Re: for those who had surgery recently......

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Irene,

I had upper (extended) and genio surgery last wednesday and, I guess,

like you I'm looking anxiously in the mirror whenever I walk past it.

I too still have a lot of swelling, my cheeks and my chin (or should

I say chins, lol) look kind of jowly, not sure if I like the new look

yet or not. My wife says it looks good but I'm not so sure. There's

one thing for sure if the jowly look doesnt dissapear when the

swelling finally goes down then the liquid diet will certainly put

paid to them, lol.

I guess there is one thing that does bother me and that is my speach.

I cant seem to annunciate words properly, R's S's and T's are

difficult and I'm not sure if that is because my upper lip seems

almost (but not quite) paralysed or if it is the swelling I still

seem to have at the back of my soft palate of if it is simply the

change in shape of my mouth. How is your speach??

hope this helps (we are both in the same boat it seems)

Take care

Phil

>

> Sorry for repeating a question that is so often asked, but knowing

> that there are couple of people out there who just had surgery

around

> the same time as me, I was just wondering: how is your swelling,

and

> how fast does it go down? My surgery was last Thursday (upper and

> lower), and I still have quite a bit of swelling around my nose,

lips

> and chin. It is better than couple of days ago, but still..... How

> much longer? Will I still look like a monster when I go for my

> post op checkup in 2 days?

>

> Thanks everyone!

> Irene.