Re: I had surgery on friday...

[Guest guest]

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I'm sending you a huge virtual hug and my heart goes out to you for

all the pain and suffering you are going through. You truly are a

strong and courageous trouper. Not many would be able to go through

all that you are going through with such courage and determination.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that the infection will soon

become a thing of the past. In the mean time, in the below link is a

few definitions of what a class III malocclusion means. Basically it

refers to severity of your bite be it open or an over bite.

http://www.google.com/search?

hl=en & lr= & oi=defmore & q=define:Class+III+malocclusion

Sending you lots of warm happy positive vibes,

Sara

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> Hello,

>

> I had my jaw/nose and cheek bone surgery 14 weeks ago. I am happy

with the results of the surgery. For a few weeks now I have been

battling a loosing battle with an infection so on friday i had an EVA

nasendoscopy where I was put under and the surgeons were able to take

a look at my sinuses and around the plates and screws without causing

me any pain and discomfort in the process. They cut open my sinuses

more to see if that will help, they also drained what infection they

could see away. They were able to see that several plates and screws

are infected, but the bone graft hasn't healed.

>

> So they decided to drain as much of the infection as they could and

clean the plates ot see if this will help as they are unable to take

the plates out right now. If it doesn't clear up which it doesn't

seem to be doing then they will have no choice but to remove the

plates and put new one's in and possibly re-do the bone graft. The

pharyngeal flap that I have in place to aid speech is no longer

working because of the extent of the surgery and the upper jaw being

braught forwards so much. So I now sound very nasally which is

something I dreaded the most prior to the surgery, but they will be

able to do another surgery to repair the flap and do it a different

way.

>

> Right now it seems I will need a few more surgeries but first I

need to get over this one. The surgery on friday has left me very

sore and swollen and not ot mention the bruises! I was supposed to

see my ortho on Monday but due to the surgery I had to cancel as I

was in hospital until late saturday evening and I am so sore right

now that there was no way she could do anything. I was supposed to be

banded shut as I am beginning to have a relapse and my jaw is in

almost the same position as it was pre-op. I see my surgeon on

Tuesday to see what the next step will be I will also have an MRI

scan and a CT scan done as well. I did notice that on friday he wrote

on my notes class III malocclusion I don't know what this mean so if

anyone has any insight I would be greatfull. I was going to ask him

but I was all preped for surgery and was a knock out LOL!!!

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[Guest guest]

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So if they have to go in and replace the screws and plates, does

that require you starting a liquid diet again? Just curious. I'm

only 2 1/2 weeks post-op, but a week into it I got a nasty infection

on the right side, they did a bilateral sagittal split on the

lower. My face swelled up, turned greenish color, and had hard

patches in it. I started throwing up green stuff, evidently

drainage, and when the doctor saw me he put me on heavy meds, 8

pills a day. I'm finished with my meds, and most of the swelling

from that is gone, but I still have some strange hard patches. I

feel so bad for you, and hope all goes well. Get feeling better,

and let us all know the outcome. Take care.

Connie

>

> Hello,

>

> I had my jaw/nose and cheek bone surgery 14 weeks ago. I am happy

with the results of the surgery. For a few weeks now I have been

battling a loosing battle with an infection so on friday i had an

EVA nasendoscopy where I was put under and the surgeons were able to

take a look at my sinuses and around the plates and screws without

causing me any pain and discomfort in the process. They cut open my

sinuses more to see if that will help, they also drained what

infection they could see away. They were able to see that several

plates and screws are infected, but the bone graft hasn't healed.

>

> So they decided to drain as much of the infection as they could

and clean the plates ot see if this will help as they are unable to

take the plates out right now. If it doesn't clear up which it

doesn't seem to be doing then they will have no choice but to remove

the plates and put new one's in and possibly re-do the bone graft.

The pharyngeal flap that I have in place to aid speech is no longer

working because of the extent of the surgery and the upper jaw being

braught forwards so much. So I now sound very nasally which is

something I dreaded the most prior to the surgery, but they will be

able to do another surgery to repair the flap and do it a different

way.

>

> Right now it seems I will need a few more surgeries but first I

need to get over this one. The surgery on friday has left me very

sore and swollen and not ot mention the bruises! I was supposed to

see my ortho on Monday but due to the surgery I had to cancel as I

was in hospital until late saturday evening and I am so sore right

now that there was no way she could do anything. I was supposed to

be banded shut as I am beginning to have a relapse and my jaw is in

almost the same position as it was pre-op. I see my surgeon on

Tuesday to see what the next step will be I will also have an MRI

scan and a CT scan done as well. I did notice that on friday he

wrote on my notes class III malocclusion I don't know what this mean

so if anyone has any insight I would be greatfull. I was going to

ask him but I was all preped for surgery and was a knock out LOL!!!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Connie,

I was told that if they do have to go in and replace teh screws and plates then

it will require the liquid diet again.

sarah

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