Re: 11 1/2 weeks post op and discouraged today - SORIYACHER

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Hi

Just thought i would add a little from my experience by means of

help, hopefully. I was swollen for about 3months nearly after my

upper/lower/rpe op. I was also STARVING from the word go. I was on

a liquid diet for about 6-8weeks and only progressed to a mushy diet

for the following 3 months. I too had my bad days where i really

felt like i just wanted it over with. i was fed up and the main

thing for me was the food. Liquids/mush can only last so long

before it loses its appeal (not that it had much to start with).

Recovery can take a while though and the tough thing is that you

dont want to push yourself too far, yet you want to be back to

Normal or the new normal. in the long run its worth sticking it

out. And once you start to feel better you will start to see the

results and how time picks up again. Im 3 years post op this august

and wouldnt change a thing. I would have surgery again if i had

to. To be quite honest it seems such a long time ago and such a

blur that i dont even feel like i had it done. Time is a healer....

you've just got to hang it there!!!

Hope you feel better soon. All the post oppers are with you and

know what your going through and this really is the best place to

vent where people will understand. Feel free to VENT away until

your hearts content.

Kind regards

Kat_UK

rthognathicsurgerysupport , " soriyacher "

<soriyacher@y...> wrote:

>

> Hi all. I had upper, lower, genio on January 17. I went to see

my

> surgeon today for a checkup. I see him every 3 weeks now. I

> noticed that when I bite down my front teeth, my bite seems to be

> opening up as I can see in there and can stick my tongue out

through

> the space. He told me yes things did change. My ortho has me

> wearing a rubber band on my next to last bracket in the back

(going

> up and down) as my back teeth don't touch. My surgeon said why

does

> she have only an elastic there, you need to have elastics up front

> more as your bite is opening up. Now he saw these elastics 3

weeks

> ago but didn't mention anything. He said b/c my jaw is so thin

that

> my upper jaw has moved a little. He said he would call my ortho

> today (I see her on Tues) to tell her what to do now. He took an

> xray and at least all the hardware is still where it is supposed

to

> be. I stared at it in amazement, just so weird to see 5 plates

and

> 26 screws on that xray. He said yeah you have a lot of hardware

in

> there. So this has me bummed out and nervous that things are

still

> so fragile. He also seemed not happy with how far I can open my

> mouth at this stage. He kept telling me to open more, push it and

> then he tried to open it for me. I now have some exercises to

do.

> He also told me to move my jaw like side to side. I tried to do

> this, barely can and it hurts and is so stiff. I mean I can still

> hardly smile still, my face/chin are still so stiff and I am still

> swollen in my lower cheeks, below nose and jaw line. In pictures

I

> look like a mask face. I am still eating soft foods only as I

can't

> handle much else, like my teeth don't work or something. Even a

> tomato cut up is tough to do. I really want this to all be over

> with already, I am so tired of it all. Oh and my skin is acting

so

> weird lately too, it is shiny but it doesn't feel greasy and it is

> red and I am breaking out in little bumps and on my neck too. I

> know it is from the surgery and all as I didn't have any problems

> before. I think I will make an appt with a dermatologist.

>

> Sorry just needed to vent, I just feel like things didn't go well

> today and I am tired of hurting.