of the procedure. The down side is that the

> numbness could stay for a while and sometimes the

> feeling may not come back at all. I hope I am not

> scaring you but I am sure your oral surgeon has

> already gone over the procedure and the risks. I

> have gotten back about 85-90 percent of my feeling

> back in my lower lip/chin and jaw area. I was not

> wired shut but I was VERY sick from the anesthetic

> they used but if you let the nurses know

> they will give you meds to counteract the sick

> feeling. I did not need to vomit. I am at the point

> right now that I feel like I am starting to get back

> to " normal " and hoping my ortho will say the magic

> words I have been waiting to hear for 2

> years...........Lets get those braces out of your

> mouth you are DONE

>

> Try to calm yourself, be as prepared as you possibly

> can and know that this procedure takes a while to

> heal from. It is all worth it. Even though my bite

> isn't perfect I am extremely happy with my surgery

> results so far.........Good luck

>

> melissadouthwright

> wrote:

>

> Hi, I'm new to this forum but I'm having lower jaw

> surgery in 6 weeks

> and I'm scared out of my freakin' mind that it's

> going to hurt a

> lot. I think I have a pretty high threshold for

> pain, but I fear not

> being able to breathe in the recovery room and

> vomiting and having my

> jaw wired shut (well I guess technically they use

> little tiny

> wires). Has anyone on here had lower jaw (only)

> surgery? And if so,

> how did it go for you??

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

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.

[Guest guest]

Make a list of your questions now! I always took a list in when I

went to the surgeon pre/post-op, and same with my ortho. That way I

wasn't likely to forget anything. They answered every single

question, nothing was silly to them.

>

> 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.

[Guest guest]

I actually sent my surgeon my questions in advance, and he answered

just about every one of them in his presentation to me, without my

having to ask.

As for breathing after surgery: I had lower advancement, too. I was

really worried about congestion and breathing, as well, because I,

too, have considerable allergy troubles.

It may reassure you to find that you're unlikely to have those

problems, far as I know. It's mostly the folks who have work on the

upper jaw who have that. Do you know whether you're to be wired or

banded? That could make a difference, too -- I was neither, although

I did have a splint wired into the upper brace.

I didn't realize that, and I think my surgeon must have thought me

nuts when I asked him whether I could take something for the

allergies and blood pressure problems, post op.

He did give me liquid antibiotics and Lortab at first, but the reason

for that was he knew that I would have a sore throat from the

intubation and he didn't want me to have to swallow big pills.

(Lovely, considerate man, really!)

C.

>

> >

> > 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.