6 WEEK UPDATE

[Guest guest]

Memory WOW what great weight loss!!!!!!You are doing so great I hope I will

be like you!!!!!! Hugs marg

[Guest guest]

Hey y'all!!

I am 6 weeks post op today and down 50lbs! Yay!!!!!!!! I feel great. I'm

able to eat anything I want, but I try to stick with mostly fruits and

veggies. I love cheez-its for a snack. No dumping yet.(thank you Lord)

Tarri how are you?

' hang in there you can do it! Don't let LT and her cohorts deter you.

Don't you have a little stud football player that they call Sky Dog? I

think we have kids on the same team.

Memory

Down 50lbs!

Getting a boob job and body lift.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations, ! I'm very happy for you! ~~ Diane

> Hi!

>

> Today, I'm six weeks post-op and had a great appt with my OS. He's

> very pleased with the way I'm healing. My swelling is almost gone

> and my facial muscles are starting to work again. When I took my

> bands off, he got a little worried at first because my jaw

> immediately shifted back over to the left. Once he seated my

> condyles, my bite was near perfect and will be after my

orthodontist

> does his thing. It's just my muslces that keep pulling everything

> over to the left. I need to keep wearing my bands to retrain my

> muscles.

>

> He was very happy with my opening. I stretched and did my jaw

> exercises during the 40 minute drive to his office. I was so

afraid

> he was going to stretch me again but I managed to get to 23 mm

(two

> fingers) on my own. I still have a ways to go to our goal of 30 mm

> but I'm slowly getting there.

>

> I've also been cleared to eat whatever I want. Since the joints

are

> artificial now there's no bone to heal so I can't do any damage.

> Eating is still slow-going. I haven't been able to chew for over

> three years now (and wasn't chewing much before then either) so my

> muscles are very atrophied. When I try to bite down on anything, I

> can't get through it and it just goes into my cheeks. I have been

> able to chew pasta, rice and overcooked veggies and they taste so

> good now. I've also been able to eat some very mild chili and tuna

> salad. Yum!

>

> I've also been cleared to go back to my ortho. It's going to feel

> good to get my teeth aligned. Even though my bite is good, I only

> have a few teeth that touch. Once my teeth are aligned, my OS says

> he wants the braces to stay on " a good while " afterwards. He

noticed

> my teeth were very loose during my surgery so the braces need to

> stay on until they tighten up again. I figuring another year but

> I've had braces for almost half my life (I'm 38) so one more year

or

> so won't bother me. My husband and children have never seen me

> without them so they wouldn't even recognize me. I go back to the

> ortho on Aug 25.

>

> Sorry about the novel. I'm just so excited that everything is

going

> so well. It looks like this really will be my last surgery! Wahoo!

I

> hope everyone else is doing well, too.

> minirascal-

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

By now you're on your way to Sicily. Have fun and have some wine for

me. I'm toasting with my Boost right back at you!

> mini-rascal,

>

> You have no idea how excited i was to read your update. Finally

some

> long awaited and deserved good news for you!!I'm so pleased words

can't

> describe it. Even though I haven't been on the site very often

during

> the last few weeks I've often thought of you and kept my fingers

> crossed that things were working out for you. Enjoy that food now

that

> you have the go ahead to eat anything you like. I'm sure

eventually

> you'll be able to bite down and chew on something nice and juicy.

And

> when you do make sure you let us know for that's one milestone I

don't

> want to miss out on hearing about!

>

> I'm off to Sicily tomorrow with my fiancè for a 10 day holiday.

I'll be

> sure to drink a glass of glorious Sicilian wine and make a toast

to

> your good health!

>

> Sara