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I had SARPE on Dec 15 and returned to work exactly one week later. There was still some swelling and bruising but not terrible; I was very diligent icing the first few days and sleeping up in a recliner. I don't think it was too soon, I would say though that even 3 weeks out now my overall energy le...

Thank you for your reply, and your reassurance! That makes me feel better, additionally, I will be able to see my surgeon tomorrow before work, so I can get some more of my questions answered then. Like, is my TMJ area supposed to be sore, especially when opening wide like when yawning. Overall thou...

Hi everyone, two weeks ago tomorrow I had SARPE and my gap is now at about 4mm, but it looks like it's only expanding toward my left side. I'm really worried, has anyone else had this happen? What do they do to fix it? (more surgery???) I'm going to try to get in to see my surgeon tomorrow, I hope t...

Just giving this thread a little bump :) It gives me an excuse to show off the super new tickers in my sig as well. I'm rather proud of them: (a) because I'm usually too technically challenged to make such things work and (b) because I think I must be making the slowest progress of anyone in this t...

I'm 33, so I've been out of the house for a long time now, but I know what you mean about parental approval. I mentioned something about wanting braces again about a year ago, just in passing, and neither Mom nor Dad thought it was necessary. I didn't need their permission, and I wasn't fishing for ...

Thanks for your reply. I got home about 6 (I think) last night. My memories of yesterday are kind of spotty, the Versed will do that! I slept in the recliner last night and it was kind of a cruddy night of sleep. My breathing is weird, I'm either drooling like mad or dry as a bone, the pain is less ...

Had surgery today! Wow, I knew it would hurt but I didn't expect the 'hit in the face by a 2x4' feeling. Amazing amount of pressure. Thank God for Fentanyl! I didn't go home from Same Day, too much pain so they sent me up to a room. Its several hours later now and I think I'm over the hump. Started ...

Hey everyone, this is my first post here, I've lurked around for awhile but since I'm having SARPE tomorrow :shock: and will be laying on the sofa for a week I figured it's time to register. I'm 33 and I live in Minnesota. (Go Twins! Go Vikes!) Today I got the expander put in at my ortho's office, w...