Re: I am back from the surgery - Day 1 post-op

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear from you, Irene. Sounds like all is going well, or as

well as you can be 1 day post-op. Keep resting and getting better!

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[Guest guest]

Great to hear from you Irene! keep resting and keep us posted on your recovery!

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Thanks, and ...

I will come back and write more updates later.

Irene

[Guest guest]

Congratulations. How is the stuffy nose? I've read a lot about that

on this site, and that kind of freaks me out. I'm afraid I won't be

able to breath. Is it worse than a cold?

> Hello everyone...

>

> I am happy to tell you that I am back.

>

> My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics, 3 on

> each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

concerns

> before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately, I

slept

> much better than I thought even though there is pain and my nose is

> kind of plugged up.

>

> I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now... Wish him

> well...

>

> Irene

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the other side Irene.... that is great that you are able to

sleep. Sleep passes the time and is very healing, so that is great.

We'll look for your updates on how you're doing.

Katja

> Hello everyone...

>

> I am happy to tell you that I am back.

>

> My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics, 3 on

> each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

concerns

> before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately, I

slept

> much better than I thought even though there is pain and my nose is

> kind of plugged up.

>

> I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now... Wish him

> well...

>

> Irene

[Guest guest]

Irene - Congratulations on making it to the other side - I bet you

are feeling so relieved to finally have the surgery behind you. I'll

be sending you some of my special healing vibes. Take care and rest

up.~~~~ Diane (Idaho) :-)#) [bSSO + LeFort next June]

> Hello everyone...

>

> I am happy to tell you that I am back.

>

> My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics, 3 on

> each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

concerns

> before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately, I

slept

> much better than I thought even though there is pain and my nose is

> kind of plugged up.

>

> I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now... Wish

him

> well...

>

> Irene

[Guest guest]

Hi Irene,

Glad you are doing so well. You sound really good for one day post

op! Are your pain meds holding the pain off well? I know for my

during previous surgeries, I had to be really careful to take my pain

meds on time. It kept me ahead of the pain rather than trying to

catch up to it. Glad you posted!

Hugs,

Fran

> Hello everyone...

>

> I am happy to tell you that I am back.

>

> My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics, 3 on

> each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

concerns

> before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately, I

slept

> much better than I thought even though there is pain and my nose is

> kind of plugged up.

>

> I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now... Wish him

> well...

>

> Irene

[Guest guest]

Hi Fran,

In fact, I didn't take much pain-killer at all. It makes me quite

drowsy and I don't like it. There is not much pain at all after the

surgery. So I mainly take the antibiotics and whatever that I really

need to take besides the pain-killer.

Umm... did I answer your question?

Irene ^__^

[Guest guest]

Thanks Diane...

Irene ^__^

> > Hello everyone...

> >

> > I am happy to tell you that I am back.

> >

> > My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics, 3

on

> > each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

> concerns

> > before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately, I

> slept

> > much better than I thought even though there is pain and my nose

is

> > kind of plugged up.

> >

> > I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now... Wish

> him

> > well...

> >

> > Irene

[Guest guest]

Hi Irene,

LOL! Yes you did! Thank you!

Hugs,

Fran

> Hi Fran,

>

> In fact, I didn't take much pain-killer at all. It makes me quite

> drowsy and I don't like it. There is not much pain at all after the

> surgery. So I mainly take the antibiotics and whatever that I really

> need to take besides the pain-killer.

>

> Umm... did I answer your question?

>

> Irene ^__^

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Irene! I hope you continue to do well.

Rene`

> > Hi Fran,

> >

> > In fact, I didn't take much pain-killer at all. It makes me quite

> > drowsy and I don't like it. There is not much pain at all after

the

> > surgery. So I mainly take the antibiotics and whatever that I

really

> > need to take besides the pain-killer.

> >

> > Umm... did I answer your question?

> >

> > Irene ^__^

[Guest guest]

Thanks Rene. In fact, today is my day 4 post-op. I can see that the

left side of my chin is less swollen now. However, I see some

bruises on both sides of the chin and I think it is normal.

I am doing well...and I hope everyone here who has already had

his/her surgery done is also doing well too.

Irene ^__^

> > > Hi Fran,

> > >

> > > In fact, I didn't take much pain-killer at all. It makes me

quite

> > > drowsy and I don't like it. There is not much pain at all

after

> the

> > > surgery. So I mainly take the antibiotics and whatever that I

> really

> > > need to take besides the pain-killer.

> > >

> > > Umm... did I answer your question?

> > >

> > > Irene ^__^

[Guest guest]

Irene - How are you feeling today? How is the swelling, pain, and

numbness? Hope you are getting stronger with each passing day. Take

care - warm healing thoughts are going out to you. ~~ Diane (Idaho)---

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , ischan0107

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Thanks Diane...

>

> Irene ^__^

>

>

> > > Hello everyone...

> > >

> > > I am happy to tell you that I am back.

> > >

> > > My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics,

3

> on

> > > each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

> > concerns

> > > before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately,

I

> > slept

> > > much better than I thought even though there is pain and my

nose

> is

> > > kind of plugged up.

> > >

> > > I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now...

Wish

> > him

> > > well...

> > >

> > > Irene

[Guest guest]

Irene - How are you feeling today? How is the swelling, pain, and

numbness? Hope you are getting stronger with each passing day. Take

care - warm healing thoughts are going out to you. ~~ Diane (Idaho)---

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , ischan0107

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Thanks Diane...

>

> Irene ^__^

>

>

> > > Hello everyone...

> > >

> > > I am happy to tell you that I am back.

> > >

> > > My face is swollen now...The 2 jaws are bounded by 6 elastics,

3

> on

> > > each side. So, I can really eat or even talk at all. One of my

> > concerns

> > > before the surgery was if I could sleep at night. Fortunately,

I

> > slept

> > > much better than I thought even though there is pain and my

nose

> is

> > > kind of plugged up.

> > >

> > > I know that Dennis in Michigan is having his surgery now...

Wish

> > him

> > > well...

> > >

> > > Irene