RE: Re: Week 4 P

May 25, 2005

Thanks for all that. Despite my yearnest efforts to inform myself to the

maximum extent I wasn't aware about the role two sets of bands have on the

muscles. I will for sure ask my surgeon if i will need to have that done as

well. How are you feeling by the way? Are you able to go out and do

activities like you were before the surgery? Reason i ask is next monday

i'm hoping to walk into work all over again. It'll be exactly 2 weeks

tomorrow, but today i feel pretty good. Most of the swelling has gone down.

The biggest difficulty is providing enough fuel to get me through the day.

Its days like this when my quick metabolism can be seen as a vice more

than a virtue. Anyway. . keep up the good recovery. i'm looking forward to

reading you posts

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orthognathicsurgerysupport & gt;Subject: [Orthognathic

Surgery Support ] Re: Week 4 Post -Op

Ceck Up & gt;Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 21:09:08

-0000 & gt; & gt;Derrick & gt; & gt;I had my lower done. He said the

wiring allows for the bone to heal & gt;without moving the entire jaw

back. Then the tight banding gives & gt;some & quot;power & quot; back to the

muscles in the joint. With the wiring, the & gt;muscles can't pull your

jaw back, but with the banding, they should & gt;be able to see within 24

hours whether or not the muscles are going & gt;to pull the jaw back. Then

he said they move to a lighter band to & gt;give the muscles even more

power over the situation, and to see if & gt;they are going to cooperate.

If there is no, or minimal movement & gt;after the 2 sets of banding, then

the splint comes out, and it is & gt;determined that all has gone as

expected. I'll keep you posted on & gt;how this whole process goes for

me. & gt; & gt; & gt; & gt; & gt; & gt; . .

you had a lower down is the correct? i'm wondering & gt;whether i & gt;

& gt; will require the banding as well. supposedly my OS also

used & gt;internal & gt; & gt; fixation using screws, so i don't know if

that does anything in & gt;terms of & gt; & gt; needing extra banding at

the end of a wiring season. mmm. ..? & gt; & gt; & gt; & gt;

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orthognathicsurgerysupport & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;To: & gt; & gt;

orthognathicsurgerysupport & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;Subject: & gt;[Ort\

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& gt; Surgery Support ] Week 4 Post -Op Ceck Up & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;Date:

Wed, 25 & gt;May 2005 & gt; & gt; 16:55:04

-0000 & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;I went for my 4 week check

up & gt;yesterday, and & gt; & gt; my OS said

that & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;everything still looks good. I am scheduled & gt;for

June & gt; & gt; 12th to get & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;unwired. I will then be

tightly banded for a & gt;week. Then I & gt; & gt; will

be & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;loosely banded for another week to make sure that

I & gt;am not & gt; & gt; having any & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;relapse. He didn't

say what would happen if & gt;there were any & gt; & gt;

movement, & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;but I am hoping that we don't even have to

have & gt;that & gt; & gt; discussion! & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;Provided that all

goes well, I will then have & gt;my splint & gt; & gt; removed,

and & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;he said that I should go to my OD the same

day & gt;that I & gt; & gt; get my splint & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt;removed.

Hopefully it will all be down hill & gt;from & gt; & gt;

there. & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp\

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