Metal Mouth Message Board

Sauerkraut - thanks for the sleeping tip! I bought a reclining pillow and trying to sleep on that...but in the middle of the night I find myself getting fed up and just rolling onto my side :? Oh well..trying is better than nothing! I've been drinking a lot of soup (fish, pork, chicken, etc.) with n...

pa1n - dunno about your particular situation but if you have any kind of sleep apnea or nasal passage constriction or throat tightness I would recommend against you having your jaws moved back. However, if your surgeon is planning to move your jaws forward, it will help, or at least not hurt, your b...

Rodney - wow, 3 weeks on a recliner. My hat off to you! The thing is, I just cannot sleep with any kind of incline, I don't know why. Through all my years of plane travel I've never been able to sleep a wink, even in first class. Even lying down I have enough trouble sleeping... BUT I'm going to try...

I know moving both jaws can improve the airway, and in fact that's why I'm using myself as an example... as in if I suffered from sleep apnea post-surgically despite not having suffered before and having my jaws moved forwards; then it doesn't surprise me that other people have had the same trouble...

Hi everyone! It is Day 7 for me. Went for my second post-op checkup with my surgeon and got two minutes with him and the rest of the time with a 1st year resident :x Oh well...he is such a great surgeon I can cut him some slack! I asked them in detail abt how long I have to have the stent in (2-4 we...

Sarah - moving both jaws forward has a side benefit which opens up your airways, so I wouldn't expect you to have true sleep apnea which in your case you're probably right was just nasal congestion and stuffiness. I keep getting woken up just as I am drifting off to sleep with a little cough/swallow...

I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with this or I'm just making myself anxious for nothing. I just had surgery (lefort I and BSSO) to correct my underbite, essentially moving the lower jaw back and front jaw forward a bit. Since surgery I've also had problems sleeping, first it was nasal c...

Hi everyone, I love this site it says a lot of great information and I just had my Lefort and BSSO 4 days ago on Nov. 18th. Great to hear about everyone's experiences! I still can't quite believe I did it. To be honest, this whole thing was much worse than I expected, and I expected it to be bad. My...