Guest guest Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Hello--my name is Sherry. I just had suegery on June 7th for TMJ. Terrible daily headaches etc! Apparently my lower jaw was too small and receeded etc...they put in correct position and pulled it forward, doing upper jaw at samw time. They seperated my palate into three sections. I have 28 screws and 6 plates. Sounds gruesome...It is 6 days post-op and I am sooo discouraged. My mouth tastes totally aweful and lacks feeling. It makes it very hard to be motivated to drink anything. Of course, now I am weak and dizzy, already losing 10 lbs! I am keeping myself hydrated though with protein drinks and water and pepsi and soups etc. Just not taking in 'a lot'. I am absolutely terrified of getting an infection b/c it would set me back so far. Please tell me it is extremely rare!!I hope whoever reads this is recovering well and are happy they had it done. Take care Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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