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awesome!

Day six. still pretty swollen. still pretty weird looking in the mirror. still no feeling in my mouth and chin.

hey June! I'm doing a little better everyday. My mom thinks my swelling peaked yesterday. My surgeon approved me for mushy food and said I look like I'm doing better than most. Just glad the hard parts are over. how are you doing? just a few more days for you and we'll be healing together :) do me a...

wow day 8 looks great.

thought I would show how I looked from the front pre surgery. I was pretty good at hiding my problem esp when I was always smiling and kept my hair down.

I was discharged from the hospital this morning. surgery was about three hours. I immediately started eating chicken broth and jello afterwards. I've now included ensure. I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would at this point. here's a few pics. the last was my profile on the way to the hospita...

only had my top jaw done and genio due to my bottom auto rotating. I have a morphine clicker and I'm not feeling too bad. I'm still in the intensive care unit.

I made it. just hurting and uncomfortable

I have to be at the hospital at 645am!

idk what my last meal will be but I'm officially freaking out now I'm super nervous

they are just drawing blood the morning of surgery for me.

Yes! getting super nervous now that I can say my surgery is next week!

so my pre op was yesterday. my ortho put my hooks on which aren't bad at all. I guess after two years of braces my mouth is use to being abused. I had to take lots of pictures and a few xrays. I asked my ortho how long after surgery I would be wearing braces. he said 9 months uggggh. so after the or...

we're scheduled for the same day! I went shopping last night and bought a few supplies. what are you having done? I'm getting super nervous too. I'm not afraid of needles I just know what happens during this surgery and that's what freaks me out. that's nice to know that the surgical hooks suck beca...

I work for said health insurance company. I got both jaws and my chin aug covered. You should look into the medical manual for which ever blue cross you are insured by and it will give you the requirements for jaw surgery. for example, I would be covered if my overbite was 4mm or more, mine was 8. t...