Re: ...(Caboose)

[Guest guest]

Yes! We are finally here and we're both on our computers at the same

time! I'll be thinking about you tomorrow and will be giving you

virtual hugs as you're in the OR and even more so after you wake up.

Do you have a special meal planned for today? We're going to take

the girls out to a steakhouse ('s all-time favorite food along

with shrimp) tonight since I'll be busy all day tomorrow. Since I

can't chew, I'll stick to a baked potato with all the trimmings

while I watch the kids chow down. Someday soon I hope to be able to

share a steak with them!

My in-laws are supposed to be arriving tonight to pick up the girls

and take them back to Alabama with them but their plans change

daily. Things may get too chaotic later and I might not be able to

get back on my computer so I wish you all the best for tomorrow, a

successful surgery and a rapid recovery.

See you on the other side! Toot-toot!

-minirascal

> > > > Hi June Buddies,

> > > >

> > > > Just wanted everyone to look at that calendar and look who's

> next

> > > in

> > > > line!! IT'S ME....YAHOOOOO!! I am only baby steps away now

> > from

> > > > being with my buddies on the other side! There better be

some

> > room

> > > > saved for me because here I come!!

> > > >

> > > > Nerves are starting to kick in slowly but surely! It will

> surely

> > > be

> > > a

> > > > busy weekend and I will surely try to post my thanks to

> everyone

> > > on

> > > > Monday before surgery!

> > > >

> > > > All aboard Kay and , this train is getting ready to

roll

> > > out!

> > > >

> > > > --Caboose

[Guest guest]

Hi Caboose!

Ouch! And I thought I had had a lot done to my teeth but thankfully

I've never had to have a root canal. For me it was just gum surgery,

dental extractions plus the surgeries and nine years in braces this

go around (in addition to the seven years in braces as a child). My

surgeon has said I might need some crowns after the braces come off

but I hope not. I don't think it will ever end or if it does for me,

we'll be starting with our daughter. She's five now and already had

a 10 mm overbite at her last dental exam. She's my little clone but

I hope we can avoid the joint problems I had by correcting her bite

at an early age.

I actually have this week off because my surgeon is on vacation. He

said he'll come in to see me if I have any problems but I really

don't want to interrupt his vacation. Things are going pretty well.

My right side feels great (the one that was giving me all the

problems in the hospital) but my left side is still sore and

swollen. Today at PT, I was able to open to 24 mm which is the most

ever since my first surgery. Our goal is 30 mm so I still have a

ways to go but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

I'm definitely not looking forward to going back to work next

Thursday. I still don't have my energy back and still feel like I

have " medicine head " - probably because I am still on so many

medicines. Last night, I tried going without the hydrocodone but

then I awake from the pain most of the night so I'm still groggy

today. Tonight I think I'll take it again but skip the amitryptiline

which is supposed to help me sleep and alter my perception of pain.

Just going to the grocery store exhausts me, let alone a ten hour

night shift without any breaks. Ugh! Part time is not an option for

me because I don't think I can get anyone to come in at 3:00 a.m. to

cover for me.

Enjoy the rest of your week. I look forward to seeing more of your

posts!

minirascal-

> > > > ,

> > > >

> > > > I think for the first 3 weeks post-op I averaged about 3

cries

> a

> > > > week. I used to get so upset with myself for being such a

baby

> > > until

> > > > I realized that the crying actually made me feel better very

> > > quickly

> > > > and that hey, my body had been though a hell of a lot, not

> least

> > > > anesthesia and steroids. So don't feel bad about the crying.

> > Just

> > > let

> > > > it out. I promise it will get better. I still get frustrated

> > from

> > > > time to time and then I remind myself that I'm still

> recovering.

> > I

> > > > think we need to all remind ourselves that this type of

surgery

> > > > involves a LONG recovery process, longer or shorter for some

> but

> > > > nevertheless longer than we probably expected pre-surgery.

So

> we

> > > need

> > > > to take it easy on ourselves and be realistic about what we

can

> > and

> > > > cannot do, at least for the first 8 weeks post-op. And as

I'm

> > > > constantly saying to myself, remember, this is just a

temporary

> > > phase

> > > > in our lives and consequently so is the feeling poopy and

> > > depressed.

> > > > We'll all be back to our cheery selves soon enough. In fact,

> > we'll

> > > be

> > > > even cheerier because this time we'll have a well

functioning

> > jaw

> > > and

> > > > soon after braces removal (aka. THE DAY) a beautiful smile

to

> > show

> > > > off!!! Whahhhoooooo!!!

> > > >

> > > > Thanks for enquiring about my biopsy results. This whole

second

> > > > adventure has been pretty heart-wrenching because I had only

> > gone

> > > to

> > > > my gyno to see why the hell I was two weeks late with my

period

> > > only

> > > > to walk out of his office being told that maybe I had a

> > cancerous

> > > > tumor. Talk about a blow to the stomach. The biopsy was

> possibly

> > > one

> > > > of the most uncomfortable things I have had to do. Much

worse

> > than

> > > > any of the pain I felt during the orthognathic surgery. Go

> > figure.

> > > > Yesterday I went to pick up my biospy results and because my

> > doctor

> > > > had given me the wrong opening times for the lab I had to

sit

> > > outside

> > > > the doorstep of the darn place for 30 mins waiting.

> > Aaaaggggghhh.

> > > > When I finally got the results I couldn't understand a

single

> > word

> > > > because it was full of important medical terms I couldn't

> > > understand.

> > > > They just all sounded very serious and bad so I sort of

broke

> > down.

> > > > Luckily my mother's gyno is a sweetheart of a man and agreed

to

> > > have

> > > > the results faxed to him so that he could tell me what they

> > meant.

> > > > Well he called me up later that afternoon to tell me to calm

> > down,

> > > > that all was fine and that I was tumor free!

Whoopppppeeee!!!

> So

> > so

> > > > relieved! I'm off to see him for another visit this

afternoon.

> > One

> > > > thing the orthognathic surgery process has taught me is to

get

> a

> > > > second opinion ALL THE TIME. Oh, I also finally got my

period,

> 3

> > > > weeks late. Guess it was the surgery that put my whole

system

> > out

> > > of

> > > > whack. Sorry guys for the details!

> > > >

> > > > Sara xx