SPLINT OUT BABY!!!

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so today was my BIG day, I got my splint out! my OS is a great guy. he started

clipping

the wires holding my splint in. it did not hurt, though at times the tongue

depressor he

was using to hold my upper lip out of the way would hit a tender spot of my

incision. he

finally clipped them all out and I was free! my mouth/jaw kinda freaked out. I

didn't bite

down, I was kinda afraid to, I liked having my splint in to tell me where to

bite!

I brushed my teeth quite throughly (I had brought my electric toothbrush!) but

they still

felt funny afterwards. kinda porous/rough. eww. my OS checked my bite, and

when I bit

down it was weird, but did kinda fit together. my front teeth touch! (I had an

open bite

before).

my OS also took out most of my stitches. while they were the resorbable kind,

they

needed a little help. getting my stitches out hurt a little, but again it was

usually the

tongue depressor hitting something sensitive.

I of course, had more questions for him. (I always go in with a bunch of

questions) Yes, I

can floss right away. No more restrictions other than contact sports (two more

weeks for

that!). Eat softer foods for a while and transition to harder stuff over a few

weeks. Yes,

state fair food like corn dogs, etc is ok (MN STATE FAIR THIS FRIDAY FOR ME!).

my OS wouldn't stop saying that he thinks that my ortho did an amazing job,

great set up,

my bite immediatly post op is great. he doesn't think there is much left, some

tweaking,

etc. of course I'll find out a little more on friday when I go to my ortho.

my OS gave me the casts he used for my surgery. I now have a lower presurgery

cast, and

upper presurgery cast, and the cast that he did 'surgery' on. these are super

cool for me

as I had a bite plate before braces to wear at night when sleeping. I have

molds from 9th

grade and from my sophomore year of college (they were exactly the same) so now

I can

see pre-anything, after ortho yet pre-surgery, and then what surgery should do.

yea!

I'm a goof, I know.

with all that my hubby and I were off, in search of soft food!

my first food that I ate and that I could CHEW was Noodles & Co. unfortunately,

though

we go there all the time, our food this time was not good. of course we got it

to go and

once we got home to eat we found that it was essentially noodles wiht a little

tomato and

no creamy goodness sauce! (yes, I did call to complain). though the food was

not

spectacular, eating went well! I just had a snack a little bit ago and it was a

hamburger

and fries from Mcs. I was able to bite through the bun and hamburger,

mostly (I

think it's that I have NEVER been able to and I need to practice!).

I'm kinda finding my new bite. I miss my splint, it was nice to know where my

teeth were

supposed to go, right now I feel a little kittywhompis with my bite. it seems

to fit if I slide

where I want to bite slightly to the right. I can't tell if this is where I'm

supposed to be

biting or not. I figure I'll talk to my ortho about it friday morning.

anyway, sorry for the novel! thanks for letting me share!

cori w

upper/2-piece Lefort 7/20