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Hello Everyone

I wanted to share my experience with you all.

I flew to St. 's to have my surgery which was done on Sept 14th. I

did not find out till the day before if I was going to have upper,

lower or both. Thankfully they decided to only do lower. The surgeon

moved my lower jaw 11 mm forwards and straightened it out as it was

slightly crooked and my midline is spot on now...he told me he gave me

a reverse face lift. :) The surgery went excellent and I woke up in

recovery feeling okay and I didn't have a splint which was great. The

tube was still in my nose but I was so groggy that I didn't really

notice it. The nurse took out one of my IV's from the surgery and then

they took out the tube and simply told me to keep my eyes closed. I

did and they pulled the tube out no sweat.

I was in the hospital that Wed and Thurs and was released on Friday at

11 am. The first 24 hours I had to sleep with an oxygen mask on and

had my meds by IV. After that I got meds by shots and I had to ask for

my pain meds which I took orally. I can honestly say that it was not

that bad. After reading the posts on here I was so freaked out but my

experience was really okay. The pain was not bad...it was all taken

care of by the meds and eating sucks but I had boost and liquid

vitamins and of course all the meds that you are prescribed but it was

really okay.

I had to sleep elevated for about 12 days which I did just using

pillows and I used ice for about the first week and a half and that

gave me great comfort. I even slept with ice bags :) I used a white

board rather than talking for the first day but I was able to talk

coherently but it made me tired and sore under my chin.

Now 3 weeks after I am eating very soft foods and still drinking stuff

but I gave up the boost. I put on 6 pounds prior to the surgery cause

everyone told me I would lose a TON of weight but I didn't. Ahhhh the

only good thing about this surgery ha ha ha!! I have lost 8 as of this

morning so far. (I think the boost prevented me from losing the TON

that everyone was talking about.)

Okay so this is long enough...if anyone has any questions please don't

hesitate to ask me.... fourcritters@...

Take care

Tanja

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Hi Tanja,

You sound great! That is good news. I am happy for you! Great

post too. It is nice to see a few weeks worth of recovery in one

string to get a perspective of the relative changes. LOL about

the " reverse facelift " !!! I have kind of noticed that on the board

too. Bonus! lol Take it easy and will watch for your posts for

updates.

Hugs,

Fran

>

> Hello Everyone

> I wanted to share my experience with you all.

>

> I flew to St. 's to have my surgery which was done on Sept

14th. I

> did not find out till the day before if I was going to have upper,

> lower or both. Thankfully they decided to only do lower. The

surgeon

> moved my lower jaw 11 mm forwards and straightened it out as it

was

> slightly crooked and my midline is spot on now...he told me he

gave me

> a reverse face lift. :) The surgery went excellent and I woke up

in

> recovery feeling okay and I didn't have a splint which was great.

The

> tube was still in my nose but I was so groggy that I didn't really

> notice it. The nurse took out one of my IV's from the surgery and

then

> they took out the tube and simply told me to keep my eyes closed.

I

> did and they pulled the tube out no sweat.

>

> I was in the hospital that Wed and Thurs and was released on

Friday at

> 11 am. The first 24 hours I had to sleep with an oxygen mask on

and

> had my meds by IV. After that I got meds by shots and I had to

ask for

> my pain meds which I took orally. I can honestly say that it was

not

> that bad. After reading the posts on here I was so freaked out

but my

> experience was really okay. The pain was not bad...it was all

taken

> care of by the meds and eating sucks but I had boost and liquid

> vitamins and of course all the meds that you are prescribed but it

was

> really okay.

>

> I had to sleep elevated for about 12 days which I did just using

> pillows and I used ice for about the first week and a half and

that

> gave me great comfort. I even slept with ice bags :) I used a

white

> board rather than talking for the first day but I was able to talk

> coherently but it made me tired and sore under my chin.

>

> Now 3 weeks after I am eating very soft foods and still drinking

stuff

> but I gave up the boost. I put on 6 pounds prior to the surgery

cause

> everyone told me I would lose a TON of weight but I didn't. Ahhhh

the

> only good thing about this surgery ha ha ha!! I have lost 8 as of

this

> morning so far. (I think the boost prevented me from losing the

TON

> that everyone was talking about.)

>

> Okay so this is long enough...if anyone has any questions please

don't

> hesitate to ask me.... fourcritters@h...

> Take care

> Tanja

>

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