Re: Pain - 1 year later

[Guest guest]

The jaw bones are back to their original strength (in some cases

stronger than ever) 6 months post-op. Unless there are physical

fights involved, I doubt very much that you could have damaged

anything.

Jaw pain is usually caused by tension in your jaw muscles. I was in

a similar situation as you the other day and, being only 7 weeks

post-op, my jaw joints quickly began to ache and the soreness lasted

through the night. Normally, you don't notice the muscle tension

until it starts hurting. This is just from my experience of course.

I certainly wouldn't worry about having to have surgery again unless

you had a complete relapse of your open bite.

Yann

> Hi all,

>

> I haven't posted here in a long time. I had upper/lower surgery

for an

> open bite back in May 2004, and I had a fairly good recovery, with

> virtually no pain. After reading many of the posts on here, I

thought

> I was pretty lucky with how everything went for me.

>

> I just had my one year anniversary of the surgery date, however,

and

> I've begun to notice that I'll have pain sometimes on each side.

>

> For the past couple months, things have been rough with my family,

and

> without getting too personal, there's been a lot of fighting and

> crying. My jaw has really hurt the most after any fights. Now I

know

> you'll all be thinking " it's your own fault " because it seems as

> though this pain has come directly as a result of what's been

going on.

>

> My question is, what do you think I could have actually done to my

> jaw, damage wise? Would I have hurt the muscle, the bones? My jaw

> should have been fairly healed by 1 year but I know it probably

isn't

> at 100%. I'm fearing now that because of all this, I'll need to

have a

> second surgery, and that scares me so much. Anyone think that it'll

> just heal and the pain will go away?

>

> I'm beginning to question my choice to have the surgery in the

first

> place.

>

> ~that_girl100

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm very sorry to hear about the pain that you are experiencing so

long after the surgery. Given that you said that you've been having a

lot of fights recently I think that as Yann mentioned the pain is

most probably due to muscle strain in the jaw joints. I know that

everytime I have a fight with my family or boyfriend I break out into

the worse migraines and there is not much that I can do about it

except not fight, which as we all know, is easier said than done.

Have you spoken to your doctor about the pain you have been

experiencing? When was the last check up visit you had? I'm not due

for my surgery for another 2 weeks but it is my understanding that

usually one has a check up visit after 1 year. Maybe you should go in

to have an xray done and check to see if any of the plates or screws

might be making your pain worse. I agree with Yann that unless you

are physically seeing a relapse in your bite it is highly unlikely

that you will have to undergo the surgery again, unless there is

something wrong with your actual joints. Either way I would say that

the best person to speak to would be your oral surgeon. You might be

grinding your teeth during fights (which is what I do) that places an

extra strain on the joint and muscles. Try to keep your chin up and

focus on the positives that have come out of the surgery - presumably

your open bite has been fixed and you can bite into food perfectly

now. As for the problems at home, those are perhaps harder to resolve

but i know from personal experience that there is always light at the

end of tunnel even if it doesn't seem like it right now.

Keep us posted on your progress. Sending you a big virtual hug.

Sara

> Hi all,

>

> I haven't posted here in a long time. I had upper/lower surgery for

an

> open bite back in May 2004, and I had a fairly good recovery, with

> virtually no pain. After reading many of the posts on here, I

thought

> I was pretty lucky with how everything went for me.

>

> I just had my one year anniversary of the surgery date, however, and

> I've begun to notice that I'll have pain sometimes on each side.

>

> For the past couple months, things have been rough with my family,

and

> without getting too personal, there's been a lot of fighting and

> crying. My jaw has really hurt the most after any fights. Now I know

> you'll all be thinking " it's your own fault " because it seems as

> though this pain has come directly as a result of what's been going

on.

>

> My question is, what do you think I could have actually done to my

> jaw, damage wise? Would I have hurt the muscle, the bones? My jaw

> should have been fairly healed by 1 year but I know it probably

isn't

> at 100%. I'm fearing now that because of all this, I'll need to

have a

> second surgery, and that scares me so much. Anyone think that it'll

> just heal and the pain will go away?

>

> I'm beginning to question my choice to have the surgery in the first

> place.

>

> ~that_girl100

[Guest guest]

First of all, forget any connection between " your fault " and pain.

Unless you're into the Munchausen syndrome, or self-damaging things.

Those are way beyond my ken.

But as far as pain being the result of something you've done: You

know the answer, and the answer is most likely to be no.

Now. This " fighting. " Physically? Could someone have hit you and

broken your jaw? If so, you have a bigger problem than a broken jaw,

until you get yourself out of danger, to be blunt.

If it's mainly emotional -- sure, clenching your teeth can bring on

pain. That has little to do with whether or not you chose surgery,

far as I know. The surgery has probably spared you some pain, in my

best guesstimate, because the pressures are more balanced.

But hey -- why are you asking here? Head for your surgeon, or

another competent one, and ask there! That's where the real answers

live.

Meantime, best wishes to you.

Cammie

> Hi all,

>

> I haven't posted here in a long time. I had upper/lower surgery

for an

> open bite back in May 2004, and I had a fairly good recovery, with

> virtually no pain. After reading many of the posts on here, I

thought

> I was pretty lucky with how everything went for me.

>

> I just had my one year anniversary of the surgery date, however,

and

> I've begun to notice that I'll have pain sometimes on each side.

>

> For the past couple months, things have been rough with my family,

and

> without getting too personal, there's been a lot of fighting and

> crying. My jaw has really hurt the most after any fights. Now I

know

> you'll all be thinking " it's your own fault " because it seems as

> though this pain has come directly as a result of what's been

going on.

>

> My question is, what do you think I could have actually done to my

> jaw, damage wise? Would I have hurt the muscle, the bones? My jaw

> should have been fairly healed by 1 year but I know it probably

isn't

> at 100%. I'm fearing now that because of all this, I'll need to

have a

> second surgery, and that scares me so much. Anyone think that it'll

> just heal and the pain will go away?

>

> I'm beginning to question my choice to have the surgery in the

first

> place.

>

> ~that_girl100

[Guest guest]

Cammie,

There's been no physical fighting whatsoever, so I can be thankful for

that. My apologies for posting a message that wasn't quite a question.

Most of the questions people post on this board can be best answered

by a professional. However, I'm sure the majority would agree with me

that it's the comfort in knowing that someone has been through the

same things that is most often sought. That's what I was looking for.

Thanks to you and the others who took the time to respond to my

message. This jaw surgery thing has been a rough road in some ways, so

I'm glad that there's been a place where all of us are in the same

boat, one way or another.

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I haven't posted here in a long time. I had upper/lower surgery

> for an

> > open bite back in May 2004, and I had a fairly good recovery, with

> > virtually no pain. After reading many of the posts on here, I

> thought

> > I was pretty lucky with how everything went for me.

> >

> > I just had my one year anniversary of the surgery date, however,

> and

> > I've begun to notice that I'll have pain sometimes on each side.

> >

> > For the past couple months, things have been rough with my family,

> and

> > without getting too personal, there's been a lot of fighting and

> > crying. My jaw has really hurt the most after any fights. Now I

> know

> > you'll all be thinking " it's your own fault " because it seems as

> > though this pain has come directly as a result of what's been

> going on.

> >

> > My question is, what do you think I could have actually done to my

> > jaw, damage wise? Would I have hurt the muscle, the bones? My jaw

> > should have been fairly healed by 1 year but I know it probably

> isn't

> > at 100%. I'm fearing now that because of all this, I'll need to

> have a

> > second surgery, and that scares me so much. Anyone think that it'll

> > just heal and the pain will go away?

> >

> > I'm beginning to question my choice to have the surgery in the

> first

> > place.

> >

> > ~that_girl100