Metal Mouth Message Board

Nathaniel, glad to hear it's all over now! Suzanna: I don't know about nerve pain, but my left jaw does feel painful from time to time, whereas my right feels normal. I asked my surgeon about this and he said it was normal considering my jaw was very asymmetric pre-op (7 mm too much to the right). I...

^ooops I totally did that all wrong lol. Anyways here's an update from me: I'm on Day 6 and I'm feeling pretty good! The swelling is surprisingly pretty minimal now! I look less like a bobble head and my head is more of a normal size haha. I did get some bruising on my neck but it doesn't look very ...

[quote="Nathaniel"][quote="Nims"]I've been very lazy about updating so here we go: It's day 5 for me now and I have virtually no pain, not that I had much before either, I was just a little sore where the incisions are in my mouth. Getting really tired of a liquid diet now, I hav...

Thanks for the support guys! It's Day 4 for me and as always I woke up super early (around 5 am). A lot of it is because of discomfort from sleeping upright and instead of one long sleep at the end of the night I end up sleeping for a few hours at a time throughout the day. Swelling has gone down a ...

Thanks Suzanna! I'm hanging in there. I'm really trying to stay positive. Having chubby cheeks and a double-chin on my skinny frame is still taking some getting used to (though I hope, for not too long!). Tomorrow I am off the clear liquids diet which is going to be great, since I haven't been very ...

I had a BSSO and genioplasty on Thursday Februay 17. I got discharged on Friday morning and I did have a bunch of swelling but I thought things were going okay. I know today is only my second day out from the hospital but it's much more swollen today and I feel like a freak :(. I'm wondering if this...