Re: I wish that I would have known about you all...

[Guest guest]

Jayar

Feel free to ask all of your questions here. The people in this

group have been very supportive. I just wish you could have found

this group sooner because it definitely helped me prepare for my

surgery. At least I knew what to expect.

I have been wired shut for 5 weeks now, and I would kill for pizza,

but I would definitely settle for a hamburger. Just about any food

sounds good to me right now!

> Hi all!

>

> Allow me to introduce myself... I am Jayar, 33, and from

California.

> I had surgery on 5/26, and knew virtually nothing that you all are

> talking about. Today is my first day on my own, and I overdid it,

but

> I am hanging in there. I had what is called " a segmental Le

Fort

> I maxillary osteotamy and bilateral sagittal split mandibular

> osteotomies with rigid fixation. " I know that they cut my upper

jaw

> in 3 places, widened it, cut the lower in two places, shifted it

> forward, and fixed my chin. I had some really bad days, but today

I

> feel pretty good, and have been eating (sloppy) but fine. I wish

that

> I could figure out how to get my nasal passages to stop burning!

And

> I would kill for a hamburger.

>

> Can I ask whatever?