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Re: postop update - splint is out!!!

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Hi Irene,

That is fabulous that you got your splint out!!! I'm so jealous of

you!!! Talking must be so much easier now. That is great that you're

ahead of schedule on healing up AND you are now starting on more

solid food.... Congratulations! I hope I am right behind you. This

Weds will be two weeks for me. I too am wondering how much ortho week

I still need- I hope not a lot! Let us know what your ortho says!

Cheers! Katja :)

>

> I'm 3.5 weeks postop today, and my splint came out this morning -

I'm

> so happy! I've been chewing soft foods this past week (per my OS's

> permission), and now chewing just gotten easier, and I don't have to

> spend 15 minutes cleaning my mouth afterwards. I am still sore,

> swollen (mostly in my cheeks and upper lip) and numb (my right side

is

> not numb, just altered sensation, and my left side is numb, but I

> think the feeling is coming back very slowly). OS said I'm ahead of

> the schedule in my feeling recovery - I hope it stays this way! My

> bite looks better than I thought it would look, but I will need some

> serious ortho work (my assessment here). I'm seeing my ortho next

> week. I think I feel better about my results, now that the swelling

> is down, and I don't look so creepy anymore.

>

> Just wanted to give you guys and update, and wish everyone who's

> recovering a fast and easy recovery. I know some of you had it

harder

> than me, but I hope that eventually all of us will feel normal again

> and happy about how the surgery turned out.

>

> Irene.

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