3 wk point and a question!

August 12, 2005

Wow...it's ahrd to believe that this time three weeks ago I had

probably already been administered the ''happy'' meds in the IV to

relax me for the anesthesia!!

The actual purpose of this post is as follows:

I go to my OS at 4:30 today to see about getting my bands off. I'm

tightly banded, practically the equivalent of wiring, and can't move

my jaws at all. He normally waits the 4-6 wks for most people but I

start school next Friday and have to be able to talk.

I have noticed in some people's posts they talk about the jaw

''shifting'' to the right or left after the bands come off and them

having to be rebanded and such. I was wondering if this is generally

in people whose jaws were out of line to begin with. I think this is

called asymmetry. To my knowledge my jaw was centered. My OS never

mentioned having to move it to the right or left to recenter it when

he showed me the models. It was always just 'back' or 'forward'. I

was just kinda wondering if I needed to watch my jaw for any right or

left shifting movements or if I don't have anything to worry about

since my jaw wasn't asymmetrical. I know I need to ask my OS about

this concern but I was just wondering if the people who had talked

about such occurences had their jaws moved one way or the other. And

has anyone who had their lower jaw moved back ever had their jaw try

to shift forward again? I sometimes have the feeling that my chin is

still in it's old place. I guess it's kind of like a phantom limb

since i've been so used to having it there for so long. Just wondering

if I needed to be on the lookout for my jaw moving.

oooo...i just thought of another question...i have been doing some

reading and i do believe that i had the vertical oblique osteotomy

version of the lower jaw surgery because i think the saggital split

version has plates and screws and i don't have those in my lower

jaw...has anyone who had the vertical oblique osteotomy been allowed

to eat soft foods at a 3 week point? like actually eat the vegetables

in vegetable beef soup instead of just drinking the broth, etc? I

know in my reading it said you can't for up to 6 weeks because it

could displace the jaw, but I didn't know if anyone had done this

without negative effects. anyway...i think that's it for now!

--ashley

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