Guest guest Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Rene, I've been wired for 5 weeks; and my next appt. with my OS isn't until August 3rd. I'll be 6 weeks, 2 days post op then. I'm more than likely looking at another two weeks past that appointment before my OS will even consider taking the wires out. I wish it weren't so! A couple weeks ago I thought I'd be wired shut for about 6 weeks, but at my last appt. the OS said that I'd better plan on being wired a total of 8-12 weeks; which really threw me because I hadn't planned on it that long. That's a very long time to have wires going through the mouth like this. You can talk if you're wired, although it's straining to the teeth and jaws to talk 'too much'. I'm usually a chatter-box and I like to talk a lot, but I'm restricted somewhat now obviously. It does drive me nuts sometimes, but not much I can do about it. I'm just hoping now that I've gone 5 weeks like this, that 3 more weeks is going to be enough time and I can have them removed at 8 weeks post op. Good luck with everything, and keep us posted. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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