Re: 3.5 months post-op... Just checking in!

[Guest guest]

Tova,

I'm 6 days post-op and live for the posts that I read from people

like yourself - that have made it out the other end and are happy.

Thanks SO much for sharing your story! I'm so pleased for you!

Carol

> Hey Folks!

>

> It's been a while since I've written but i just wanted to check in.

Jane- I'm jealous... you're

> already getting your braces off and you had surgery a month after

me... I'm still wearing

> rubber bands on the sides about 50% of the time!!! I'll hopefully

get the braces off by the

> end of summer. Lord help me... I'd better!

>

> About 3.5 months post-op and I've been eating normal for months...

I had a steak

> sandwich for dinner. All the swellings been gone for months as well

and my weight is

> certainly back up to normal. (today I wore the tiny mini skirt I

bought at my lowest weight

> and I had to keep yanking it down.. apparently, with my tush a bit

bigger, the skirt

> shimmies up when I walk... or sit... or stand still...)

>

> The one thing that took the longest to go back to normal was my

skin which broke out

> about 2-3 weeks after surgery... The zits would NOT go away... I

finally started using my

> brothers proactive and now it's mostly better but still a bit

unpredictable... weird...

>

> Other than that, and the fact that I can bite through sashimi

without making a mess, it's

> almost as if the surgery never happened. Granted, for the rest of

my life, I will remember

> 2005 as the year that had no February (that month - the one where I

was healing-

> practically disappeared from the calendar)

>

> I have an appt. at the surgeon tomorrow to track my progress and

hopefully learn that the

> rubber bands are pretty uneless at this point... and then monday at

the ortho to hopefully

> learn when the braces are coming off... I yearn for the day....

though, it's nice to constantly

> hear how young I look... I guess I'll have to replace the braces

with eye creams.

>

> All the best,

> Tova

[Guest guest]

My pleasure!!

In the midst of my healing I was a wreck and it sucked but it really does pass

and

everything on the other side really does look brighter... I can honestly say,

the process was

one of the hardest things I've ever done... but unlike just about every other

hard thing we

go through, when this is passed, it's done... a distant memory.....

Feel better soon!

Tova

> > Hey Folks!

> >

> > It's been a while since I've written but i just wanted to check in.

> Jane- I'm jealous... you're

> > already getting your braces off and you had surgery a month after

> me... I'm still wearing

> > rubber bands on the sides about 50% of the time!!! I'll hopefully

> get the braces off by the

> > end of summer. Lord help me... I'd better!

> >

> > About 3.5 months post-op and I've been eating normal for months...

> I had a steak

> > sandwich for dinner. All the swellings been gone for months as well

> and my weight is

> > certainly back up to normal. (today I wore the tiny mini skirt I

> bought at my lowest weight

> > and I had to keep yanking it down.. apparently, with my tush a bit

> bigger, the skirt

> > shimmies up when I walk... or sit... or stand still...)

> >

> > The one thing that took the longest to go back to normal was my

> skin which broke out

> > about 2-3 weeks after surgery... The zits would NOT go away... I

> finally started using my

> > brothers proactive and now it's mostly better but still a bit

> unpredictable... weird...

> >

> > Other than that, and the fact that I can bite through sashimi

> without making a mess, it's

> > almost as if the surgery never happened. Granted, for the rest of

> my life, I will remember

> > 2005 as the year that had no February (that month - the one where I

> was healing-

> > practically disappeared from the calendar)

> >

> > I have an appt. at the surgeon tomorrow to track my progress and

> hopefully learn that the

> > rubber bands are pretty uneless at this point... and then monday at

> the ortho to hopefully

> > learn when the braces are coming off... I yearn for the day....

> though, it's nice to constantly

> > hear how young I look... I guess I'll have to replace the braces

> with eye creams.

> >

> > All the best,

> > Tova

[Guest guest]

Tova,

I'm right at the beginning of that being a wreck stage where it

really sucks. Thanks so much for your encouraging words!

Looking forward to the memory,

Carol

> > > Hey Folks!

> > >

> > > It's been a while since I've written but i just wanted to check

in.

> > Jane- I'm jealous... you're

> > > already getting your braces off and you had surgery a month

after

> > me... I'm still wearing

> > > rubber bands on the sides about 50% of the time!!! I'll

hopefully

> > get the braces off by the

> > > end of summer. Lord help me... I'd better!

> > >

> > > About 3.5 months post-op and I've been eating normal for

months...

> > I had a steak

> > > sandwich for dinner. All the swellings been gone for months as

well

> > and my weight is

> > > certainly back up to normal. (today I wore the tiny mini skirt

I

> > bought at my lowest weight

> > > and I had to keep yanking it down.. apparently, with my tush a

bit

> > bigger, the skirt

> > > shimmies up when I walk... or sit... or stand still...)

> > >

> > > The one thing that took the longest to go back to normal was my

> > skin which broke out

> > > about 2-3 weeks after surgery... The zits would NOT go away...

I

> > finally started using my

> > > brothers proactive and now it's mostly better but still a bit

> > unpredictable... weird...

> > >

> > > Other than that, and the fact that I can bite through sashimi

> > without making a mess, it's

> > > almost as if the surgery never happened. Granted, for the rest

of

> > my life, I will remember

> > > 2005 as the year that had no February (that month - the one

where I

> > was healing-

> > > practically disappeared from the calendar)

> > >

> > > I have an appt. at the surgeon tomorrow to track my progress

and

> > hopefully learn that the

> > > rubber bands are pretty uneless at this point... and then

monday at

> > the ortho to hopefully

> > > learn when the braces are coming off... I yearn for the day....

> > though, it's nice to constantly

> > > hear how young I look... I guess I'll have to replace the

braces

> > with eye creams.

> > >

> > > All the best,

> > > Tova

[Guest guest]

Hi Tova,

Glad to see you're doing well. It's amazing how fast you forget all

the crap that you went through just very recently. I'm also

recovering pretty well - I'm eating pretty much everything as well,

but some harder stuff is still a little challenging, and I'm working

on my opening as well (it's almost back to normal, definitely big

enough for sushi!). Numbness is improving, but very very slowly. But

overall, I'm not complaining. I have a checkup with the surgeon

tomorrow, we'll see what he says. My swelling from the upper jaw

surgery went down a lot in the last several weeks, so I'm very excited

about that (usually it stays longer than swelling from lower surgery).

I've also put all but 2 pounds of the weight that I lost - one side

effect of being able to chew ;-).

Take care,

Irene.

> Hey Folks!

>

> It's been a while since I've written but i just wanted to check in.

Jane- I'm jealous... you're

> already getting your braces off and you had surgery a month after

me... I'm still wearing

> rubber bands on the sides about 50% of the time!!! I'll hopefully

get the braces off by the

> end of summer. Lord help me... I'd better!

>

> About 3.5 months post-op and I've been eating normal for months... I

had a steak

> sandwich for dinner. All the swellings been gone for months as well

and my weight is

> certainly back up to normal. (today I wore the tiny mini skirt I

bought at my lowest weight

> and I had to keep yanking it down.. apparently, with my tush a bit

bigger, the skirt

> shimmies up when I walk... or sit... or stand still...)

>

> The one thing that took the longest to go back to normal was my skin

which broke out

> about 2-3 weeks after surgery... The zits would NOT go away... I

finally started using my

> brothers proactive and now it's mostly better but still a bit

unpredictable... weird...

>

> Other than that, and the fact that I can bite through sashimi

without making a mess, it's

> almost as if the surgery never happened. Granted, for the rest of my

life, I will remember

> 2005 as the year that had no February (that month - the one where I

was healing-

> practically disappeared from the calendar)

>

> I have an appt. at the surgeon tomorrow to track my progress and

hopefully learn that the

> rubber bands are pretty uneless at this point... and then monday at

the ortho to hopefully

> learn when the braces are coming off... I yearn for the day....

though, it's nice to constantly

> hear how young I look... I guess I'll have to replace the braces

with eye creams.

>

> All the best,

> Tova