Surgery update

[Guest guest]

Hey all. Just wanted to update everyone on my progress. I'm almost 7

wks post-op, (feels like a life time ago now). I can open 3 fingers

wide and eat just about anything. No steak or anything that hard to

chew. But cheeseburgers are easy. Still total numb on bottorm, but top

is not numb anymore. Still swollen. Not really bad. I would say 80% is

gone. I can really tell I'm swollen. I look weird still. Like when you

just get out of the dentist chair and your all numb and your bottom

lip looks weird. Plus my cheeks are still puffy. I don't even bother

wearing much make-up, because I think what's the point right now. I am

only in one band on the left side to get my back teeth on that side to

come togeter. The rest of my bite is right on. Six more months of

braces and I'll be done (I hope)!!!! This whole process has been

terrible to me. No pain or anything, it just seems to never end. But,

I am feeling better now and I am not depressed anymore, and finally

feel like my life is mine again. I'm getting a lot of tingling on the

bottome so I know it is trying to wake up. I lost 20 lbs that is

staying off so far. Well, let me know if you have any questions. Tonya

[Guest guest]

Hi Tonya,

It sounds like you are recovering in textbook fashion! Glad to hear

you are having the tingling in the bottom of your mouth (now, where

on earth other than this board, would someone be glad for you having

having tingles and itches on the bottom of your mouth!! lol! It

sounds like your healing is right on track. I had an unrelated

facial surgery a year ago, and the swelling for me stayed a long

time. Not that the height of swelling stayed that long, but I had

some very minimal residual swelling that seemed to take a very long

time to recede. People who didn't know me well did not see any

swelling, but close family could. At the very end, only I could see

it. I guess that is the way facial surgery recovery goes. So I

think you will notice it longer than anyone else would, but it will

eventually go away.

Thanks for a great post! I am glad all is going so well for you.

Hugs,

Fran

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<tonyag38@y...> wrote:

> Hey all. Just wanted to update everyone on my progress. I'm almost

7

> wks post-op, (feels like a life time ago now). I can open 3

fingers

> wide and eat just about anything. No steak or anything that hard

to

> chew. But cheeseburgers are easy. Still total numb on bottorm, but

top

> is not numb anymore. Still swollen. Not really bad. I would say

80% is

> gone. I can really tell I'm swollen. I look weird still. Like when

you

> just get out of the dentist chair and your all numb and your

bottom

> lip looks weird. Plus my cheeks are still puffy. I don't even

bother

> wearing much make-up, because I think what's the point right now.

I am

> only in one band on the left side to get my back teeth on that

side to

> come togeter. The rest of my bite is right on. Six more months of

> braces and I'll be done (I hope)!!!! This whole process has been

> terrible to me. No pain or anything, it just seems to never end.

But,

> I am feeling better now and I am not depressed anymore, and

finally

> feel like my life is mine again. I'm getting a lot of tingling on

the

> bottome so I know it is trying to wake up. I lost 20 lbs that is

> staying off so far. Well, let me know if you have any questions.

Tonya