Guest guest Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 How long did the surgery take? > > Hi All, > > I had surgery yesterday - lower jaw and upper jaw with an expansion > (widening) of my upper jaw as well. By all reports, the surgery went > well. I don't remember a thing. My anesthesiologist told me, " Ok, now > we're going to give you some meds that will make you happy to be > here. " The next thing I knew, I was looking at my beautiful wife > after the surgery in my room. > > Some thing I've encountered so far: > I'm not in all that much pain. I haven't been taking all the > suggested doses because I haven't felt the need. I've been taking > about 500 mg of liquid Oxycodon about every 6 hours. It's really more > of an uncomfortable feeling than anything. Not much pain. > > No nauseua, even though I did manage to swallow a bit of blood. That > sucker tube was my best friend yesterday. > > I've got some swelling on my lower jaw - the upper jaw swelling is > pretty minimal. My doc said that I'm definitely in the lower 10% of > the patients he's treated in terms of the amount of swelling. I still > feel pretty inflated though! > > I've got a retainer-like splint in my upper jaw to assist with the > expansion. It's a pain in the rear end but manageable. I've got two > elastics on the front of my teeth but I've been able to remove those > to eat and brush since I got home at 11-ish this morning. > > Food - up until an hour ago, all food was delivered via a syringe > down one side of my mouth. This included juice in the afternoon > yesterday and vegetable soup broth last night. An hour ago, I decided > to try eating pudding and apple sauce. Things went really well - just > really awkward. I decided to leave the splint during this as it was a > little difficult getting it back in when the doc showed me at my post- > op exam this morning. I just took a nice long shower, cleared out all > the dried gunk in my nose and am feeling a little more refreshed. > > I know I've got a long road ahead and I will probably encounter some > bad days here and there, but the biggest part I worried about is > behind me. Thanks everyone for being supportive. I hope this post is > a little encouraging for someone about to have surgery. > > I'll update again soon! > JT > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hi , Glad everything went well for you, and even that it went extremely well! I hope you are continuing to feel as well through your recovery too! Way to go! Hugs, Fran > > Hi All, > > I had surgery yesterday - lower jaw and upper jaw with an expansion > (widening) of my upper jaw as well. By all reports, the surgery went > well. I don't remember a thing. My anesthesiologist told me, " Ok, now > we're going to give you some meds that will make you happy to be > here. " The next thing I knew, I was looking at my beautiful wife > after the surgery in my room. > > Some thing I've encountered so far: > I'm not in all that much pain. I haven't been taking all the > suggested doses because I haven't felt the need. I've been taking > about 500 mg of liquid Oxycodon about every 6 hours. It's really more > of an uncomfortable feeling than anything. Not much pain. > > No nauseua, even though I did manage to swallow a bit of blood. That > sucker tube was my best friend yesterday. > > I've got some swelling on my lower jaw - the upper jaw swelling is > pretty minimal. My doc said that I'm definitely in the lower 10% of > the patients he's treated in terms of the amount of swelling. I still > feel pretty inflated though! > > I've got a retainer-like splint in my upper jaw to assist with the > expansion. It's a pain in the rear end but manageable. I've got two > elastics on the front of my teeth but I've been able to remove those > to eat and brush since I got home at 11-ish this morning. > > Food - up until an hour ago, all food was delivered via a syringe > down one side of my mouth. This included juice in the afternoon > yesterday and vegetable soup broth last night. An hour ago, I decided > to try eating pudding and apple sauce. Things went really well - just > really awkward. I decided to leave the splint during this as it was a > little difficult getting it back in when the doc showed me at my post- > op exam this morning. I just took a nice long shower, cleared out all > the dried gunk in my nose and am feeling a little more refreshed. > > I know I've got a long road ahead and I will probably encounter some > bad days here and there, but the biggest part I worried about is > behind me. Thanks everyone for being supportive. I hope this post is > a little encouraging for someone about to have surgery. > > I'll update again soon! > JT > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The surgery was scheduled to take about 2 1/2 hours but from what the doc told my wife, it ended up taking about 40 minutes less than expected. > > > > Hi All, > > > > I had surgery yesterday - lower jaw and upper jaw with an > expansion > > (widening) of my upper jaw as well. By all reports, the surgery > went > > well. I don't remember a thing. My anesthesiologist told me, " Ok, > now > > we're going to give you some meds that will make you happy to be > > here. " The next thing I knew, I was looking at my beautiful wife > > after the surgery in my room. > > > > Some thing I've encountered so far: > > I'm not in all that much pain. I haven't been taking all the > > suggested doses because I haven't felt the need. I've been taking > > about 500 mg of liquid Oxycodon about every 6 hours. It's really > more > > of an uncomfortable feeling than anything. Not much pain. > > > > No nauseua, even though I did manage to swallow a bit of blood. > That > > sucker tube was my best friend yesterday. > > > > I've got some swelling on my lower jaw - the upper jaw swelling is > > pretty minimal. My doc said that I'm definitely in the lower 10% > of > > the patients he's treated in terms of the amount of swelling. I > still > > feel pretty inflated though! > > > > I've got a retainer-like splint in my upper jaw to assist with the > > expansion. It's a pain in the rear end but manageable. I've got > two > > elastics on the front of my teeth but I've been able to remove > those > > to eat and brush since I got home at 11-ish this morning. > > > > Food - up until an hour ago, all food was delivered via a syringe > > down one side of my mouth. This included juice in the afternoon > > yesterday and vegetable soup broth last night. An hour ago, I > decided > > to try eating pudding and apple sauce. Things went really well - > just > > really awkward. I decided to leave the splint during this as it > was a > > little difficult getting it back in when the doc showed me at my > post- > > op exam this morning. I just took a nice long shower, cleared out > all > > the dried gunk in my nose and am feeling a little more refreshed. > > > > I know I've got a long road ahead and I will probably encounter > some > > bad days here and there, but the biggest part I worried about is > > behind me. Thanks everyone for being supportive. I hope this post > is > > a little encouraging for someone about to have surgery. > > > > I'll update again soon! > > JT > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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