Re: anyone how has had their palate widened talk to me...tonya

September 16, 2005

Tonya,

It sounds like a transpalatal arch. I had one as a kid. Like most of

the equipment the docs use, it's a pain at first, but you can get

used to it. Better that than to have your jaw narrow again!

But I'll cross my fingers for you that you won't need it.

Cammie

>

> <tonyag38@y...> wrote:

> > Hey, 6 weeks post op upper, lower and widened palate. Well, today

> was

> > what I thought was going to be the best day of my life. I had my

> > splint removed. Well, I knew they were going to put this thing in

> my

> > mouth to keep my palate from closing back in, but I had no idea

> that

> > it was going to be almost as bad as the splint! I could't talk

> again,

> > couldn't eat because everything got stuck up there, and it was

> > positioned so low my tongue kept hitting it and it hurt to talk,

> eat,

> > even swallow. So, I call my ortho. and she met me back at her

> office

> > and took it out. She said we would wait 2 weeks to see if it

> starts to

> > move back in. If not, I won't have to have it back in. If it does

> I

> > will. Please, has anyone had this silver, skinny, bar thing going

> > across the top of their mouth. Or has anyone had their palate

> widened

> > and not had to wear anything? Please let me know. If I have to

> get it

> > back in I have to wear it three months!!!! Can't deal with

this!!!

> > thanks, (having a nervous breakdown) tonya

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