Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Thanks for asking how I'm doing. All is going well. I'll be finally getting my splint removed next week at 10 weeks postop and I am so ecstatic. I will be leaving two days afterwards for a 4 day cruise, for my 10 year anniversary, to the Bahamas, and I definitely wanted my splint out before then. You get used to it pretty quickly, although it continues to be an annoyance. The worst thing about a splint is it affects your speech (although now it's only a little lispy and totally understandable) and also everytime you eat TONS of food gets caught in it, so I am self conscious about eating out. I, of course, wanted to enjoy all of the wonderful food that a cruise offers. I like my Thera-bite pretty well. I was warned that I need to use it at least 5 or 6 times a day or else my opening would get smaller. On Friday my opening was 8mm and I could barely fit my mouth over the mouthpiece, let alone squeeze it open. By Sunday night my opening was up to 14mm all the time, and 18mm right after using it. I didn't use it at all yesterday because my bite was starting to pull to one side a tiny bit, and I was afraid using the Therabite could aggrevate it. I got the okay from the ortho yesterday to start using it again, measured this morning and found my bite to be back down to 12mm. So I can definitely tell it is working when I use it. Hope all is well with you. Do you know when your upcoming surgery is? Talk to you soon. Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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