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OMG, good luck I hope everything is ok!!!

Thanks Tazzle!!

How are you doing LeClerc??? Have not heard from you!!

what kind of surgery did you have? I am 5 days post op and no head aches yet!!! Then then again i start expanding tomorrow..so we will see. I am expecting pressure.... i will let you know tomorrow

I have done alot of research as well and it seems to be up to the recovering individual and how fast they heal and what they can tolerate. I can tell you that just 5 days post op that sloowly climbing stairs makes my jaw feel like its on a rollercoaster. It doesnt hurt and its not tireing its just.....

Good Luck to the June Crew!!!

SARPE and SAME 27 May 2009 start expaning 2 Jun!

Thanks for the reply! Well it’s been what about 5 days since my surgery. I don’t know how to explain this odd sensation except it’s kind of like a spinning top that you try to tip left or right and you can feel the force pushing the other way. (That’s what both jaws feel like when i tip my h...

Well I am officially on the other side!! I had SARPE and SAME Surgery yesterday. I just got home today. So far so good, it is a weird sensation when you bump your teeth or they move a bit because the only anchor is the expanders. How long does that feeling last? I think I am supposed to start turnin...

Well I am officially on the other side!! I had SARPE and SAME Surgery yesterday. I just got home today. So far so good, it is a weird sensation when you bump your teeth or they move a bit because the only anchor is the expanders. How long does that feeling last? I think I am supposed to start turnin...

I just ad SARPE and SAME yesterday 27 May and i got 30 days off and then 2 months light duty

Well I am officialy on the otherside! Surgery went well it was at 0730 on the 27th pain isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The nurses are very good giving meds to manage pain. Well its 2am I am gonna try and sleep I will write more when I get home.

Good lkuck today!!!

The LeClercs I am related to are from the North East... at least the last 3 generations anyways... My grandparents had 8 kids 5 boys so the LeClerc name is still going strong! Well I am getting used to these expanders... the one on the bottom I don’t even realize is there most of the time. The top...

I got my device(s)...OMG the bottom one is ok to deal with but the top… a pain. The first day I didn’t think I could handle it! You just don’t realize the mechanics involved with swallowing until there is something in the way. I am on day three and am figuring out how to swallow using just the...

Yea, I’m ok with it. i was actually kind of looking forward to the surgery on the 19th because they are putting my appliances in that day. So now i have to have them in for a week before surgery. My orho says it will be stuff to get used to them before the surgery anyways... ahh well. I have 3-4 w...

So i completed my intake appointment and as i drive 2 hrs south to be back with my family. My Sergeon called me and and asked if it were posibblie to move my date back to the 27th apparently the sergery on the 19 has turned into a all day even.( at this point i am thinking to my self...ae you kiddin...

So....My surgeon calls me this morning at 0800 and said we have an opening on the 19th and can get you in. Would you be willing to have surgery on 19 May. So now I am scrambling to get everything done in the next few days...whoaaaa talk about some stress. Now i have to travel tomorrow to go talk to ...