Surgery for Dummies

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old guy at the final stages of pre-op.

I've had braces for almost a year (for the third time) and have a

consulatation with my surgeon in a few weeks. I have a recessive

lower jaw, so thats what will be adjusted. I have done alot of

research on the recovery aspect, but I wanted to hear from some of you

for first hand accounts on this type of procedure. I anticipate

taking a week off from work and then going back. My main concern is

that I may have trouble breathing through my nose since I am a mouth

breather, I realize that this is mainly contributed to my jaw. How

many days will I probably have to stay in the hospital? What are the

main areas of numbness that I should expect.

[Guest guest]

I'm also a mouth breather - and had those same concerns as I'm

currently wired shut for 8 weeks. So far, so good. The body seems to

adjust and my nose has just taken over. I took off two weeks from

work and am going back tomorrow. I was in the hospital from Thursday

morning (surgery @ 10:30) until about Noon on Saturday. I had upper

and lower jaw surgery. I have numbness in my cheeks, my nose, the

area between my nose and upper lip and my upper lip.

I hope that information helps, even a little!

Good luck as you move forward towards your surgery!

Carol

> Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old guy at the final stages of pre-op.

> I've had braces for almost a year (for the third time) and have a

> consulatation with my surgeon in a few weeks. I have a recessive

> lower jaw, so thats what will be adjusted. I have done alot of

> research on the recovery aspect, but I wanted to hear from some of

you

> for first hand accounts on this type of procedure. I anticipate

> taking a week off from work and then going back. My main concern is

> that I may have trouble breathing through my nose since I am a mouth

> breather, I realize that this is mainly contributed to my jaw. How

> many days will I probably have to stay in the hospital? What are

the

> main areas of numbness that I should expect.

[Guest guest]

I had work on lower jaw only. No problems whatever with breathing. I

was splinted, but not wired, nor banded.

I think the folks who have lots of congestion are those work have work

on upper jaw... But ask your surgeon, for sure.

Some lower jaw folks have a lot of numbness. I had none at all -- I was

very fortunate.

I was VERY weary. I had surgery when I was in my mid-50s, which may

explain why. I took four weeks off work. You may not have that

experience.

Good luck!

C.

> Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old guy at the final stages of pre-op.

> I've had braces for almost a year (for the third time) and have a

> consulatation with my surgeon in a few weeks. I have a recessive

> lower jaw, so thats what will be adjusted. I have done alot of

> research on the recovery aspect, but I wanted to hear from some of

you

> for first hand accounts on this type of procedure. I anticipate

> taking a week off from work and then going back. My main concern is

> that I may have trouble breathing through my nose since I am a mouth

> breather, I realize that this is mainly contributed to my jaw. How

> many days will I probably have to stay in the hospital? What are the

> main areas of numbness that I should expect.

[Guest guest]

Hey there, I am 22 and am a month post op with upper and lower. I too was a

huge mouthbreather (I thought i would sufficate if i had to breath thru my nose

because I was ALWAYS slightly congested. I was scared before the surgery but

when I woke up (not a word of a lie) i coudl breath through my nose 100 percent

better than befor eth esurgery and it has been that way since. I was off work

anyway until amonth later when my contract started, but I went to my boss a week

and a half post op and asked to go back, unfortunitly i couldnt talk to well adn

there wasnt really any work i coudl do other than stuff envelopes or somthing so

I decidd to wait a few more weeks tilt he wires came off to go back to work, but

im fine, now... see my post earlier today... its a breeze... dont let all the

bad experiences on ehre fool you, just like in the buisness world, you hear 90

percent of the bad stories and 10 percent of the good ones....

KEv

ceast36532 <no_reply > wrote:

I had work on lower jaw only. No problems whatever with breathing. I

was splinted, but not wired, nor banded.

I think the folks who have lots of congestion are those work have work

on upper jaw... But ask your surgeon, for sure.

Some lower jaw folks have a lot of numbness. I had none at all -- I was

very fortunate.

I was VERY weary. I had surgery when I was in my mid-50s, which may

explain why. I took four weeks off work. You may not have that

experience.

Good luck!

C.

> Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old guy at the final stages of pre-op.

> I've had braces for almost a year (for the third time) and have a

> consulatation with my surgeon in a few weeks. I have a recessive

> lower jaw, so thats what will be adjusted. I have done alot of

> research on the recovery aspect, but I wanted to hear from some of

you

> for first hand accounts on this type of procedure. I anticipate

> taking a week off from work and then going back. My main concern is

> that I may have trouble breathing through my nose since I am a mouth

> breather, I realize that this is mainly contributed to my jaw. How

> many days will I probably have to stay in the hospital? What are the

> main areas of numbness that I should expect.

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[Guest guest]

I didn't have any trouble, even though I had upper and lower done. There was

alot of gunk

in my nose which I gently cleaned out with a damp q-tip (after my doc ok'd it)

but that was

all.

BTW, you may not have to be wired shut. Different docs handle this differently.

I had

rubber bands linking top to bottom but could open my mouth just a bit. Not

enough to

brush my teeth, so I still had atomic dragon breath, but enough that I didn't

feel very

constricted.

Luck,

> > Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old guy at the final stages of pre-op.

> > I've had braces for almost a year (for the third time) and have a

> > consulatation with my surgeon in a few weeks. I have a recessive

> > lower jaw, so thats what will be adjusted. I have done alot of

> > research on the recovery aspect, but I wanted to hear from some of

> you

> > for first hand accounts on this type of procedure. I anticipate

> > taking a week off from work and then going back. My main concern is

> > that I may have trouble breathing through my nose since I am a mouth

> > breather, I realize that this is mainly contributed to my jaw. How

> > many days will I probably have to stay in the hospital? What are the

> > main areas of numbness that I should expect.

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[Guest guest]

>atomic dragon breath

Aaaah! That's great!