Hi Everyone, I'm New Here: Surgery on Monday

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Hi everyone, a little about myself and my jaw issue:

my name is jessica, i'm 23 and live in montreal, canada. I'm about

to have upper-jaw surgery to expand the upper jaw on Monday morning,

7am (oct. 24th). I've already been fitted with a palette expander so

the expansion is gonna be a mixture of surgery and orthodontics cuz

as my surgeon explained this makes the result much more stable, less

risky, and promotes the gradual growth of the bones instead of scar

tissue. so basically, during the surgery, once the jaw is cut and

you're able to move things, he'll be turning the key several times

to start off teh expanision).

apparently, though, i won't even be hospitalized after it's done but

once i " come to " , i'm able to go home.

he said i could go back to work anywhere from 7-14 days according to

the different experiences he's seen, but everything i'm reading

seems to point to much longer. anyway, i hope it's not SUPER long

cuz i can't take off too much time.

once this is done, i'm not done though..in about a year or so i'll

need a second surgery to raise the upper jaw (and reduce gumminess)

and also fit it better with the lower jaw (and so therefore this

time they may also decide to do lower jaw surgery).

intially, i was supposed to get upper and lower surgery like five

years ago but i backed out cuz got super afraid of the whole thing,

but then regretted teh decision, so now i'm doing it. i now really

wish i had gone thru the whole thing earlier cuz i've had to get

braces again which i have to pay for, but at least the

surgery itself is covered by canadian healthcare.

so long story

short, with this new doctor (who i prefer much more than the one i

was going to have five yrs ago since that guy was super rude and

arrogant), instead of one major surgery to correct all my jaw

issues, it's now divided into two smaller surgeries cuz he finds

this should produce a better result and is much less risky for

damage to teeth, nerves, etc.

anyway, it's strange cuz i'm not really feeling nervous about teh

surgery at all tho i know i will be on monday morning or tomorrow

nite before going to sleep..my main worries are the pain afterwards

and stuff like that..

i just went food shopping and got a bunch of stuff to prepare for

teh soft diet phase...i still have to clean my apartment

though..blah so much to do and no time..haha..

anyway, that's pretty much it for now. nice to meet you all. i'm

gonna read some of the msgs posted before.