Re: Quick healing for jaw advancement patients.

[Guest guest]

Dear Charlotte,

Great to hear that you're so optimistic about your surgery and stay

that way! I am 7 days post-op with lower jaw advancement. I have two

bands on my braces that help keep the jaws in position. Going by my

experience, I was given soft foods straight away in hospital, such as

mashed potatoes and vegies, custard, jellies and soups and of course

drinks. You will be able to eat soft foods that aren't mush (such as

scrambled eggs on muffins, yum!) when u can change your own bands after

several days so you just swallow the food without chewing. I was told

that I will be able to start chewing soft foods after 4 weeks.

BUT, check again with your surgeon about being totally recovered in 3

weeks. The jaw bone itself usually is totally healed after 3 months.

It would be great if that was correct in your case though, but please

double-check and let me know how you go.

Stay happy and good luck!

a.

> Hi all, i live in England so am on the NHS, and am having my op on

> the 18th. I am having a sagital split mandibular advancement

> osteotomny and just spoke to my os, who said i would be loosly banded

> together after my op and will be able to eat soft food, pretty much

> straight away, and i will be totally recovered by 3 weeks!!!! Just

> thought i would share this with you all, in order to give you hope

for

> your surgery, if your having the same thing done. I think it sounds

> great!

> Thanks

> Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Hi a

Im having lower jaw surgery later this year.

I wanted to know from you did the elastics

hold your bite firmly in place. No splint?

Good healing great recovery you sound like

your doing great. IM MOTIVATED thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have two bands holding my jaws together. I can open my mouth a few

millimeters with them in place and only slightly more without. So I

suppose you can say they do hold them firmly in place. They help re-

inforce the plate and screws that were used, to promote healing. No

splints.

I'm so happy that I gave you a positive outlook on your upcoming

surgery, but just be aware that you might feel miserable for the

first week. So just be positive, get plenty of rest and think of the

great outcome.

a.

>

> Hi a

>

>

> Im having lower jaw surgery later this year.

> I wanted to know from you did the elastics

> hold your bite firmly in place. No splint?

> Good healing great recovery you sound like

> your doing great. IM MOTIVATED thanks

[Guest guest]

Sorry to butt in but even though I was given the ok to eat scrambled

eggs after 10 days post-op I found I was unable to do so because my

mouth wouldn't open wide enough and I felt like I was choking. By

week 3 however things were much better and now at 4 weeks post-op I

am happily eating pasta and mushed up meatloaf WITHOUT chewing as

ordered by the doctor. This is all to say that you probably shouldn't

get too attached to the idea of what foods you will be able to eat

because it may well change. Some of us on the site have suffered some

incredible disappointments foodwise. After all your jaw is in

construction and our doctors can only guarantee so much (I'm

referring to what foods we can eat post-op). My motto is always

expect the worst food-wise and things will always probably turn out

to be better than you expected.

Sorry for the downer email. Just think it's good to have realistic

expectations.

Sara

> > Hi all, i live in England so am on the NHS, and am having my op

on

> > the 18th. I am having a sagital split mandibular advancement

> > osteotomny and just spoke to my os, who said i would be loosly

banded

> > together after my op and will be able to eat soft food, pretty

much

> > straight away, and i will be totally recovered by 3 weeks!!!!

Just

> > thought i would share this with you all, in order to give you

hope

> for

> > your surgery, if your having the same thing done. I think it

sounds

> > great!

> > Thanks

> > Charlotte

[Guest guest]

rymi,

if the elastics are very tight they do hold your jaw in place, even

without the splint. after i had my splint removed (i had my upper

palet segmented in 3 pieces so it was quite " fragile " ) my OS put very

tight elastics on me to hold my jaw in place and i was fine. now i am

at 4 weeks post-op and use lighter elastics and i feel fine too.

Sara

>

> Hi a

>

>

> Im having lower jaw surgery later this year.

> I wanted to know from you did the elastics

> hold your bite firmly in place. No splint?

> Good healing great recovery you sound like

> your doing great. IM MOTIVATED thanks

[Guest guest]

I'd agree with Sara. Each case is different as to what you might be

able to eat. I've been given the ok to eat scrambled eggs (I cook

very soft and mush up with ketchup) and I am able to suck in small

bitesof it without chewing. But when I tried the spaghetti, it ended

up choking me, too. One has to experiment and find what will work.

Today I will try some mashed potatoes and with broth and see if that

will work.

Hope Italy is treating you good, Sara. Glad we can still hear from

you.

Shirley

[Guest guest]

Sara,

Of course you have to expect the worst when regarding food, because

you're told by the doctor you will be on a liquid/soft foods diet and

you should ALWAYS follow the doctors instructions, but I was only

relating to my experiences on this particular surgery.

a.

> > > Hi all, i live in England so am on the NHS, and am having my

op

> on

> > > the 18th. I am having a sagital split mandibular advancement

> > > osteotomny and just spoke to my os, who said i would be loosly

> banded

> > > together after my op and will be able to eat soft food, pretty

> much

> > > straight away, and i will be totally recovered by 3 weeks!!!!

> Just

> > > thought i would share this with you all, in order to give you

> hope

> > for

> > > your surgery, if your having the same thing done. I think it

> sounds

> > > great!

> > > Thanks

> > > Charlotte

[Guest guest]

a,

I'm sorry if my post caused you any offense. It wasn't meant to be

directly just for you or imply that you were giving misguided

advice. It was a heads up for everyone since not everyone gets to

change their bands after a few days and can pass right away to soft

food. Indeed, some people have had trouble changing their own bands

and had to go to their OD or OS to get them changed. Food seems to

be such a very big preoccupation for a lot of pre-opers. Just

providing some friendly advice:-)

Sara

> > > > Hi all, i live in England so am on the NHS, and am having

my

> op

> > on

> > > > the 18th. I am having a sagital split mandibular advancement

> > > > osteotomny and just spoke to my os, who said i would be

loosly

> > banded

> > > > together after my op and will be able to eat soft food,

pretty

> > much

> > > > straight away, and i will be totally recovered by 3

weeks!!!!

> > Just

> > > > thought i would share this with you all, in order to give

you

> > hope

> > > for

> > > > your surgery, if your having the same thing done. I think it

> > sounds

> > > > great!

> > > > Thanks

> > > > Charlotte