Re: Lower jaw advancement recovery question

[Guest guest]

I had lower advancement a week ago and was home (well, at my hotel)

before noon the same day. As for your friends visiting, I think it

will be fine as long as you don't have to expend a lot of energy

playing hostess. I am finding, too, that talking a lot seems to make

my jaw ache. But it's good for you to have some friendly distractions

and to be up and around. My friend dragged me out to restaurants and

shopping the day after surgery. I was sore and tired but enjoyed it

enough to try on and buy some clothes! Luna

[Guest guest]

Hi Luna

Im having the same surgery as you. Did you have a splint

if so did it feel like claustraphobic .can you describe what it

was like. Thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

Sorry my last message i put down the wrong name

My question is when you had lower advancemenmt and went

the hotle did you have a splint if so did it feel

uncomfortable? Could you talk and be understood? Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi, yes, I have a splint. No, it doesn't really feel claustrophobic,

although it's slightly annoying. I'll try to explain it. I think it's

similar to a retainer, although I've never had one.

Imagine two Jolly Rancher candies (you know? The rectangular hard

candies?) melted down on either end of a thick archwire. So the

archwire is bare at the front, and has two flattened pieces of acrylic

on either side from your incisors to your back molars. The acrylic

pieces are about the same width as your teeth and maybe an eighth of

an inch thick. They have the imprints of your top teeth on the top and

your bottom teeth on the underside. When you wake from surgery, the

splint is wired onto your top teeth via the braces. Two doubled-over

rubberbands go from your top teeth to your bottom teeth, holding your

teeth tightly together in the correct position for your new bite.

I was able to take the bands off for eating and hygiene, and my ortho

let me switch to single bands after my five-day post-op appointment.

I hope that helps. I will try to take some pictures later today or

this weekend if I can focus close enough.

Luna

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> Hi Luna

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> Im having the same surgery as you. Did you have a splint

> if so did it feel like claustraphobic .can you describe what it

> was like. Thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

The splint is a little awkward but not painful. I could talk

surprisingly well, although not great. Try this: Clench your teeth

tightly together, then talk. That's what it was like for me. I was

expecting worse, so I was happy to be able to speak well enough that

people could understand me. I was calling friends on the phone by Day 1. L

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> Sorry my last message i put down the wrong name

> My question is when you had lower advancemenmt and went

> the hotle did you have a splint if so did it feel

> uncomfortable? Could you talk and be understood? Thanks

[Guest guest]

here is my dilemma i have one os who uses

the splint another who does not. Cant decide

who to choose both have done about 1000 each

SIGNED CONFUSED hey thanks

[Guest guest]

If you're having lower only, you'll probably be up to seeing folks by

the fourth day -- if you don't mind having them see you somewhat

swollen and bruised. It's not as much so as if you were having upper

and lower, but still, I think I'd be inclined to ask them to wait until

the next week.

Thing is, you'll be awfully tired. Surgery is taxing on the body. And

you may be feeling blue, in the aftermath of the anesthesia and/or

steroids. (Of course, you may be the sort who would feel better with

friends around -- I think a lot just depends on what your attitude is

about such things.)

I don't think you'll be " ill, " exactly. I just think you'll be tired,

and bunged up a bit, perhaps bruised. I also do think that if, when the

time comes, you feel different, or have some unpleasant reactions to

something, or are in pain, you should have a loophole that they will

understand, so that you can feel free to say, " I just really am not up

to visiting today. Please come next week when I've recovered more. "

On the other hand, you may be up and at 'em! I hope so!

Best,

Cammie

> Hi all. I am having my op on Monday, ahhh, and was just wondering how

> long everyone who had the same op stayed in hospital for?

> Also my friends want to come and visit me on Thursday so just 4 days

> after my op. Do you all think i will be up to this, or will i be way

> to ill for company?

> Any replies are welcome

> Thanks Charlotte

[Guest guest]

wOULD YOU RECOMEND TO GO WITH THE SPLINT OS OR THE NON

SPLINT OS. BOTH ARE EQUAL I NEED TO KNOW IF THE SPLINT

IS BETTER FOR YOUR LONG TERM RESULTS DONT WANT TO DO 2 X

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I had lower advancment plus upper lefort 1 peice. The upper was more

trouble than the lower because it affects your nose and sinuses.

Everyone is different. I had my parents stay at a hotel with me in the

city that I had surgery in (Kelowna, BC). I could talk immediately

after surgery for short periods of time. You will likely have low

energy and require a lot of rest. However, a short visit, with your

friends doing most of the talking, shouldn't be out of the question.

Best of luck to you on Monday. You're gonna be absolutely fine

Fay

3wks post-op today!

> Hi all. I am having my op on Monday, ahhh, and was just wondering

how

> long everyone who had the same op stayed in hospital for?

> Also my friends want to come and visit me on Thursday so just 4 days

> after my op. Do you all think i will be up to this, or will i be way

> to ill for company?

> Any replies are welcome

> Thanks Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Hi Patty!

I am sitting here ROFL!! You wrote this: " my Mother-in=law was

here last night because of a birthday party, and it didn't seems to

matter that I couldn't talk. She just kept going on and on and

didn't need my input " . That is priceless! lol

I hope you are doing well enough to get the bands off or have some

adjustment to help you be more comfortable at your next week

appointment. Good luck with this!

Hugs,

Fran

> Luna had a much better experience than I. Maybe it is because I'm

in my

> early 50s. My teeth are banded shut with no opportunity to take

the

> bands off. I have a plastic piece between my teeth which I can

feel

> with my tongue which may be a splint. I can talk through clenched

> teeth, but people have a difficult time understanding me, so I

usually

> write. The first three days were so very uncomfortable., but now

at the

> beginning of day 5, I feel okay. Yesterday I only took one 2-hour

nap

> instead of the two naps the previous days. I do not want

company. I

> don't feel like going anywhere. I just want to get to my

appointment

> next week and hopefully get the bands off.

> funny thing,,,, my Mother-in=law was here last night because of a

> birthday party, and it didn't seems to matter that I couldn't

talk. She

> just kept going on and on and didn't need my input.

> Patty

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[Guest guest]

I had the splint wired in for seven weeks. I was glad to ditch it, but

I wouldn't let that be the deciding factor in choosing a surgeon. It's

not that big a deal -- although I thought it was, briefly, when I went

back at six weeks, having been promised it would come out, and he left

it in another week.

Of course, I was neither wired shut nor tightly banded. Now THAT

would/could be a deciding factor for me, as I think that those who

aren't have a much easier recovery. Or at least, I did. (And no, to

those of you who are wired or tightly banded, I am NOT second-guessing

your surgeons. You may well have different situations/issues than had

I. Trust your docs. They're the ones who spent all those costly years

in school learning how to take us apart and put us back together!)

Cammie..

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> here is my dilemma i have one os who uses

> the splint another who does not. Cant decide

> who to choose both have done about 1000 each

> SIGNED CONFUSED hey thanks

[Guest guest]

To recycle an old joke:

I'll bet your mother-in-law left the party thinking you're a

wonderful conversationalist!

Cammie

> Luna had a much better experience than I. Maybe it is because I'm

in my

> early 50s. My teeth are banded shut with no opportunity to take

the

> bands off. I have a plastic piece between my teeth which I can

feel

> with my tongue which may be a splint. I can talk through clenched

> teeth, but people have a difficult time understanding me, so I

usually

> write. The first three days were so very uncomfortable., but now

at the

> beginning of day 5, I feel okay. Yesterday I only took one 2-hour

nap

> instead of the two naps the previous days. I do not want

company. I

> don't feel like going anywhere. I just want to get to my

appointment

> next week and hopefully get the bands off.

> funny thing,,,, my Mother-in=law was here last night because of a

> birthday party, and it didn't seems to matter that I couldn't

talk. She

> just kept going on and on and didn't need my input.

> Patty

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't think age matters here because I am 23 and banded shut. I

was surprised to read that Luna went out to eat and fish the second

day.

That is something I can only dream about.

At day 4, I am feeling a little better than yesterday. My face is

still swellen, my ears hurt and I haven't slept for longer than 4

hours continuosly. At times I feel claustrophobic with being wired

shut along with the splint in my mouth.

Today it was easier to gulp down the liquids. Yesterday and the day

before, I threw up twice but felt a lot better after that.

I am lucky that I have my family taking care for my every need and

encouraging me.

Also I took the time out as soon as I felt better enough to read

how others on this messageboard are feeling. It really helps to see

that I am not the only one going through this experience and finally

I am on the other side

Namrita.

> Luna had a much better experience than I. Maybe it is because I'm

in my

> early 50s. My teeth are banded shut with no opportunity to take

the

> bands off. I have a plastic piece between my teeth which I can

feel

> with my tongue which may be a splint. I can talk through clenched

> teeth, but people have a difficult time understanding me, so I

usually

> write. The first three days were so very uncomfortable., but now

at the

> beginning of day 5, I feel okay. Yesterday I only took one 2-hour

nap

> instead of the two naps the previous days. I do not want

company. I

> don't feel like going anywhere. I just want to get to my

appointment

> next week and hopefully get the bands off.

> funny thing,,,, my Mother-in=law was here last night because of a

> birthday party, and it didn't seems to matter that I couldn't

talk. She

> just kept going on and on and didn't need my input.

> Patty

>

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>

>

[Guest guest]

Namrita and Patty: So, your surgeons won't let you take the bands off

at ALL? That sucks. I'm allowed to take mine off for eating and

hygiene. I can't imagine not being able to (or being wired). What a

drag! L