Re: I had surgery on friday...correction from last post

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sorry i meant under bite rather than over bite.

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> > Hello,

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> > I had my jaw/nose and cheek bone surgery 14 weeks ago. I am happy

> with the results of the surgery. For a few weeks now I have been

> battling a loosing battle with an infection so on friday i had an

EVA

> nasendoscopy where I was put under and the surgeons were able to

take

> a look at my sinuses and around the plates and screws without

causing

> me any pain and discomfort in the process. They cut open my

sinuses

> more to see if that will help, they also drained what infection

they

> could see away. They were able to see that several plates and

screws

> are infected, but the bone graft hasn't healed.

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> > So they decided to drain as much of the infection as they could

and

> clean the plates ot see if this will help as they are unable to

take

> the plates out right now. If it doesn't clear up which it doesn't

> seem to be doing then they will have no choice but to remove the

> plates and put new one's in and possibly re-do the bone graft. The

> pharyngeal flap that I have in place to aid speech is no longer

> working because of the extent of the surgery and the upper jaw

being

> braught forwards so much. So I now sound very nasally which is

> something I dreaded the most prior to the surgery, but they will be

> able to do another surgery to repair the flap and do it a different

> way.

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> > Right now it seems I will need a few more surgeries but first I

> need to get over this one. The surgery on friday has left me very

> sore and swollen and not ot mention the bruises! I was supposed to

> see my ortho on Monday but due to the surgery I had to cancel as I

> was in hospital until late saturday evening and I am so sore right

> now that there was no way she could do anything. I was supposed to

be

> banded shut as I am beginning to have a relapse and my jaw is in

> almost the same position as it was pre-op. I see my surgeon on

> Tuesday to see what the next step will be I will also have an MRI

> scan and a CT scan done as well. I did notice that on friday he

wrote

> on my notes class III malocclusion I don't know what this mean so

if

> anyone has any insight I would be greatfull. I was going to ask him

> but I was all preped for surgery and was a knock out LOL!!!

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