Re: Re:Yann day 4

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Hi, it will get better HANG IN THERE.. u have to remind yourself that this is

only temporary...

I am 4 weeks post tomorrow... I know u feel weird but it will daily change for

the better just try to take the med and relax .

I have been off work for 4 weeks.. I am a nurse so I needed the time to heal ...

since my job is physical...

Take care

Sadie

janepapillion wrote:

Hi, I too had nightmares trouble sleeping and lots of crackling.

The crackling finally went away around week 2. I was wired shut si

I couldn't move it. The first few days I too wanted to die and

thought I would. That's when I found this group as means of

survival. It will get better. My pain meds made me feel like I was

moving when my eyes were closed!

Hang in there!

Jane

>

> It's day 4 post-op... had lower jaw moved forward and top jaw

split

> apart into 3 pieces. If the next few days are like these past 3,

I'm

> going to die. I figured I might find some good tips here though...

>

> Do any of you suffer from lack of sleep due to nightmares, jumping

> every 5 minutes, hallucinations, rapid heart beat and hot sweats

all

> night? Emergency gave me stuff to relax, but it doesn't quite

work.

>

> How do you sleep in bed? I have lots pillows propped up, but every

> time I dose off, my head starts rolling/falling and snap awake

> again, sometimes with cracking sounds in my jaw.

>

> Speaking of jaw.. I noticed this morning when I managed to widden

my

> lips open a bit that my lower jaw is shifted to the side by about

2-

> 3mm, so it doesn't line up with the top teeth laterally.. I'm just

> wondering if things will move into place in time or if I should

call

> my doctor about it. I'm wearing elastics.

>

> What's it like for most of you after 3-4 days?

>

> Time for more soup...

>

> Yann

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