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I can't answer because I haven't had surgery yet, but this brings up a question I have...do you find these symptoms to be impairing your quality of life? I ask because I'm 58, and know my recovery will be affected by my age. I'm trying to figure out if I had residual numbness, would it alter my lif...

I am 6 months post op and still have plenty of numbness in my upper gums and lower right half of my lip. My surgeon warned me well in advance that numbness could take up to 2 years to return. As for the soreness, I am also still experiencing some soreness in the area you describe, depending on the d...

I am 4 months post op and so far am very happy with the results. I still have numbness in my chin and upper gums, and my jaw gets very sore some days, but overall things are progressing nicely. My only concern is the swelling I still have. Over the past few weeks it seems to have gone up, not down. ...

As I was leaving the hospital after double jaw surgery, my surgeon told me "no contact sports for a minimum of 6 weeks." I jokingly asked him about other sports and he said light activities, like walking, were ok, but don't over do it. I'm an avid horseback rider but since that is consider...

I wasn't aware I was getting a catheter until I woke up and they told me they had put one in. I was not allowed to get out of bed for the first 2 days in the hospital so it wasn't an option for me. It didn't bother me at all, and didn't hurt when they took it out.

Hello everyone! I am 4 weeks post op and really wish I had come across this forum earlier! I had both upper and lower jaw surgery for an underbite and open but as well as genioplasty. So far I think the recovery has gone fairly smoothly, I can open 25mm and am aiming for 30mm by the 6 week mark. I h...