Metal Mouth Message Board

I had my op back in late Nov/early Dec, and up until a few weeks ago was not able to chew very well. It was a combination of both pain and having a new structure to learn when moving my jaws. After a while it will get less and less painful, and you'll learn to eat better in your new position. My bit...

I'm glad everything worked out in the end for you. I do take a 'good bacteria' yogurt every morning and have been doing so for quite a while, so I dare say it will have helped me as well.

I was on antibiotics for a while, but I'm feeling pretty much back to normal in terms of how my stomach behaves. Every once in a while I'll feel a slight pain very briefly, but no more than I would get if I were particularly hungry. I think it may have been the lack of good bacteria in my stomach, b...

Thanks for your replies

I'm just over 1 week from taking the bands off and eating (relatively) normally. Stomach pains have been little over last few days, so nearly there!

Hey there. I hope your operation goes well when it comes up. I had my lower and upper jaw adjusted via the NHS in Northern Ireland, but I didn't have any work on my nose. I think they may not do both operations at the same time as the rhinoplasty would probably affect your breathing which is somethi...

On Wednesday I was allowed to take the elastic bands of my braces, only requiring to wear them at night from now on. This is great as it allowes me to speak and also stretch my jaws a bit. I've been trying to eat some very soft foods which require little or no chewing (mashed potatos, beans, potato ...

Hi guys. As some of you know from my previous threads (thanks for all your contributions btw) I had a 2nd operation in early December to correct the position of my top jaw following my initial bimax operation in late November. It's been just over 2 weeks since the 2nd operation, and within the last ...

I agree with Bowater, once you have braces on for a few weeks you forget all about them and once the operation is done and you've recovered, you'll be thinking of how well things have went rather than the long wait you had to endure.

Thanks for your replies folks :D I now know from discussions with my doctor & orthodontist that I can take the bands off by new year, then wear them at night afterwards. My Orthodontist said that I should now start progressing towards getting back to my normal diet. At the minute, I can only ope...

I also forgot to ask about swelling. After my 1st op, the swelling was very bad but has largely went away. The 2nd op on my upper jaw has left me a bit more swollen than I was before, but nothing as drastic as with the 1st op. How long did people find it took for the swelling to completely go away?

Hi guys I'm now 3 weeks post-op from the upper & lower jaw surgery, and 1 week post-op from the operation to adjust upper jaw in relation to relapse. As with my pre-op thread, I've a few questions! 1) I have removable elastic bands holding my jaws shut at the minute. I'm allowed to take them off...

I have had my braces on for nearly 3 years now and just had 2 operations in late November and early December to correct my jaw (2nd operation was because of a relapse). When I originally set out to get braces, I was on the waiting list for about 2 years before getting them on. I was told that I woul...

I had surgery on both my jaws to correct my bite. I had a 2nd operation to correct a relapse, and I believe they removed some bone from my top jaw to do this.

If it wasn't for the doctors telling me this, I wouldn't have known otherwise.

Thanks guys for the support :) I'm now just over 1 week from my 2nd operation, still in discomfort unfortunately and it doesn't seem to be easing despite the fact that the 2nd operation being less severe then the 1st and by this time after the 1st op I was feeling better pain-wise. Gonna try to go b...

Thanks Candy for the kind words :) I think this kind of relapse is uncommon, but the surgeon said he had seen it a few times before and that it was no one's fault for occuring. To fix it, they had to adjust my top jaw so that it was alligned with the lower jaw in its preferred position. They didnt h...