Cori/Re: I'm back! I made it!

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Welcome back home Cori,

What great news! It sounds like everything went well for you! Get

some rest and keep us posted on your recovery!

--Caboose

> hello all! I made it!

>

> My surgery was at 8:30 Wednesday morning (2 piece upper leforte 1

for an open bite and a

> cross bite). I guess it only took 2 1/2 hours (My OS said 2-4

hours for surgery). I did well

> and only lost 1/2 a unit of blood, which is very good. I didn't do

so hot in recovery, I

> threw up blood twice even with the NG tube still in. Then once I

got up to my room I

> threw up again just as my hubby, my mom and my sister came in. So

much for good first

> impressions. I felt SO much better afterwards though so I didn't

care that much. The

> nurses were great and got me cleaned up right away and discretly

into a new gown. My OS

> kept me in the hospital for an extra night just to make sure that I

was doing well enough

> to go home, (I didn't eat breakfast that well yesterday morning) so

I just got home this

> afternoon. I felt alot better once they took out the NG tube and

my catheter early

> yesterday.

>

> My swelling isn't that bad at all, definetly not as bad as some

pictures that I have seen. It

> already seems to be going down a little on the right side already

so I'm a little lopsided but

> not bad. Most people seem to have a 'worse' side so I'm not too

worried about it. I have

> been eating creamy soups and instant breakfasts. Eating is ok,

could be better but it's not

> that bad. Taking pills is not fun, usually when I swallow my pills

I have to swallow very

> carefully or else it feels like I'm trying to take off my upper

jaw. But not really, it's not

> painful it just seems wrong and scary. I have 4 plates and a ton

of screws (6-8 per plate)

> so nothing is moving for real. My lips are starting to peel and

they look disgusting but

> they don't hurt at all, so that's good.

>

> I feel alot better than I thought I would, just very tired easily.

>

> I did notice a weird feeling on my palate and told my OS about it

when he came in to check

> up on me. He said that when they expanded my palate (one

centimeter!) unfortunately it

> rent (ripped) a little. He said that it should heal up within a

week or so. What concerns me

> alot is that when I swallow I feel at times like there is air

coming through from my nose to

> up above my front teeth. I'm hoping that this heals up shortly

too, I know some people

> have had to go to an ENT after some time to fix up holes in their

palates. Guess we'll see.

>

> My numbess is quickly disappearing. My left side is the worst

between the two (it's also

> the more swollen of the two). I would say it is numb from my eye

to my mouth and to my

> nose. My right side is only numb for about an inch around my

nose. My upper lip is

> mostly good, just a little numb on the upper left corner.

Impressive to me!

>

> That's about all for now. Thanks for the help for the past year

and for any future help I

> might need.

>

> Cori W