To Reni

[Guest guest]

Hi Rene

I can't find the original post where you asked me what my symptons

pre-op were but i didn't want you to think that I'd ignored your

question so here goes:

Pre-surgery I suffered from:

1) Weekly sometimes daily headaches that could last anywhere from 30

minutes to a whole day. The headaches would just take possession of

my whole head, it felt like someone had crashed a sledge-hammer

against my skull. I started having these headaches probably when I

was about 16 but they were minor. Over the last 3 years (I'm now 27)

they got increasingly worse, especially when I was in periods of

stress at work or school.

2) The sides of my face always felt strained and my chin often felt

sore. I later found out this was from my muscles straining to

compensate for my weak chin.

3) I think the last time I managed to bite into a sandwhich was when

I was 17, the last time I had braces on for prior to this last time

around pre-surgery. In fact I couldn't bite into pizza or anything

really without looking like a dog gnawing at its food. I ate almost

all my food by cutting it up into little pieces and then shoving it

in the back of my mouth.

4) I was chewing food only on my left hand side of the mouth because

my teeth on the right made no contact and my jaw joint got

increasingly sore whenever I did try to chew there.

5) My diet wasn't always complete because there were foods I

eliminated because they just hurt too much to eat or were too

tiresome to chew.

6) I have been a chronic mouth breather ever since I was about 5

years old. My doctors explained to me that this was due to how my jaw

had formed which was restricting my breathing passages

7) My open bite was getting worse by the minute. At 17 when I took

braces off for the 3rd time my open bit had been fixed completely. 9

years later it was back at 7mm and getting worse. My smile was also

getting gummier and gummier.

All of the above issues have been resolved as a result of surgery and

I am thrilled to no end especially about the headache factor. That

for me was the biggest factor in finally deciding to go through with

the surgery and get braces put on for a fourth time!

Hope this helps and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any

other questions.

Take care,

Sara

[Guest guest]

This does help a lot. I am also a chronic mouth breather and I have

certain foods that I will not eat in front of others due to the even

heavier breathing when I try to eat them (not attractive). I have

noticed lately that when I eat, I don't really chew. I may give it a

couple of chews but swallowing mostly whole. This can't be good for

the digestion????? I guess I have been doing it for so long, I

didn't notice. I'm with you on the headaches, and will be happy if

this surgery does nothing but cure them. I also have an occasional

migraine, and I think these are worse. There are mornings (after a

night of heavily grinding my teeth) that I wake up with a swollen jaw

and the worst headache. I am happy this has worked for you Cross

your fingers for me.

Rene

> Hi Rene

>

> I can't find the original post where you asked me what my symptons

> pre-op were but i didn't want you to think that I'd ignored your

> question so here goes:

>

> Pre-surgery I suffered from:

>

> 1) Weekly sometimes daily headaches that could last anywhere from

30

> minutes to a whole day. The headaches would just take possession of

> my whole head, it felt like someone had crashed a sledge-hammer

> against my skull. I started having these headaches probably when I

> was about 16 but they were minor. Over the last 3 years (I'm now

27)

> they got increasingly worse, especially when I was in periods of

> stress at work or school.

> 2) The sides of my face always felt strained and my chin often felt

> sore. I later found out this was from my muscles straining to

> compensate for my weak chin.

> 3) I think the last time I managed to bite into a sandwhich was

when

> I was 17, the last time I had braces on for prior to this last time

> around pre-surgery. In fact I couldn't bite into pizza or anything

> really without looking like a dog gnawing at its food. I ate almost

> all my food by cutting it up into little pieces and then shoving it

> in the back of my mouth.

> 4) I was chewing food only on my left hand side of the mouth

because

> my teeth on the right made no contact and my jaw joint got

> increasingly sore whenever I did try to chew there.

> 5) My diet wasn't always complete because there were foods I

> eliminated because they just hurt too much to eat or were too

> tiresome to chew.

> 6) I have been a chronic mouth breather ever since I was about 5

> years old. My doctors explained to me that this was due to how my

jaw

> had formed which was restricting my breathing passages

> 7) My open bite was getting worse by the minute. At 17 when I took

> braces off for the 3rd time my open bit had been fixed completely.

9

> years later it was back at 7mm and getting worse. My smile was also

> getting gummier and gummier.

>

> All of the above issues have been resolved as a result of surgery

and

> I am thrilled to no end especially about the headache factor. That

> for me was the biggest factor in finally deciding to go through

with

> the surgery and get braces put on for a fourth time!

>

> Hope this helps and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any

> other questions.

>

> Take care,

> Sara