Re: 5 weeks post-op visit-GOOD NEWS!

[Guest guest]

Congrats !!

I'm so happy for you! Enjoy, enjoy and enjoy the eating fest and let us

know how you get along.

Sara

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That must have been wonderful news to hear! I am really happy for

you. Let us know how you progress with this!

Hugs,

Fran

> I can CHEW!!! My OS said to start chewing today, soft things like

> pasta, eggs, etc., and work my way up to a hamburger by Friday!

I'm

> quite excited, I'm sure you all can relate! I bet my jaw will be

very

> tired the first few times I eat, but I'm going to keep trying.

He's

> very pleased with everything and noticed that I'm getting smile

lines

> back, so I don't look so stiff:-). My lips are closing easier

now,

> they want to be closed more now than they used to, but still they

> don't meet when relaxed. Although, my husband seems to think it

> looks " cute " . I'm not quite sure if that was what I was going

> for...lol. The OS said that my brackets are surely getting in the

way

> somewhat, and whatever isn't closed up in the next couple weeks

will

> be when my braces come off. (so, still some hope:-).)

>

> I just had to share my good news, and I better get to eating:-)

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