Austria/Re: surgical hooks

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Austria,

You are lucky to have only 6 hooks. I have 18 hooks total. I do

agree with you in trying to do without the wax to toughen up your

mouth to get use to the hooks. I did without the wax and by day 3 I

did not even know they were there.

--Caboose

> > I have to agree with you...I am 1 week pre-op and just

> > got my hooks in yesterday...Three on top and three on

> > the bottom. I hurt so bad at times I think I am going

> > to cry!!! My OD used the heaviest wire for my braces

> > this time when he made the hooks, and he almost had to

> > stand up he was putting so much force into getting the

> > wires in there nice and tight!!! I haven't been

> > putting any wax on my hooks because I feel that just

> > prolongs the suffering...my personal feeling is to get

> > the pain out of the way and to build up callouses

> > (just my feeling on the matter!)

> >

> > I am glad to know that I am not the only one having

> > trouble with the hooks right now

> >

> > Are you having trouble eating/drinking with them in?

> > Before I got them in, I could at least close my mouth

> > while chewing for PART of the time (most of the time I

> > have my hand over my mouth while I chew), but now, I

> > CANNOT chew with my mouth closed and whatever I am

> > eating, I can only take a few bites of it before it

> > just hurts too much. The bad part is, friends/family

> > are taking me out to dinner this weekend - Saturday

> > and Sunday night...I want to be able to enjoy the food

> > (Cheesecake Factory has my favorite dinner of all time

> > - Salmon, Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus - at least it

> > is mostly soft)!

> >

> > Hopefully it gets better!

> >

> > Austria