Re: 2 days post-op, upper only lefote 1

August 26, 2005

Congratulations on reaching the other side! Glad to hear you are

doing so well with your recovery so far. I'm curious as to your

surgical experience having the LeFort as I will probably be having

that done next summer, along with a BSSO to set back my mandible.

Again, congratulations and best wishes for a speedy recovery!! ~~

Diane

> Well I survived! Feels good to be " on the other side " . All things

considered, I don't feel too

> bad. My nose is plugged solid, which is probably the most annoying

thing. Kind of ironic,

> since the surgery is to fix my upper lip incompetance, and mouth

breathing, but now I can

> only breath out of my mouth. I know this will go away in a little

bit.

>

> It looks like my open bite is fixed, but my teeth are only touching

on the right side, not the

> left. My surgeon didn't seem to concerned, so hopefully he can

sort it out with elastics.

> I'm trying not to worry about it.

>

> Today I have walked around, shaved, and actually don't fell too

bad. Time for dinner, zip-

> n-squeeze with mash potatoes!

>

> here are my before pics.

>

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