Re: How's my June Buddies?

[Guest guest]

, you are getting there. It seems like forever but before you

know it- the weeks have passed. You are alot further along than I am

but I know how you feel with the bands and work. I went back to work

a week after surgery and no one understood me. You get use to it and

sometimes people have good hearts and dont make you answer the phone

at all. I LOVED that!

Hang in there- Hope you get back to normal soon!

> Just checking in to see how the June crew is doing. I went to my

weekly

> OS appt. today and was banded with 3 very tight bands just on the

left

> side. I can't even fit a straw between the teeth now. I have to

talk

> now with my teeth clinched which is surely a challenge at work.

This is

> really starting to get a little stressful, but I am still

caboosing

> along..(haha) I can't believe I am 8 weeks post op and still

tightly

> banded and having weekly OS appts. So it looks like being

released to

> my OD the first week of September is now out of the picture. I

joked

> with my OS today and told him that one of these days he will get

tired

> of me and ship me back to my OD..(haha)

>

> I hope all of you are doing well in your recoveries!

>

> Hugs to you all,

> --Caboose

> Lefort 3-piece, June 28th

[Guest guest]

Hi Stranger!

How was your trip to Louisiana? It must feel good to finally have

your kids back home.

Sorry about the bands. I can just imagine how frustrating that must

be. I saw my ortho today for the first time post-op. He saw how my

jaw still wants to go to the left so he changed the configuration of

my bands. They are mediums though so I can still open my mouth

pretty easily. I can take them out to eat and for PT but otherwise

I'm supposed to wear them 24/7.

I brought pictures of my joints. Everyone at my ortho's office

thought they were really cool. Most had never seen them before. Even

though my ortho does a lot of surgical cases, I'm the first patient

of his to get artificial joints.

I was finally liberated from my surgical hooks after getting them in

April. My mouth feels so good now. There is still a lot of ortho

work to be done. I have about three teeth touching on the left now

but none on the right. My ortho put a bunch of step-ups (or step

downs, I can't remember exactly what he called them) to bring the

rest of my teeth together. Neither he nor my OS will tell me how

much longer they think I might need my braces. Oh well, at least

they offer a family discount when I start going with in a few

years.

Yesterday I finally found my butter pecan Boost again. Yay! Now I

can " eat " at work again. For the last few weeks, I was losing 2-3 lb

everytime I worked a few shifts in a row because I just can't

stomach anymore chocolate or strawberry Boost. There's never any

time to run to the cafeteria for some soup or to heat any up so

Boost is really the only thing I have time for.

Sorry you're still caboosing along but we're getting there. Now

it'll be a race to see who can get their braces off first. The end

is in sight!

minirascal- (who no longer has a bloody mouth!)

> Just checking in to see how the June crew is doing. I went to my

weekly

> OS appt. today and was banded with 3 very tight bands just on the

left

> side. I can't even fit a straw between the teeth now. I have to

talk

> now with my teeth clinched which is surely a challenge at work.

This is

> really starting to get a little stressful, but I am still

caboosing

> along..(haha) I can't believe I am 8 weeks post op and still

tightly

> banded and having weekly OS appts. So it looks like being

released to

> my OD the first week of September is now out of the picture. I

joked

> with my OS today and told him that one of these days he will get

tired

> of me and ship me back to my OD..(haha)

>

> I hope all of you are doing well in your recoveries!

>

> Hugs to you all,

> --Caboose

> Lefort 3-piece, June 28th

[Guest guest]

Hi there!! I cant believe its been this long already since our

surgeries! And time is flying...I have like no time to come on this

site now. Maybe once my college schedule gets going and stuff I

will be able to check in on here more often!

Everything is going very well since my June 14th surgery. I went to

the orthodontist at about 6 weeks post op and he took off my heavy

wires and hooks and did not give me any rubber bands at all. I was

also released from my surgeon for good at that time also. I still

have some slight numbness on my chin and in my gums. The part on my

chin also hurts even though it doesnt have full feeling..thats my

worst pain right now. Its weird. I can chew pretty much everything

again, but only on my left side. I can barely chew a thing on the

right because of the sensitivity (i think from the numbness on that

side). I have ate quite a few burgers(small) and pizza and it is

great to bite straight into something. I cant open my mouth real

wide yet so I have to watch what I eat as far as that goes. I go

back to the orthodontist again tomorrow so we will see what he says

then. I am overall thrilled with the surgery and results though.

It is so nice not to worry about it anymore. I also have much more

confidence at work as a dance teacher looking in the mirror 24/7 now

too!!! I will post pics from my vacation to Panama city beach, FL

last week on here for all to see the end (almost end) results!!!

~, June 14th upper, lower, genio

> Just checking in to see how the June crew is doing. I went to my

weekly

> OS appt. today and was banded with 3 very tight bands just on the

left

> side. I can't even fit a straw between the teeth now. I have to

talk

> now with my teeth clinched which is surely a challenge at work.

This is

> really starting to get a little stressful, but I am still

caboosing

> along..(haha) I can't believe I am 8 weeks post op and still

tightly

> banded and having weekly OS appts. So it looks like being

released to

> my OD the first week of September is now out of the picture. I

joked

> with my OS today and told him that one of these days he will get

tired

> of me and ship me back to my OD..(haha)

>

> I hope all of you are doing well in your recoveries!

>

> Hugs to you all,

> --Caboose

> Lefort 3-piece, June 28th