Guest guest Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Hello Sriram, My name is Jill and I had my 4th Lefort (upper jaw) surgery 2 weeks ago and I am wired shut..are you wired or just bands? I kep grinding my teeth after my surgeries and breaking the plates so this new surgeon decided to wire me for 6 weeks to help prevent movement of my jaw and to help it heal properly..this surgeon also broke my lower jaw which does not hurt at all also to help prevent pressure on the upper jaw...I am also going to hyperbaric chamber treatments..I did 20 visit before my surgery and now having to do 10 afterwards at 2 hrs each visit..this helps with bone healing etc... wuld love to talk with you further reg your experience Jill Sriram Viswanathan wrote: Hi Lyssa, I had my lover jaw moved fwd by 18mm (bsso, including the genio). The doctor said that it was way over the " margin " , and anything over 10mm can cause a relapse. To lower the chances of relapse, he has banded me shut for 6 weeks, and today, during my 3 week appt, he said that the longer I continue to have the bands, the better are my chances against relapse. I am hoping for the best. You can ask your doctor for ways to reduce this risk, and ofcourse, all the best. Sriram _____ From: orthognathicsurgerysupport [mailto:orthognathicsurgerysupport ] On Behalf Of lyssa_gelling Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:01 PM To: orthognathicsurgerysupport Subject: relaps? Hey I've just come home from my OS. He's told me i have a 1 out of 3 chance of having relaps, because of the angle my lower jaw has grown at. Before i went into the consult i wanted to go through with the surgery, no doubts. But now all the sudden i'm having second thoughts. Has anyone been through this, with the higher chance of relaps? What should i do? I still want to go through with it, but im really scared of the relaps figure. I know there is always a chance of a complication with these things. Like my Dad pointed out the there is a 2 in 3 chance that everything will be great. But that other figure still gets to me. Sorry for talking around in circles, im just a little confused at the moment. Any help or advise would be awesome! Lyssa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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