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Hi ,

Small world. I'm from Tacoma, but have been living in Oregon for the

past 5 years. I had Lefort 1, 3 piece on Feb 1st in Eugene, OR. I

have some irritating numbness but luckily I am not in pain, except

for the jaw spasms and during the night when I clench my jaws

together. However, my brother had his upper and lower jaw surgeries

at Madigan about 10 years ago when he was 18 years old. He was wired

shut and still has numbness, mainly in his chin.

I hope your pain goes away.

~ Swanson

Oregon

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> I had a Laforte 3 and lower advancement 5mm done on Feb 2. I have

> been a " lurker " on this site for a while and decided to post.

> I am in alot of pain....apparently my nerves were very well

> protected. I tried to come off the percoset on Sunday and that

ended

> up being a dumb idea...I had to spend most of Monday getting the

pain

> back under control. Anyone have any suggestions on when it will

stop

> hurting? Feels like razor blades in my face.

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> My swelling has really gone down around the lower jawline but i'm

> still looking like a monkey around my sinus area. My bruising

> disappeared rather quickly but I used Arnica gel and I think it

> helped. Post-op my lips were a mess. The were at least four times

> the normal size and streched all over my face. I haven't had to be

> wired or banded but I have this splint in my mouth wired to my

> braces. My bite did turn out perfect although I have noticed that

> nose is a little off to the left. I brought that to my surgeons

> attention and said he could fix it if it is still apparent after

the

> swelling goes down.

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> I had my surgery done at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft

> Washington. My husband is Retired Army and I am an Army Reservist

so

> I was very fortunate not to have to worry about all the insurance

> issues that I hear everyone being troubled with. The surgeons

there

> are wonderful and very attentative. They call and check on me

> occassionally and schedule to see me weekly. I was in the hospital

> for 3 days. It was frustrating to push for a nurse and have them

> come over the speaker and ask me to repeat myself.....geeze all I

> wanted was some ICE....

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> Thank you to everyone for your input. This site was very helpful

to

> me pre-op and post-op.

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