Re: Subject: To Soriyacher

[Guest guest]

Hi

I remember seeing some of your posts right after surgery; sorry to

hear you're still having such a rough time, that must be difficult.

I had a dental cleaning at 3 months post op I think, and after I'd

explained the situation to the dental hygienist she was very

concientious to make sure that my jaw wasn't tired from being held

open so long. Hopefully if you explain your concerns to your dentist

they'll be equally patient with you And if it's really too

painful, well, you can always go back later; I'm sure another month

with no cleaning won't hurt your teeth too too much more. I bet your

dentist has dealt with your kind of situation before, and will

hopefully have a great solution for you!! Hopefully the exercises

your OS has you doing will help loosen up those muscles and you'll

stop getting headaches. My OS has me doing similar exercises, and

personally i find the more i do them the less stiff my joint is. The

only problem now is that, when I complained that I'd had this sudden

increase in soreness in one of my joints, he told me to stretch

more. I also see a orofacial myologist (for tongue thrust), and when

I mentioned my sore joint to her, she said that the WORST thing to do

is to stretch it. So now I don't know what to do, stretch or not

stretch...and everyday my joint is more sore. I called my OS's

office today from work to try and get an appt to see him, and she

couldn't fit me in until next Friday... when the receptionist said

that, and I realized I had to put up with this for at least another

week I just burst into tears and had to run out of my shared office.

I can only imagine what my coworker was thinking about all of

this...oh well.

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> Hi . I remember reading your posts. I was 4 months post op

> yesterday. I had upper, lower, genio. I have alot of stiffness

and

> soreness like you and joint pain on my left side that gives me

> headaches that are hard to make go away. My surgeon tells me its

> the muscles but I don't know, I had alot of joint pain on that side

> prior to surgery so I am skeptical that it will go away. I wish it

> would b/c it makes life hard as it is such a high pitch kind of

like

> pain and radiates to my head which gives me headaches. I still

feel

> like I am wearing this tight mask over my face. My chin area is

> still numb so is my lower lip (parts though if I touch I get this

> pain, major sensitivity in where if I touch one area I can feel it

> radiate to another area, I don't know hard to explain). But every

> time I swallow I feel the stiffness in my chin, lip area that is

> annoying already. My opening is not that great, I still have

> trouble putting a fork full of food in my mouth, have to remember

to

> only put a little bit on the fork. Was told to do exercises where

> you move your mouth/jaw like side to side and it still is really

> hard to do this, doesn't move all that much and is so stiff and

> sore. I am now wearing 4 rubber bands (2 in the very front and 1

on

> each side in the very back). Haven't gotten rid of the rubber

bands

> yet. Was down to 2 but at my last ortho visit last week she added

2

> more. Seems like only my front teeth are touching when I bite

> down,I have an open bite now in the back/sides. At first my ortho

> put rubber bands on my back teeth to try and bring the teeth

> together but that only made my front teeth open back up so then was

> switched to bands on the front only and now she is trying them in

> both positions so we'll see what happens. I look like a vampire

> with the bands on the front teeth that is all you see when I smile

> or talk. My ortho told me she has never seen anyone have it so

> hard after surgery as I did (great thing to hear). She complains

> about how jumpy I am at appts b/c I hurt and how I am not opening

> enough and it is hard for them to do their work. Sorry can't help

> it. I go to the dentist for my first cleaning since surgery. I

am

> scared to death. I still can't use my sonicare toothbrush so can't

> imagine them poking and scraping and polishing my teeth or keeping

> my mouth open that long. I have a hard time just flossing my front

> teeth as my jaw starts to hurt and get tired. I hope I don't cry

> and make a baby out of myself.

[Guest guest]

Oh, ...

I'm sorry things are so frustrating for you! It's so hard to know

what professional is " right! " I am always impressed when I hear

someone was referred to a myofunctional therapist. I knew nothing

about this profession until my OD referred me, and I have already

seen the benefits of just my initial visit with my therapist! I

can't wait to see her regularly... I'm just waiting for her to have

an opening for me!

I hope you feel better! Take a break and enjoy the weekend :-)

Kate

> > Hi . I remember reading your posts. I was 4 months post

op

> > yesterday. I had upper, lower, genio. I have alot of stiffness

> and

> > soreness like you and joint pain on my left side that gives me

> > headaches that are hard to make go away. My surgeon tells me its

> > the muscles but I don't know, I had alot of joint pain on that

side

> > prior to surgery so I am skeptical that it will go away. I wish

it

> > would b/c it makes life hard as it is such a high pitch kind of

> like

> > pain and radiates to my head which gives me headaches. I still

> feel

> > like I am wearing this tight mask over my face. My chin area is

> > still numb so is my lower lip (parts though if I touch I get this

> > pain, major sensitivity in where if I touch one area I can feel

it

> > radiate to another area, I don't know hard to explain). But

every

> > time I swallow I feel the stiffness in my chin, lip area that is

> > annoying already. My opening is not that great, I still have

> > trouble putting a fork full of food in my mouth, have to remember

> to

> > only put a little bit on the fork. Was told to do exercises

where

> > you move your mouth/jaw like side to side and it still is really

> > hard to do this, doesn't move all that much and is so stiff and

> > sore. I am now wearing 4 rubber bands (2 in the very front and 1

> on

> > each side in the very back). Haven't gotten rid of the rubber

> bands

> > yet. Was down to 2 but at my last ortho visit last week she

added

> 2

> > more. Seems like only my front teeth are touching when I bite

> > down,I have an open bite now in the back/sides. At first my

ortho

> > put rubber bands on my back teeth to try and bring the teeth

> > together but that only made my front teeth open back up so then

was

> > switched to bands on the front only and now she is trying them in

> > both positions so we'll see what happens. I look like a vampire

> > with the bands on the front teeth that is all you see when I

smile

> > or talk. My ortho told me she has never seen anyone have it so

> > hard after surgery as I did (great thing to hear). She complains

> > about how jumpy I am at appts b/c I hurt and how I am not opening

> > enough and it is hard for them to do their work. Sorry can't

help

> > it. I go to the dentist for my first cleaning since surgery. I

> am

> > scared to death. I still can't use my sonicare toothbrush so

can't

> > imagine them poking and scraping and polishing my teeth or

keeping

> > my mouth open that long. I have a hard time just flossing my

front

> > teeth as my jaw starts to hurt and get tired. I hope I don't cry

> > and make a baby out of myself.