Re: Weightloss and back to the grind

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your support. I feel better just having written down

my frustration. And , I totally get what you mean about

analyzing other people's jaws and seeing what they " need " in terms

of surgery. In fact, several people I have talked to say that they

were told they needed surgery but they decided they didn't want to.

While on the one hand that frustrated me because my problem was

noticeable and I didn't really have a choice to not have it done, it

made me glad that I had the courage to go for it and after this year

is over and I'm out of braces I will have a nice bite that fits the

way it's supposed to. Until then, though, I have to be patient and

hopefully after the swelling goes down I will look better (I'm

almost 5 weeks post-op) and will finally be comfortable with the new

me.

Kara

[Guest guest]

Hi Kara - Glad to see you're feeling a bit better. I'm also a

college student, and this is making it difficult for me to decide on

a surgery date. The earliest I could have it done is next winter

break, but I'm very nervous about having to come back to school

before I am ready. Did you have to go back to school after about 4

weeks? Did you feel like you had enough recovery time? I know it's

all relative, but from what I've heard, I'd like to give myself at

least 6 weeks to recover! Obviously it would be much easier to just

recover in the comfort of your own home. In your experience, do you

feel that the rush of going back to school made it too much worse,

recovery-wise? Also, what kind of upper/lower surgery did you

have? Thanks for sharing your experience.

>

> Thanks for your support. I feel better just having written down

> my frustration. And , I totally get what you mean about

> analyzing other people's jaws and seeing what they " need " in terms

> of surgery. In fact, several people I have talked to say that they

> were told they needed surgery but they decided they didn't want

to.

> While on the one hand that frustrated me because my problem was

> noticeable and I didn't really have a choice to not have it done,

it

> made me glad that I had the courage to go for it and after this

year

> is over and I'm out of braces I will have a nice bite that fits

the

> way it's supposed to. Until then, though, I have to be patient and

> hopefully after the swelling goes down I will look better (I'm

> almost 5 weeks post-op) and will finally be comfortable with the

new

> me.

>

> Kara

[Guest guest]

,

I went back to grad school exactly 2 weeks after upper and lower

(Florida apparently thinks that we only need 2 weeks off - but that

is another issue). I was still drooling because I couldn't close my

mouth yet (and still cannot all the way because of the splint -

currently 5 weeks post op - I get to get it off on Friday!!!!). It

was not fun but manageable. My professors were very understanding

and allowed me not to fully participate until I was more comfortable

talking in front of others. The eating would have been bad at home

or at school so there wasn't really an issue there. However, I was

pretty tired because I lost a lot of blood and my face still hurt.

If you have 4 weeks off over break I think that you would be fine to

go back to school but that is a decision that only you can make.

Good luck with school and your decision!

> > >

> > > Hi Kara - Glad to see you're feeling a bit better. I'm also a

> > > college student, and this is making it difficult for me to

> decide

> > on

> > > a surgery date. The earliest I could have it done is next

> winter

> > > break, but I'm very nervous about having to come back to

school

> > > before I am ready. Did you have to go back to school after

> about

> > 4

> > > weeks? Did you feel like you had enough recovery time? I

know

> > it's

> > > all relative, but from what I've heard, I'd like to give

myself

> at

> > > least 6 weeks to recover! Obviously it would be much easier

to

> > just

> > > recover in the comfort of your own home. In your experience,

do

> > you

> > > feel that the rush of going back to school made it too much

> worse,

> > > recovery-wise? Also, what kind of upper/lower surgery did you

> > > have? Thanks for sharing your experience.

> > >