Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Well, yes. That can all happen. With any luck, at least, some of it will not. But what you're missing here, maybe because we have, at the moment, a group of people who are mainly freshly post-op (relatively speaking, anyhow -- I'm almost three years out of surgery) -- is that there are also the UP moments: When you first see your mouth coming together. When first you can bite into a sandwich without grief. Or an apple. Or a slice of cheese, and see that nice, regular set of arches. When you get the braces off, and feel those nice clean, smooth teeth. When you look at the photos they take just after braces (get a hairdo the day before you go to have them removed! I didn't and you can see the results!), or at the last set of models, and see how really straight and well matched your jaws are. Maybe when you realise that you can breathe well for the first time, taste food, and no longer have those awful headaches... Those all give you lots of endorphins. Enough, for most of us, to make up for what got sucked out throughout the process. I promise. Just keep that sense of humor. It's one of the best things you have going for you! Cammie > > Gee, when I get my surgery, I can drool, smear my food all over my > face, be black and blue, worry incesantly about alignment, loose teeth > and such, have nightmares, experience numbness in all sorts of places, > gnaw the inside of my mouth raw, spit gross stuff in the sink, dig > ickout of my nose, and know that I am > > TOTALLY NORMAL! > > You can't imagine how much I've learned and become comfortable with my > own future surgery just by lurking. > > Those people who are at various points post-surgery (days, weeks and > years out) THANK YOU for posting. I really do appreciate it. > > Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 And you can be not only black and blue, but yellow, and green, and brown! Maybe you can have surgery just in time for Halloween!~ Cammie > > Gee, when I get my surgery, I can drool, smear my food all over my > face, be black and blue, worry incesantly about alignment, loose teeth > and such, have nightmares, experience numbness in all sorts of places, > gnaw the inside of my mouth raw, spit gross stuff in the sink, dig > ickout of my nose, and know that I am > > TOTALLY NORMAL! > > You can't imagine how much I've learned and become comfortable with my > own future surgery just by lurking. > > Those people who are at various points post-surgery (days, weeks and > years out) THANK YOU for posting. I really do appreciate it. > > Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hi Steph, Yes, it is true. You can do all those things. And it only costs you thousands of dollars to be able to do it......hmmmm............. Shauna > > Gee, when I get my surgery, I can drool, smear my food all over my > face, be black and blue, worry incesantly about alignment, loose teeth > and such, have nightmares, experience numbness in all sorts of places, > gnaw the inside of my mouth raw, spit gross stuff in the sink, dig > ickout of my nose, and know that I am > > TOTALLY NORMAL! > > You can't imagine how much I've learned and become comfortable with my > own future surgery just by lurking. > > Those people who are at various points post-surgery (days, weeks and > years out) THANK YOU for posting. I really do appreciate it. > > Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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