Metal Mouth Message Board

Those of you who've had the delightful pressure bandage applied postop know the evil I am battling.... it's driving me nuts

How do you get that yucky sticky residue OFF your face? What has and hasn't worked for you? Help!

Lost in the limbo land of recovery! How can time go soooo slowly and so fast at the same time? Thank you for checking in on us :D Recovery for me is going great, in that it sucks in all the usual predictable ways with no crazy suprises, :lol: . The last few days were pretty tough emotionally but rea...

Clarissa you are way too sweet!

I've sent you an email and will have a look at the blog formatting again

Thanks for hunting me down and we'll be chatting soon

Definitely a good idea! I had to book a cleaning 3-4 weeks before surgery as requested by my OS

Ctoler, Not stupid at all! I think the frustration of waiting, waiting and not being able to chime in with personal experience-based reassurance just makes time go soooooo slooooowly sometimes. Just absorb~ a sponge! Oy, nothing like last minute changes, but if you're going throught the whole proces...

ctoler1920, Welcome aboard! :D You don't have long to wait & you sure didn't get much of a warning did you? Hang in there, I swear waiting is brutal~ Too many unknowns. But look how many have gone before us... What are you having done, if I may ask? Thanks, Blindboarder, for the best wishes :) Y...

Three & a half weeks to go Joe! Are you more nervous or excited? Or the weird mix of both?

Any new takers to add their names to the May list?

Hello starteeth. Having your skin act up does seem fairly common post op, and I think your guesses are bang on: The swelling, the stretching, the medication... also the way your diet changes has got to mess things up a bit :wink: Frustrating in the meantime, but I'd imagine that as everything gets b...

Just as clarification, in my understanding genioplasty does not always result in a longer face. The bone can be cut and slid forward which would give a longer profile, however genioplasty can also refer to a section of bone being shaved off and/or angled on a different plane which would result in a ...

I have 8; 2 on each side, upper and lower. Beyond the joys of getting them on and icreased floss shredding, they have given me no grief

PS. For interests sake, there's another jaw blogger Katherine, http://babiesandbraces.blogspot.com/ who is recently done BSSO and is now pregnant. Her last couple of posts talk about some of the concerns, opinions and decisions she went through in weighing the "when to get pregnant" debate...

I've read a few diffenent opinions on this subject and the only thing in common was that they were all different, haha :roll: 3,6, and 12 months have all been mentioned, depending on the doctor and a whole host of reasons, concerning strain on your body & immune system from so much going into he...

Hey if all else fails, you can use it as an excuse to have TWO last meals~ one before the hooks just in case and again before surgery to celebrate that the hooks are okay

First steps are big ones, and often the hardest, so good for you taking this one. Good luck with the consultation and hope you get some answers so you can start planning your next steps.

All the best
kate

Congrats to an end to WAITING! You'll be on your way now, but want to add my best wishes for a successful surgery and smooth recovery. Cheers to your new bite and chin~

kate
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